Iran Culture with Language Course – Lesson 10.1

• Introduction
• Hafez’s poetry
• Popularity of poetry in Iranian culture
• Other popular Persian poets – Ferdowsi and Saadi
• Tourism: Visiting tombs of Persian poets

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Iran Culture with Language Course – Lesson 10.2

• Haft-seen: The Table of 7 S’s
• Nowruz
• Items on the Haft-seen
• The festival of fire
• Gifts and picnics
• A global celebration

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Iran Culture with Language Course – Lesson 10.3

• Blue domes on mosques
• Significance of the color blue
• Islam in Iran
• Minority religions
• Baha’i discrimination

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Iran Culture with Language Course – Lesson 10.4

• Symbol of the Zoroastrian religion
• Found in Persepolis and Fire temples
• Farvahar explained
• Zoroastrian revival

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Iran Culture with Language Course – Lesson 10.5

• Saffron
• Global production
• Saffron in Persian cooking – Rice dishes
• Dry fruits and nuts
• Tea vs. Coffee

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Iran Culture with Language Course – Lesson 10.6

• Ancient Persia
• Persepolis – History
• Symbol of Iranian pride

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Iran Culture with Language Course – Lesson 10.7

• Fashion rules
• Hijab
• Chador
• Fashion Police
• Punishment
• Opposition to fashion rules
• Rules for men’s wardrobes

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Iran Culture with Language Course – Lesson 10.8

• The Iranian Flag
• Changes pre- and post-1979 Revolution
• Colors
• Emblem
• Symbol of opposition

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Iran Culture with Language Course – Lesson 10.9

• Persian rugs
• Exporting
• Value
• Other exported goods – OIL

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Iran Culture with Language Course – Lesson 10.10

• Conclusion

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Iran Culture with Language Course – Lesson 9.1

• Introduction
• 3 waves of emigration
• Wave 1 – 1950s – 1979
• Wave 2 – 1979 – 2001
• Wave 3 – 2001 – present

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Iran Culture with Language Course – Lesson 9.2

• How many Iranians live outside of Iran?
• Where have the settled?
• Inaccurate census data
• Iranians in Europe, Israel, and Turkey

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Iran Culture with Language Course – Lesson 9.3

• Iranian-American diversity
• Iranian religious and ethnic minorities abroad

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Iran Culture with Language Course – Lesson 9.4

• Education achievement
• Brain drain
• Financial success
• Challenges to success
• Self-employment

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Iran Culture with Language Course – Lesson 9.5

• Assimilating to the US
• Iranian-American identity
• The new generation
• Showing Persian pride
• Generation gap
• Uniting Iranian-Americans

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