Most people in Iran are Persian, not Arab. When global headlines group Iran with countries such as Saudi Arabia or the United Arab Emirates, many assume they all share the same ethnic roots. Iran is ...

Sharon Lovett-Graff was in Edgewood Park posting emergency information — and wishing she could do it in Arabic. Anyone out there able to help? Lovett-Graff recently moved from her post as Westville ...

Persian names, like any other Arabic alphabet names, are deeply influenced by the Arabic language. Yet, they often contain some non-Arabic elements such as affixes which differentiate them from Arabic ...

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