"The Shahnameh created a formidable, unparalleled army – an army of words – that vanquished those who sought to fragment and destabilize Iran. No force could withstand this legion of countless ...

The exhibition showcases artworks influenced by the Shahnameh, the epic masterpiece of Persian poet Ferdowsi, ISNA reported on Saturday. The exhibition will be running at the gallery, located in ...

Q - What are the differences between your editing and former editings of the Shahnameh? A - My work has several features to it. One of them is that I read copies of the Shahnameh from across the world ...

“To say ‘Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh is the identity of Iranian people and the Iranian nation’ is quite true. Not every nation enjoys such reliable a document as Shahnameh about its origin; we will realize ...

Before the Islamic Revolution dimmed the Iranian literary imagination in 1979, and before an expanding Islam swept Iran into its Arab empire in the seventh century, there existed the rich and colorful ...

Long before HBO's wildly popular Game of Thrones was created, Iranians turned to the national literary epic 'Shahnameh" (The Book of Kings) for intriguing tales of knights, nobility and mystical ...

Shahnameh (Book of Kings) is set to be performed at The Living Earth Show in March 2026. This production, part of the Roar Shack Live season, will explore themes and narratives from the classic ...

Masked actors wearing elaborate, feathered costumes manipulated puppets behind a large 15-by-30-foot screen, creating dancing shadows and silhouettes that told an ancient story of love and war. Hamid ...

Filmmaker Hamid Rahmanian's forthcoming illustrated tome will bring new, vivid life to the epic tales of the ancient Persian kings. There has been a long tradition of depicting the stories of ...

The Shahnameh, a 1,000-year old Persian epic, is a cultural mainstay in Iran. Iranian filmmaker Hamid Rahmanian recently made a contemporary, illustrated version. Each page is composed of thousands of ...