Iranians use the Divan of Hafez as an oracle for fortune telling, especially during the Nowruz or Yaldā holidays. The ritual starts with a plea to Hafez to give them…

Fatimah Zarrin Taj Baraghani Ghazvini was born sometime between 1814 and 1817 in Muslin Shia family. She was intelligent and got educated. Early on she became attracted to Shaykhism (an…

Manija (Mahsati) Ganjavi, born c. 1089 in Ganja (currently part of Azerbaijan) – died sometime after 1159, was a 12th-century Persian poet. Not much is documented about her life. Apparently,…