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Sails from Shiraz: How Persia's Civilisation Crossed the Indian Ocean — and Still Lives in Zanzibar
From Persepolis' stone guardians to Zanzibar's spice lanes and Shirazi New Year fires, trace the Persian thread that binds Iran to the Swahili coast.
Sep 7 • Ra'iyat al-Fikr
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Tracing Ancient Footsteps: The Lost Persian Settlement of Madagascar
A new archaeological breakthrough reveals that the mysterious ruins of Teniky were not built by European sailors, but by Persian exiles in the 10th…
Jan 4 • Ra'iyat al-Fikr
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