Harvard Iranian Oral History Project memoirs of the wife of General Hassan Pakravan, who was the head of Iranian intelligence during Khomeini's first uprising in 1963. He was executed by the Islamic Republic shortly after the 1979 revolution. It provides fascinating details of the workings of the elite during the reign of Mohammad-Reza Pahlavi.

Memoirs of Fatemeh Pakravan (Harvard Iranian Oral History Series)

Biographies & Memoirs

Ladjevardi, Habib

Habib Ladjevardi

Historical

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Collection of trenchant essays by by the noted Iranian essayist Ali-Akbar Saidi-Sirjani who died while under arrest in Iran in 1994.

Tah Basat (Persian Edition)

Literature & Fiction

Saidi

Saidi- Sirjani, Ali-Akbar

World Literature

Persian (Farsi) first grade reader geared to children living outside of Iran. The author, Lily Ayman, created the textbooks used in Iranian public schools before the 1979 revolution. The book is completely in Persian.

A Persian Reader (Persian Edition)

Ayman, Lily

A Letter to the World

Fassih, Esmail

Literary

Persian Cooking is a collection of 322 authentic recipes from one of the world's oldest culinary traditions. Clear and concise instructions make the dishes turn out exactly as they are supposed to. Persian cooking is based on vegetables, fruits, grains and meat used in subtle and varied combinations. The food is neither highly spiced nor hot but seasoned with herbs. It is very nutritious. Many of the dishes are suitable for vegetarians and in many others, meat may be easily omitted. The dishes can be made from ingredients found in almost any store. A guide to specialty stores is also included. As has often been observed, rice preparation defines the quality of the Persian chef. It is covered here in detail.

Persian Cooking

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Ramazani, Nesta

Regional & International

Iranian-American Diplomacy

Politics & Social Sciences

Heravi, Mehdi

Politics & Government

Persian translation of the daily meditations of the Dalai Lama by the author of Omar Khayyam for students of Persian.

365 Daily Meditations of the Dalai Lama (Arabic Edition)

Religion & Spirituality

Lama, Dalái

Buddhism

Syriac is the Aramaic dialect of Edessa in Mesopotamia. This work presents the language both in the Syriac script and in transcription. Here, the majority of the sentences in the exercises are taken directly from the P'itta, the Syriac translation of the Bible. It also gives a chart of correspondences among Arabic, Hebrew, and Syriac.

Introduction to Syriac: Key to Exercises & English-Syriac Vocabulary (Syriac Edition)

Reference

Gurtner, Daniel M.

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Zendegani-ye man is the Persian language autobiography of Ahmad Kasravi. He was and Iranian nationalist, historian and linguist who was assassinated in 1946.

My Life [Zendegani-ye Man] (Persian Edition)

Kasravi, Ahmad

The Virgin of Solitude centers on the life of a young man, Nuri Zargham, and his Austrian grandmother, who settled in Iran after her marriage to Nuri s grandfather. Following the loss of his father in an accident and his mother s departure for the United States, Nuri is confronted with a profound sense of loneliness. His grandmother, who is herself not unfamiliar with feelings of alienation, attempts to acquaint Nuri with his inner feelings. Nuri s emotional turmoil coincides with the beginnings of the revolution in Iran. The upheavals surrounding the revolution envelope Nuri s family and change the course of his life.

The Virgin of Solitude (Persian Edition)

Modarressi, Taghi

Contemporary

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