Persian New Year Celebration with Author Azar Nafisi
Persian New Year kicked off this week. The bestselling author of Reading Lolita in Tehran gave The Daily Beast a tour of the foods and traditions at her family celebration.
This year, the Smithsonian held its third Norouz celebration, the most extensive to date. (Credit: Stanley Staniski)
They were lighting bonfires on the streets of Tehran last week, but it didn’t have much to do with revolution or regime change. Every year, on the Tuesday before the vernal equinox, Iranians jump over bonfires as a symbol of purification which is said to bring good health in the...
