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Featuring six ancient trees - three from across the world and three from India ...

These spectacular stone structures represent some of the most significant depictions of the religious and funerary practices of an ancient society that drew on both its Greek and Persian heritage.

The Qur’an states that Adam fell to earth (Qur’an 2:36). Most Muslim Tafsir reports that Adam fell to India; and Eve fell to Jeddah (Ibn Abbas and Hasan al-Basri). When Adam left India and was ...

In Israeli society, only religious sensitivity seems to be taken into account; the secular worldview receives no symbolic or ...

In the diocese of Southwark, Christ Church, Gipsy Hill, has found itself at the forefront of catering for Farsi-speakers. A ...

BEAUTIFUL BOOKS OF TRAVEL IN COLORS AND HALF-TONES; Venice, Florence, Rome, and the Cities of France Illustrate and Describe -- Persia and Japan Also Form the Subjects of Artistic and Graphically ...

previous collaborators Burgess and Chien follow two East Asian–cued children through a hot city Fourth of July. The book received a starred review from PW. Antwan Eady, illus. by London Ladd.

About introducing Persian literature to the Venezuelans, and vice vera, through translation of works, she said: “In the past three years, we have strived to find publishers to translate various titles ...

The book, thus, not only looks at the past through its creative web of connections, which is both deep and surprisingly light ...

Over the last fifty years, Islamic terrorism has accounted for 85 percent of all terrorist related deaths. Nearly 70,000 attacks killed over a quarter million people. Nearly 90 percent of these deaths ...

When kids learn about famous artists in picture books and narrative nonfiction stories, it helps readers remember the famous artists in a deeper way. Why? Because stories help us remember information, ...