By Michael Saponara Ed Sheeran immersed himself in Persian culture for his “Azizam” single, and there’s no better way to visually represent that culture than a Persian wedding, which takes ...

Ed Sheeran is delving deeper into Persian culture with the video for his new track “Azizam.” Directed by Iranian-American filmmaker Saman Kesh, the video follows Sheeran as he struggles to ...

Ed Sheeran’s focus lately has been on his latest single, the Persian-inspired “Azizam.” So, today (April 17), he has shared a lively and frenetic new video for the track. In a post shared on ...

The singer released the single, which is named after the Persian term of endearment that translates to “my dear” or “my beloved”, earlier this month. Now, he’s shared the video ...

and the clip sees him escape writer's block by accidentally attending a wild wedding party full of Persian stars Googoosh, Andy, Omid Djalili, Eyelar, and Servin Alenabi as well as producer Ilya ...

Chef and Joon owner Chris Morgan has been a mentee of legendary chef and cookbook author Najmieh Batmanglij since 2013 and created Joon’s Persian and Middle Eastern menu with her. Now he’s ...

Persian New Year, also known as “Nowruz” or “Nooruz,” which literally translates as “new day,” celebrates the start of a new year on the Persian calendar. This year’s celebration, which took place on ...

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Faranak joined the BBC Persian service in 2010 She was born in L.A and grew up in Tehran Before getting into journalism she was a kickboxing trainer, an English teacher and even an ice-cream maker ...