Director Matthew Rankin offers a cultural mashup where Persian and French are the official languages of Canada, and a local Tim Hortons serves Iranian delicacies. By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau Chief ...

“Universal Language” takes place in an imaginary, barely conceivable Canada that has taken in so many Iranian immigrants that road signs and graffiti are in Farsi, even in remote Winnipeg. At Tim ...

Filmmaker Omid Iranikhah says his short film "Farsi With Maman" is intensely personal — but not autobiographical. The film, which just had its East Coast premiere at Dances With Films New York, ...

A Farsi-language satellite TV channel based in the United Kingdom says it’s moving its operations to Washington after British authorities cited threats to the broadcaster’s staff from agents of the ...

The second feature by Canadian filmmaker Matthew Rankin ('The Twentieth Century') won the first-ever Directors’ Fortnight audience award in Cannes. By Jordan Mintzer Newsflash: Iran has invaded the ...

Four hundred and fifty million. That’s the number of times social media users across the globe engaged with Farsi-languge digital content generated by Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs last year.

Language learning has played a big role in Afsaneh’s life. As an Iranian, she grew up speaking Farsi. As an adult, she became an English teacher, and on arrival in Belgrade as a refugee in 2018 she ...

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Iran's political meltdown has prompted Internet titan Google Inc. (GOOG) and social network giant Facebook to ramp up their translation services for Farsi, the San Jose Mercury News reported on its ...

Ed Sheeran might be English, but the Grammy-winning singer’s first taste of his new album has arrived with a nod to the Farsi language. “Azizam,” the lead single from Sheeran’s forthcoming eighth ...

Just as you can’t change the ocean’s current or bend the wind to your will, you can’t control the way your parents raised you. And yet, how many of us wish we could? As I’ve grown older and gained a ...