• Imam Ali bin Hossein (PBUH) and Hasham
    • ham After committing crimes for many long years, Abdul Malik passed away and his son hasham was enthroned in his father's place. One day, he traveled to Mecca in the Hajj season so as to perform Hajj (as per his own ve...
    • Alawis
    • The Alawis, or Nusayris, who number about 1,350,000, constitute Syrias largest religious minority. They live chiefly along the coast in Al Ladhiqiyah Province, where they form over 60 percent of the rural population;...
    • AL-INFITAR
    • ITAR (Bursting Apart) Name It is derived from the wordinfatarat in the first verse.Infitar is an infinitive which means to burst or split asunder, thereby implying that it is the Surah in which the splitting asunde...
    • Ablution (Wudu;)
    • Prior to performing the daily prayers, and as a recommended or obligatory prerequisite to other acts of worship, Muslims must purify themselves – this is usually done with water. The minor form of this purification with water...
    • The Ring Two more Horror
    • Academy Award® nominee Naomi Watts (“21 Grams”) reprises the role of investigative reporter Rachel Keller in “The Ring Two,” the sequel to the 2002 horror hit “The Ring.” Hideo Nakata, the director of the original Ja...
    • Loss and Gain (At-Taghaabun): 1
    • 1 Verse of the week Whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth declares the glory of Allah To Him belong the kingdom, and to Him is due all praise And He has power over all things ...
    • John Milton
    • lton Paradise Lost http://emotional-literacy-education.com/classic-books-online-b/plrabn12.htm Paradise Regained http://emotional-literacy-education.com/classic-books-online-b/rgain10.htm Four Poems http:...
    • Samarra
    • rra Sāmarrā is a town in Iraq. Itis located on the east bank of the middle Tigris in Iraq, 125 km north of Baghdad. Between 836 (221 H) and 892 (279 H) it was the capital of the Abbasid Caliphs.Samarra expande...
    • The Yale Department of Religious Studies
    • ies Islamic Studies http://www.yale.edu/islamicstudies/ The Yale Department of Religious Studies, established in its present form in 1963, provides opportunities for the scholarly study of a number of religious tr...
    • ′Allamah Sayyed Muhammad Husayn Tabataba′i
    • 321 A.H. (lunar)/1282 vor A.H. (solar)/ A.D 1903-Aban 1360/November 1981) Biography Allamah Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Tabataba'i'was born in Tabriz in a family of descendants of the Holy Prophet which for fourteen gener...
    • Celebrating Norouz (Persian New Year)
    • ear) by Yassaman Jalali Simple and colorful, this book introduces the Persian New Year to young children. It includes 3 simple crafts which provide parents and teachers practical and easy ways to celebrate Norouz at h...
    • First American Theater (2)
    • Exactly when the first dramatic performance was given in America it is, of course, impossible to say. There are records inVirginia of a play being acted in that colony [6] and the players summoned to court in con...
    • Amoo Noruz (Uncle New Year)
    • Once upon a time there was an old man named Amoo Noruz, who would come to town every year on the first day of spring. His beard and hair died red, with camphire, his hat made of felt; a light blue shawl around hi...
    • happy new year
    • Norouz; Declaration of Iranians' Livelihood, EternityBy:Dr. Ali Shariati To say something new about Norouz is a difficult task. Norouz is a national celebration and everyone knows what a national celebration us...
    • Happy NewYear
    • Iranians, whatever their religious beliefs, language or origins and wherever they live, are strongly attached to Now Rouz (New Year). This festival, which does not featur...
    • happy new year
    • Haft-Sin( Seven Persian letter) A ceremonial table called Sofreh-e Haft Sin (cloth of seven dishes), name of each dish beginning with the Persian letter Sinn. A few days prior to the New Year, a sp...
    • Charles Théodore Frère
    • Orientalism born 1814 - died 1888 Charles-Théodore Frère, referred to familiarly as Théodore, was born in Paris on June 24, 1814.  He was the older brother of Pierre-Édouard Frère, an e...
    • Italian Proverbs (3)
    • Il riso fa buon sangue. Laughter is the best medicine. Il silencio è d'oro e la parola è d'argento. Speech is silver, silence is golden. Il tempo è denaro. Time is money. Il tempo guarisce tutti i mali...
    • Gibran Kahlil Gibran
    • an DEAD ARE MY PEOPLE http://www.kahlil.org/deadpf.html THE FORERUNNER http://www.kahlil.org/forerunnerpf.html I BELEIVE IN YOU (TO YOUNG AMERICANS OF SYRIAN ORIGIN) http://www.kahlil.org/belie...
    • ANNE MARIE SCHIMMEL
    • MEL (1922- 2003) Professor Annemarie Schimmel was a leading German Islamologist who published more than 50 books on Islamic literature, mysticism and culture and translated Persian, Urdu, Arabic, Sindhi and Turk...
    • Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies
    • ies (The Middle East & Central Asia) http://arts.anu.edu.au/cais/ Centre for Arab & Islamic Studies (The Middle East & Central Asia) The Faculties The Australian National University Canberra ACT 0...
    • The Spiritual Significance of Jihad
    • ad Seyyed Hossein Nas "And those who perform jihad for Us, We shall certainly guide them in Our ways, and God is surely with the doers of good." (Qur'an 39: 69) You have returned from the lesser jihad to the gre...
    • The meaning and concept of philosophy in Islam
    • lam Seyyed Hossein Nasr In the light of the Qur'an and Hadith in both of which the term hikmah has been used,1 Muslim authorities belonging to different schools of thought have sought over the ages to define the meaning ...
    • Cinemas of the Mind
    • dA Critical History of Film Theory Edited by Nicolas Tredell "Photography is truth. The cinema is truth 24 times a second" Jean-Luc Godard Film theory was one of the twentieth century's great adventures i...
    • Parvin Etesami
    • Famous Iranian poetess (9 March 1906–1941) Parvin was the daughter of Yusuf E’tesami Ashtiani (a.k.a E’tesam ol-Molk). Born in 9 March 1906 in Tabriz, she studied at an American Girls College in Iran. She is con...
    • Robots Movie
    • How do you make something mechanical feel alive? That's the challenge facing any movie with computer-generated imagery. And it's a more specific issue for Robots, 20th Century Fox's latest 3-D animated extravaganza. ...
    • THE FIRST AMERICAN THEATRE
    • The history of the theatre in America begins early in the Eighteenth Century, about the time the first rumblings were heard of the storm which was to break the ties still holding the Colonies to the mother country. ...
    • How can people know who is in the dress?
    • s? From Golestan of Sa'adi Several travelers were on a journey together and equally sharing each other’s troubles and comforts. I desired to accompany them but they would not agree. Then I said: ‘It is foreign to t...
    • Famous Picturs Of Rudolf Ernst
    • Ernst , Austria, Orientalism born 1854 - died 1932 ARTWORKS Standing Guard Oil on cradled panel 24.09 x 19.41 inches / 61.2 x 49.3 cm Private collection Signed R Ernst' (lower right) The Pasha's Favour...
    • Al-TAKWIR
    • WIR (Extinguished or: Wrapping things up) Name Itis derived from the wordkuwwirat in the first verse.Kuwwirat is passive voice fromtakwir in the past tense, and means "that which is folded up", th...
    • Italian Proverbs (2)
    • Chi dorme non piglia pesci. The early bird catches the worm. Chi fa da sá, fa per tre. Do it yourself if you want it done right. Chi fa falla, e chi non fa sfarfalla. Those who act make mist...
    • Gibran Khalil Gibran
    • ibran THE PROPHET http://www.kahlil.org/prophetpf THE GARDEN OF THE PROPHET http://www.kahlil.org/gardenpf.html THE MADMAN http://www.kahlil.org/madmanpf.html HAVE MERCY ON ME, MY SOUL http...
    • THE OLD ENGLISH PANTOMIME
    • The old English pantomime was modeled with certain modifications upon the masque of the Elizabethan and the Stuart days, which by its gorgeous scenery and mechanical effects anticipated the spectacular displays of...
    • The legend of Solomon and the Angel of Death
    • ath From: Freya Stark, a winter in Arabia A man, walking in the streets ofJerusalem, saw the Angel of Death staring at him in what he thought a significant way. He went to King Solomon for advice about this, and then d...
    • Al-RAZI (Rhazes)
    • es) (ca.250/854-313/925 or 323/935) (born in Rayy, Iran, ca. 864; died in Baghdad, Iraq, 930 AD) "Rhazes was the greatest physician of Islam and the Medieval Ages." – George Sarton Al-RAZI, Abu Bakr Muhamm...
    • Fiqh
    • iqh (Islamic jurisprudence) By Murtada Mutahhari The Arabic word fiqh means knowledge, understanding, and comprehension. It refers to the legal rulings of the Muslim scholars, based on their knowledge of the shari'a. ...
    • Jacques-Louis
    • David , France, Neoclassicism born 30 April 1748 - died 29 December 1825 DAVID, JACQUES LOUIS (1748-1825), French painter, was born in Paris on the 30th of April 1748. His father was killed in a duel, whe...
    • The Spider (Al-Ankaboot): 7-8
    • 7-8 *And (as far) those who believe and do good, We will most certainly do away with their evil deeds and We will most certainly reward them the best of what they did *And we have enjoined on man goodness to his paren...
    • Marla Olmstead Still “The Thousand dollar Baby”
    • Marla Olmstead was born inJohnson City, New York in February, 2000. She began painting at the age of one. At two, she was creating large works on canvas. Her first exhibition, “All Kinds of Colors,” was held at...
    • History of Tragedy
    • “All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players. “ SHAKESPEARE, As You like It In discussing the history of dramatic literature, all historians down to a few years since have, without exceptio...
    • The Monkey and the Crocodile
    • ile Once upon a time, a clever monkey lived in a tree that bore juicy, red rose apples. He was very happy. One fine day, a crocodile swam up to that tree and told the monkey that he had travelled a long distance and was...
    • Implantation Tree Day
    • Tree Planting Day 15 Esfand / 5 March Tree is one of the most beautiful and the most productive bounties of God Almighty. They meet the major parts of the vital needs of man and the other living ...