By bnm Tehran bureau Iranians of all groups and religions are enjoying their relatively unknown winter festival on December ...

TEHRAN - The UNESCO-registered Persepolis will host a ceremony of Yalda Night on Sunday to mark the winter solstice and ...

A Yalda Night ceremony was held at the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Mexico City, attended by Mexican and ...

The monumental "Yalda Storyology Collection" archives over 8,000 Iranian folktales, safeguarding the oral traditions of the ...

Every year on the last day of autumn, Iran marks Yalda Night, an ancient festival celebrating the winter solstice, the ...

TEHRAN--Yalda represents deep connection of Iranians with nature, production, and cultural identity that has been passed down ...

Yalda Night, or Shab-e Yalda (also spelled Shabe Yalda), marks the longest night of the year in Iran and in many other Central Asian and Middle Eastern countries. On the winter solstice, in a ...

It’s almost as if my Iranian Jewish ancestors knew the moments we’d find ourselves in and came prepared with a double dose. Alongside the miracle of light from Hanukkah, I grew up celebrating Shab-e ...

Night of Pomegranates and MemoriesIn the silence of the longest night of the year,we open the ruby seeds of memory.Each one is a promise kept,and each sweetness a whisper of hope.Come sit close…let ...

Victor Protasio / Food Styling by Torie Cox / Prop Styling by Claire Spollen The author serves flavorful dips like Zeytoon Parvardeh (left) and Lubia Pokhteh for her Yalda Night celebration. Yalda ...

In the silence of the longest night of the year, we open the ruby seeds of memory. like the stars of Yalda. The verses of 14th-century Persian poet Hafez Shirazi are treasured for their seamless ...