The Pearl in Qatar is a luxurious artificial island featuring Mediterranean-inspired design with Venetian-style waterways and ...

Advertisement Article continues below this ad Known as “Chaharshanbe Souri” in Farsi, the festival comes in the hours just before the Wednesday before Nowruz, which is the Persian New Year.

Hatami said that when the ancient people of Abarkuh dug water transfer tunnels, known as a qanat, they added stairs connecting the houses along the route to the tunnels. The links to the tunnels ...

Though Los Angeles is more known for its Persian restaurants, these days, New York can hold its own. With a flock of new restaurant openings, New York Persians are taking their hometown cuisine to ...

Named the Qanat Project — after the ancient Persian qanat systems that brought groundwater to the surface via horizontal wells — the new repository represents a modern approach to time-tested water ...

The best Persian restaurants in Toronto trade in hearty, homey food that's rich and fragrant, deeply spiced and never dull. For juicy kebabs or elaborate feasts that flow from appetizer platters ...

With its bountiful use of fruits in many forms (pomegranate molasses, sun-dried limes), vibrant inclusion of fragrant and fresh herbs, and symbolic thread of saffron throughout, Persian cuisine ...