Purim and Iran: This time we're not powerless

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/02/26/purim-and-iran-this-time-were-not-powerless/

Lecture coming up TODAY in just under three hours! This is organised by the Persian Manuscripts Association, who from March will be joining with our NoMansLand Webinar Series to co-organise a series of online lectures for the rest of 2026.

This lecture will be by Prof. Marcus Milwright (University of York), entitled: "Encircling Inscriptions in Early Persian Architecture: Thoughts on Moving, Reading, and Looking".

More information about this and future lectures:
https://persianmanuscripts.org/2026-2/

To participate online, please register at
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/k_dPULmeQTGjoz36EqDBwQ#/registration

#IranianStudies #Iran #Persian #History

Mowlana Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī (30 September 1207 – 17 December 1273) translated by Coleman Barks (April 23, 1937 – February 23, 2026) RIP. #translation #books #mystic #Persian #Sufi #poetry

#CatchOfTheDay
#OpenAccess on
#MENAdoc:

"Die Ssabier und der Ssabismus" by Daniil A. Chwolsohn

[St. Petersburg: Buchdruckerei der Kaiserlichen Akad. der Wiss., 1856]

http://dx.doi.org/10.25673/100247

#german #arabic #persian #mesopotamia #sabians #histroy

#Deactivation of #US #Military #Bases in the #Persian #Gulf

https://www.patreon.com/posts/deactivation-of-151360085

https://odysee.com/@kult:e/Deactivation-of-US-Military-Bases-in-the-Persian-Gulf:8

"What is a holiday like #Purim doing on the #Jewish calendar? What is a #book like #Esther doing in the #Tanakh? Was the holiday really established the way that the book of Esther describes, following intrigue at the #Persian court and the last minute intervention of a Jewish queen that saved her people from massacre? (And let’s not forget the massacre of Persians that happens instead.)

The story itself belongs to a genre that stretches back to #Joseph’s time in #Egypt, that of the Jewish courtier ensconced in a foreign court, and it is a genre that continues today wherever a #Jew is portrayed as a fish out of water in the #Diaspora and ends up in a position of influence. Another early story of this type, #Daniel, has its protagonist trying to survive in the court of #Babylon, and some scholars have guessed (because we can only guess) that the story of Esther began circulating around the same time as Daniel, perhaps during the fourth century #BCE."

https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/the-origins-of-purim/

I am pursuing an interdisciplinary master's in #HealthEconomics, which focuses on #Economics, #Analytics, #HealthCare, and #Innovation. My thesis will focus on the economic evaluation of #environmental #HealthRisks. I am fluent in #English and #Spanish and have A1 #German, #French, and #Persian. Unfortunately, I am not yet conversational in #Czech, but I want to improve. I welcome any leads, tips, or connections. I have free access to the Czech and US labor markets. #FediHire #GetFediHired 2/2

*Language Summer School*

#ASPIRANTUM is offering intensive #Persian summer courses in #Yerevan from June to August 2026, with flexible 6–10 week options for beginner to upper‑intermediate learners.

Applications are now open:

https://aspirantum.com/courses/persian-language-summer-school

Do you speak Farsi?

Emmi, our newest volunteer, does so - fluently!
That means: starting today Innsbruck Greeters offer free walks around the city in Persian language, too.

#greeters #Innsbruck #Farsi #Persian #Travel

I like way Bad Bunny says 'Person' like 'Persian,' don't you? #IKR xo @elonjet.net@bsky.brid.gy @aclu.org@bsky.brid.gy @badbunny.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy @badbunnylv.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy @badbunnysan.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy @cybtrkdud.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy @cybertruckguy.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy #4BillionMothersStrong #USA #Moms #Persian #Persons #AmericanPersians #Refunds #Mom

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:b2kutgxqlltwc6lhs724cfwr/post/3me7bl54cbc2e

@abbas_dp Learnt new things from #Protest #Apps #Delta #Privacy #Culture #Party !

1☑️ Delta Chat can be installed on a #TAILS OS USB thumb-drive 💾 as a Persistent app + used via #TOR #Network

2☑️ The #Persian / #Iranian calendar is #observation-based, unlike the #Gregorian calendar, which is #rule-based !

( lol there exists other calendars in the world and ways! 🌜 🌚 📆 🌔 🌛
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_calendars )

3☑️ ...a record of 500 active #DeltaChat servers during #Iran's internet #blackout period

♬🌀🔥 Whirling Flame: https://suno.com/song/31a913c6-7498-4a45-b328-1d8f4f29e7ca #Turkish #Persian #folk #fusion #seveneighttime #saz #tar #zurna #duduk #davul #bendir #UTAU #vocaloid #ボーカロイド #music #音楽 #udio #kaiber #producer #business #industry #entertainment 🌎 #global #community #news New Idols, Stars and Character(s) for us to love ❤️ ❧

What’s the latest on #BiDi scripts? Am looking for an up to date resource or set of resources to put together an introductory lecture for a course on #Persian #manuscripts this summer. My knowledge is now a few years behind.

#moviereview of #YamaRauff's #ForTheLivesOfOthers:

»Rauff follows activists protesting the killing of animals and the industries that commodify their bodies. Yet the film’s focus quickly widens. The structures of power, operating under the banner of law and democratic order, are shown to defend precisely the systems the activists oppose. Despite the ethical clarity of the protest, society at large aligns itself with these structures. In this sense, the film closely echoes Michel Foucault’s account of disciplinary power: a form of control that acts upon bodies and minds simultaneously. « — https://8am.media/eng/hidden-cages-a-film-that-challenges-both-mind-and-society-reading-for-the-lives-of-others/

in #persian: https://8am.media/fa/hidden-cages-a-film-that-challenges-the-mind-and-society/

you can watch the film for free on #peertube:
▶️ https://peertube.wtf/videos/watch/cf233338-845a-47a0-b7be-af232e3149e4

please leave a comment if you watched it. 🙂

#acab #animalliberation #freepalestine #totalliberation #stampe #terma #dkpol #documentary

مسترینگ

Can anyone tell me how to write this Persian/Farsi word in the English alphabet?

#askfedi
#persian
#Farsi

Thanks for any help 👍

Apologies, I wasn't very clear in the op. I got the word by translation from 'Mastering' but wondered how the result would be 'written for pronunciation' in the English alphabet, having seen various other Persian/Farsi words notated in English in dictionaries etc.

I am still not explaining myself very well! 😂

#USA #TrashTV #IRAN #TEHRANGELES

Auf meiner Suche nach Ablenkung bin ich nach vielen Jahren wieder auf diese #BRAVOtv Serie/Neuauflage zufällig gestoßen. Die Serie habe ich in meiner Zeit in den USA (lange her) gesehen und auch genossen.

:wtf: Jetzt, heute, schaue ich da ganz anders hin!

📺 'The Valley - Persian Style' (USA, 2026)

#california #persianstyle #shahsofsunset #persian #doublemorality

How you can help send the devilish Mullah regime in #Iran to hell from your cosy home:

1. Install Snowflake to enable anonymous internet usage. https://docs.snowflake.com/en/developer-guide/snowflake-cli/installation/installation

2. React to videos documenting the massacre of the population.

3. Complain to the media and politicians, who poorly report or take action

4. Sign petitions. https://weact.campact.de/petitions/ausweisung-iran-botschafter-schliessung-botschaft-berlin

#Persian #tehran #ایران# تهران

We first ate her flavour- & colour-filled food in a bar & her delivery made our spirits soar during lockdown. This is going to be a treat!

" Now Cardiff-born chef Leyli Homayoonfar is bringing back her supper clubs to Wales [...] Held on weekends during February, the Joon Supper Club will be a series of dinners at Insole Court's Potting Shed hosted by Bab Haus founder Leyli."
#food #Caerdydd #Cardiff #restaurant #Persian

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/restaurants-bars/welsh-chef-cooks-uks-most-33314525

Event tomorrow on Prepositional Compounds in Avestan and Old Persian - this is an in-person guest lecture, if you're in Vienna tomorrow morning then please do come and join us!

https://www.oeaw.ac.at/ifi/veranstaltungen/event-details/prepositional-compounds-in-avestan-and-old-persian

#linguistics #IranianStudies #Persian #Iran

"I wish I could show you, when you are lonely or in darkness, the astonishing light of your own being." - Hafez Shirazi (14th C Persian poet) #poetry #poem #poetrysky #Persian Woodcut by Blair Hughes Stanton