Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Traditional haft-seen table. Left to right: Flowers, shamrock, coins, samanu, sumac, vinegar, senjed. Center: apple, egg and ...

Nowruz marks the arrival of spring in Iran but also the beginning of the new year. The same is true in Afghanistan, where the festival serves as the official start of the solar calendar. The precise ...

Some 300 million people around the world are starting their annual celebration of renewal and harmony with nature in what is to them the biggest cultural holiday of the year, typically involving 13 ...

AKRE, Kurdistan Region of Iraq — For many people, the vernal equinox — which marked the beginning of spring Friday — is just another date on the calendar. But in Iran, it's celebrated as the Persian ...

Monday marked the beginning of spring, and that means celebrations commemorating the centuries-old holiday of Nowruz are underway. Commonly known as the Persian New Year, Nowruz translates to "new day ...

With winter transitioning into spring, Iranian families in Chicago and around the world on Friday will celebrate Nowruz, or the Persian new year. This year, the holiday comes at a time when many ...

The Taliban may have banned the Nowruz holiday, but it cannot erase the Persian new year from people's minds. "When I think of Nowruz, I can only think of the food," Shararah (a pseudonym to protect ...