The Persian Wedding Book

Author : Christen Flack Behzadi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780989085502
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Persian Wedding Book written by Christen Flack Behzadi and published by . This book was released on 2013-03-12 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Persian Wedding Book is a practical guide to preparing, having and enjoying a Persian (Iranian) wedding for brides, grooms, families and guests. It is also a joyous celebration of Persian weddings, rich with photographs of dazzlingly beautiful items unique to Iranian wedding ceremonies, and sparkling with historical facts, explanations of symbolism, and moments of poetry that honor the great Iranian tradition. The author, Dr. Christen Behzadi, M.D., is an American-born bride married in a Persian wedding ceremony, and she shares her story from beginning to end, allowing brides-to-be and wedding planners to follow the process step-by-step and learn all they need to know to make their own wedding ceremonies an exquisite success. The Persian Wedding Book is packed with valuable real-life tips about what to do, what order to do it in, how to set up one's Sofreh Aghd (the heart of the Iranian wedding celebration), how to find vendors, what expected dress standards are, how to learn the appropriate dances, what foods to feature, what gifts to bring, what courtesies to show (and what social mistakes to avoid), and much much more. The financial responsibilities of the bride and groom and their families are discussed in detail. Associated parties and ceremonies, such as the Ashnaei, the Khastegari, the Baleh-Baron, Namzadi, the Jahaz-Baron, the Hana Bandan, and the Grand Reception (Jashn-Aroosi) are all covered in detail. Even non-Iranian brides seeking new and exciting ideas to individualize their weddings can find ideas on every page; but for the Iranian bride or family planning a truly Persian wedding in any city in the world, here is all the information needed to fashion their own unforgettable ceremony. If you are an Iranian bride or groom, the family of an Iranian bride or groom, friends or guests of such brides or grooms, The Persian Wedding Book is an absolute necessity to planning, fashioning, and celebrating a successful and celebrated wedding that will be an ongoing joy and a memory to cherish for all concerned.

Author : MICHAEL JULIAN. FLAY
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780953630950
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Persian Wedding written by MICHAEL JULIAN. FLAY and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Bijan Moridani
Publisher : Inner Layers
ISBN 13 : 9780977017508
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Paymān-i Zanāshūyī-i Īrānī written by Bijan Moridani and published by Inner Layers. This book was released on 2005 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Dorit Rabinyan
Publisher : Canongate Books
ISBN 13 : 1782112995
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Persian Brides written by Dorit Rabinyan and published by Canongate Books. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While eleven-year-old Nazie has long been engaged to her cousin Moussa and anxiously awaits her marriage, fifteen-year-old Flora has been abandoned by her husband in the midst of a difficult pregnancy. In a novel brimming with vitality and sensuality - smells, colours and textures float effortlessly off the page - Rabinyan examines the lives of these young Jewish girls in a Persian village at the beginning of the twentieth century. Persian Brides is a widely-acclaimed, vibrant and award-winning debut of immense emotional power.

Author : Sheriene Saadati
Publisher : Xlibris
ISBN 13 : 9781413417012
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Persian Weddings written by Sheriene Saadati and published by Xlibris. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What comes to mind when you hear the word "Iran"? Hostages? Women in black? Not Without My Daughter As you will discover in this personal account, the people of Iran are surprisingly warm, hospitable, and deeply committed to family. This book is about the adventure of a half-Persian (Iranian) woman who was born in the United States and travels to Iran for the first time at the age of 30 to attend a cousin's wedding. Against the historical backdrops of Persepolis and Esfahan, she begins to understand the true cultural/sociological differences while clarifying her own identity as a Persian-American.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Islamic History Sourcebook: Charles James Wills: A Persian Wedding, 1885 written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features a description of 19th century Persian weddings written in 1885 by Charles James Wills and published online by Paul Halsall.

Author : Nahid Rachlin
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101007702
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Persian Girls written by Nahid Rachlin and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-12-27 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many years, heartache prevented Nahid Rachlin from turning her sharp novelist's eye inward: to tell the story of how her own life diverged from that of her closest confidante and beloved sister, Pari. Growing up in Iran, both refused to accept traditional Muslim mores, and dreamed of careers in literature and on the stage. Their lives changed abruptly when Pari was coerced by their father into marrying a wealthy and cruel suitor. Nahid narrowly avoided a similar fate, and instead negotiated with him to pursue her studies in America. When Nahid received the unsettling and mysterious news that Pari had died after falling down a flight of stairs, she traveled back to Iran--now under the Islamic regime--to find out what happened to her truest friend, confront her past, and evaluate what the future holds for the heartbroken in a tale of crushing sorrow, sisterhood, and ultimately, hope.

Author : Simin Abrahams
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780700713110
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Modern Persian written by Simin Abrahams and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This course assumes no prior knowledge of the language and begins with the teaching of the Persian alphabet. Grammar and vocabulary are covered in full and the course places equal emphasis on reading, writing and speaking.

Author : Maryam Khosrowshahi
Publisher : Acc Art Books
ISBN 13 : 9781788840569
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sofreh written by Maryam Khosrowshahi and published by Acc Art Books. This book was released on 2019-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * A one-of-a-kind book that examines Persian celebrations from their earliest incarnations to their present state* Reaches out to those interested in art and culture, especially Iranians worldwide, embracing and celebrating their cultural heritage* Glossy full-color photographs capture the spirit of these ancient traditions in the modern day 'Sofreh' is Persian for 'spread' - referring to the colorful arrangements of flowers, condiments and objects of spiritual or cultural importance that are displayed at Persian ceremonies. As the title promises, this book is a visual feast. Flush with lavish historical illustrations and contemporary photography, it documents Persian marriage and New Year celebrations in rich detail. Sofreh pays homage to ancient traditions, discussing the symbiosis of symbolism and culture. Despite their ancestral roots, the featured ceremonies are infused with life and creativity. Modern fabrics are welcomed alongside refined antique textiles, creative floral designs, unconventional pieces of furniture, and unexpected objects.References to Persian poetry, literature, art and folklore stimulate the imagination, and the text is illuminated with exquisitely detailed extracts from old manuscripts, antique woven textiles and embroideries. Each volume centers around a series of original and at times highly elaborate sofreh creations. Together they comprise an extensive project, involving research into Persian ceremonies and sofreh history by an eminent scholar, and the design and creation of stunning compositions. Book One is about the Persian New Year (Nowruz), which is celebrated on the first day of Spring. Book Two explores Persian marriage and wedding customs, and the elaborate settings for marriage ceremonies (Aqd). These two lavishly illustrated volumes, which make an enduring gift, are devoted to showcasing sofreh compositions in all of their glory. Never before have the splendor and beauty of the sofreh been presented in such an intricate and novel fashion.

Author : Firoozeh Dumas
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0307430995
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Funny in Farsi written by Firoozeh Dumas and published by Random House. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Finalist for the PEN/USA Award in Creative Nonfiction, the Thurber Prize for American Humor, and the Audie Award in Biography/Memoir This Random House Reader’s Circle edition includes a reading group guide and a conversation between Firoozeh Dumas and Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner! “Remarkable . . . told with wry humor shorn of sentimentality . . . In the end, what sticks with the reader is an exuberant immigrant embrace of America.”—San Francisco Chronicle In 1972, when she was seven, Firoozeh Dumas and her family moved from Iran to Southern California, arriving with no firsthand knowledge of this country beyond her father’s glowing memories of his graduate school years here. More family soon followed, and the clan has been here ever since. Funny in Farsi chronicles the American journey of Dumas’s wonderfully engaging family: her engineer father, a sweetly quixotic dreamer who first sought riches on Bowling for Dollars and in Las Vegas, and later lost his job during the Iranian revolution; her elegant mother, who never fully mastered English (nor cared to); her uncle, who combated the effects of American fast food with an army of miraculous American weight-loss gadgets; and Firoozeh herself, who as a girl changed her name to Julie, and who encountered a second wave of culture shock when she met and married a Frenchman, becoming part of a one-couple melting pot. In a series of deftly drawn scenes, we watch the family grapple with American English (hot dogs and hush puppies?—a complete mystery), American traditions (Thanksgiving turkey?—an even greater mystery, since it tastes like nothing), and American culture (Firoozeh’s parents laugh uproariously at Bob Hope on television, although they don’t get the jokes even when she translates them into Farsi). Above all, this is an unforgettable story of identity, discovery, and the power of family love. It is a book that will leave us all laughing—without an accent. Praise for Funny in Farsi “Heartfelt and hilarious—in any language.”—Glamour “A joyful success.”—Newsday “What’s charming beyond the humor of this memoir is that it remains affectionate even in the weakest, most tenuous moments for the culture. It’s the brilliance of true sophistication at work.”—Los Angeles Times Book Review “Often hilarious, always interesting . . . Like the movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding, this book describes with humor the intersection and overlapping of two cultures.”—The Providence Journal “A humorous and introspective chronicle of a life filled with love—of family, country, and heritage.”—Jimmy Carter “Delightfully refreshing.”—Milwaukee Journal Sentinel “[Funny in Farsi] brings us closer to discovering what it means to be an American.”—San Jose Mercury News