Auteur: Katouzian Homa Katouzian

‘In the breath that I die, for you I’ll be longing/ Wishing to turn into the dust of your belonging’ – Sa’di, Expressions of Love. With poetry which speaks across the ages, Sa’di (1210-1281) is a vit …

‘In the breath that I die, for you I’ll be longing/ Wishing to turn into the dust of your belonging’ – Sa’di, Expressions of Love. With poetry which speaks across the ages, Sa’di (1210-1281) is a vit …

Muhammad Musaddiq was the first of the great charismatic anti-colonial campaigners of the post-war world. As Prime Minister of Iran between 1951 and 1953 he nationalised the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company …

Sadeq Hedayat is the most famous and the most enigmatic Iranian writer of the 20th century. This book is the first comprehensive study of Hedayat’s life and works set against the background of litera …

Sadeq Hedayat is the most famous and the most enigmatic Iranian writer of the 20th century. This book is the first comprehensive study of Hedayat’s life and works set against the background of litera …

Satire, irony and humour have long been features of Persian literature’s rich tradition, taking various forms from the coarse and obscene to the subtle and refined. Humour in Iran is a close and comp …

Satire, irony and humour have long been features of Persian literature’s rich tradition, taking various forms from the coarse and obscene to the subtle and refined. Humour in Iran is a close and comp …