SAHBA SHAYANI

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I’ve decided to offer this course now because the Shāhnāmeh is a text that has accompanied the people of Greater Iran for over a millennium, inspiring and invigorating them throughout their toughest times, protecting and magnifying their unique

I still remember flipping through our history textbook in my seventh period CORE class in the 6th grade, wondering why Ancient Greece, Rome, China and Egypt had chapters dedicated to their stories, but Ancient Persia was limited to only a few lines.

آنچه مرا در این ایّام از آشفتگی محض تا اندازه&zwnj;ای نگه داشته همین مناجات است… ایرانِ من.

twenty-five to twenty-six

I couldn’t imagine a more special place to spend the longest day of the year than the Temple of Light: the Bahá’í House of Worship of South America, located on the foothills of the majestic Andes Mountains in Santiago, Chile

Pucón and her beautiful volcano/mountains

Santiago de Chile ❤️🤍💙

#santiago #chile #travel #seetheworld #photooftheday #postoftheday #exlpore #explorer #explorepage✨

For none can surpass the beauty that He creates

I still remember the first time I clocked Googoosh’s name. I was probably 6 or 7 in Tehran and we were at my amu’s home when I overheard the adults mentioning this unique name. Curious, I asked them who Googoosh was and they said, “

Sahba Shayani

Los Angeles, California

Oxford, England

UCLA: Dept of Near Eastern Languages & Cultures

P: (310) 825-4165

E: sahba@ucla.edu