Yesterday’s Kids
Childhood photos of some Iranian figures of art, literature, politics, and pop culture.
Childhood photos of some Iranian figures of art, literature, politics, and pop culture.
Murals in Tehran used to have mostly political and revolutionary themes but from the early 90s a new style of mural emerged, which is merely decorative.
Negin Magazine Covers from the 1970s. Negin was a magazine edited by Mahmood Enayat targeted towards the Iranian intellectuals.
In the 11th century, an Iranian known as Ibn Bakhtishu was a physician to the Abbasids in Baghdad. He compiled information about various animals and their uses. Two centuries later the work was translated from Arabic into Persian and illustrated with beautiful miniatures. Today The Morgan Library & Museum is home to this important Persian manuscript, which is regarded by experts as one of the greatest of all Iranian manuscripts.
Sabzi Khordan is an Iranian side dish that consist of a mixture of fresh herbs. It contains radishes, green onion, Iranian leeks, parsley, water cress, and basil. Adding Pooneh (an Iranian-native variation of basil), taragon, dills, and mint is optional.