Na de Islamrevolutie in het Iran van 1979, kwam er een einde aan de gelijkwaardige positie van vrouwen en mannen. De publieke sfeer was niet langer toegankelijk voor vrouwen en de segregatie werd een feit. De restricties die hen vandaag de dag worden opgelegd, zijn echter niet n…
"Shihabuddin Suhrawardi (Sohravardi in Persian), known as maqtul (killed) because he was executed in Aleppo in 1191, is a figure of major importance in the development of Iranian and Islamic philosophical mysticism. In this volume, nine of his short symbolic treatises of mixed m…
Poetry of the Taliban
by Strick van Linschoten, Alex, Kuehn, Felix, Rahmany, Mirwais, Stanikzai, Hamid, Taliban
While much has been written about the Taliban's military tactics, media strategy and harsh treatment of women, the cultural and sometimes less overtly political representation of their identity, the Taliban's other face, is often overlooked. Most Taliban fighters are Pashtuns, a…
This guide to modern Persian grammar is aimed at those in the early stages of studying the language. Copious examples are provided in Persian script and in Roman alphabet transliteration.