Persia

Persia refers to the historic region centred on the area around the modern-day Iranian Republic and Afghanistan. There have been a number of important empires based from this region since the 8th century BC.

Notable Persian empires include the Seleucid Empire (312–63 BC), the Sasanian Empire (224–651), and the Seljuk Empire (1037–1194).

Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West
Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings
The Blood of Flowers
رباعيات خيام
Persians: The Age of the Great Kings
Empire of the Mind: A History of Iran
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
The Conference of the Birds
The Histories
The Blind Owl
From Cyrus to Alexander: A History of the Persian Empire
The Divan
Creation
The Complete Persepolis
The Persian Expedition
The Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiPersepolis by Marjane SatrapiReading Lolita in Tehran by Azar NafisiFunny in Farsi by Firoozeh DumasAll The Shah's Horses by Gail Rose Thompson
Persian Memoirs
37 books — 17 voters
The Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiReading Lolita in Tehran by Azar NafisiPersepolis by Marjane SatrapiEqual of the Sun by Anita AmirrezvaniThe Blood of Flowers by Anita Amirrezvani
Books Set in Iran
200 books — 56 voters

Things I've Been Silent About by Azar NafisiTehran Moonlight by Azin SametipourThe Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan KamaliMartyr! by Kaveh AkbarReading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
irani writers
25 books — 1 voter

Soroosh Shahrivar
Sanctions levied Sanctions heavy
Break my back
But you will not end me Many have assailed
Many have failed
Pack after pack
Blood shed but to no avail Had my share of years
Had my share of tears
SAVAK to crack
A century of polluted atmosphere This is my land
This is my clan
Turn the clock back
I'm as old as the history of man Gone are the golden days
Gone are the golden ways Stopped in my tracks
Time will lead me out of this maze Keep my people in pain
Keep my people in chains
Wrapped ...more
Soroosh Shahrivar, Letter 19

Soroosh Shahrivar
And this in a nation that had female generals thousands of years ago.
Soroosh Shahrivar, Tajrish

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