Movies: Abbas Amanat

The art of the Qajar Era in Iran, from 1785 to 1925, includes some of the most remarkable paintings of any culture. "Of Kings and Paintings" brings to life the wealth and importance of this extraordinary period in Persia's art history....

Tahirih Qurrat al-Ayn was first Iranian women right activist, Bab-i fighter ,theologian,poet. Tahirih was a woman of letters who lived in the nineteenth-century. Her name is synonymous with the emancipation of women and social justice and her life h...