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Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X A map purporting to show the second-largest religion in each state appeared on the Washington Post ...

SPRINGFIELD — Persian culture often is misunderstood and the Baha’i Faith little understood by many. So for local dentist Dr. Kayvon Nezhad, the Global Education and Peace Network’s speaker series is ...

Sienna Mae Heath holds a container of sumac, or “somaq,” which represents sunrise, Thursday near her south Bethlehem apartment. It’s one of several symbolic items she’ll place on a table for the ...

The Baha’i faith — a small but global religion with an interfaith credo — fits comfortably into the religious spectrum of most countries. In several Middle East nations, however, Baha’i followers face ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X On March 20, 2020, just after the spring equinox, Sienna Mae Heath scrounged up what spices, ...

Editor -- Let me first say that I truly enjoyed the article on Nowruz, the Persian New Year ("Nowruz eid-i shoma mobarak! For Iranians, fire jumping heralds a fresh start on the new year," March 13).

Israel is the last country where an Iranian raised in a Muslim family would have expected to find a place to feel at home. But that’s exactly what happened when I visited. In January 2013, I spent a ...

The sun had already set when the woman with long gray hair descended the steps to the same prison gate she had passed through all those years ago. Mahvash Sabet had been behind bars for an eternal ...

WBEZ contributor Nari Safavi tells us how to spend our international weekend. Aliye AJ, Turkish comedienne talks about the comedy scene in Turkey. The 2nd annual Chicago Women's Funny Festival. David ...