Introduction to Persian language and culture. By the end of the semester, students will have an overview of Persian grammar and will able to read and converse in Persian at a basic level. Class ...

The Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies hosted a culture and language day on Tuesday to commemorate the introduction of a newPersian studies concentration this fall that will be housed ...

USC this fall is offering Persian language classes for the first time ever. University officials say students have been calling for the courses. A grant from a foundation helped establish the program.

Is Tajik a dialect of Persian? Or a language in its own right? What differentiates it from varieties prevalent in Afghanistan and Iran? There is no easy answer to these questions because the very ...

“The Farsi language is a poetic language,” says Masud Valipour, owner of Ketabsara Persian Calligraphy and Books in Westwood’s Persian Square. He gestures along the store’s walls where turquoise, jade ...

What to call the Persian language in Afghanistan? It's a question Afghans have grappled with and sparred over for decades. The long-simmering dispute was reignited after the BBC changed the name of ...