Historicity and Romance in the Verse of H. E. SayehAria Fani

Historicity and Romance in the Verse of H. E. Sayeh

Amir Hushang Ebtehaj—the renowned poet of Iran also known by his pen name, H. A. Sayeh—passed away on August 10,…

Is Israel an Apartheid State?Aria Fani

Is Israel an Apartheid State?

Is Israel an Apartheid State? On the Ground in the West Bank By Aria Fani “Apartheid refers to the implementation…

Aria’s Rants and RavesAria Fani

Aria’s Rants and Raves

Aria Fani Rethinking Iranian Nationalism There is an exciting new book in Iranian Studies entitled Exile and the Nation: The…

Aria’s Rants and RavesAria Fani

Aria’s Rants and Raves

By Aria Fani The much anticipated U.S. presidential election is now behind us, but we are left with massive socio-political…

Aria Recommends …Aria Fani

Aria Recommends …

I started writing for Peyk in 2005, when I was eighteen years old. The idea of my name appearing in…

Travel & Encounter:  A Summer Reading ListAria Fani

Travel & Encounter: A Summer Reading List

By Aria Fani Last December, when I decided to offer a literature course in the spring on travel and social…

Hard Times Call for Radical EmpathyAria Fani

Hard Times Call for Radical Empathy

The past four years have been a particularly volatile period in our world. We have witnessed the rise of ethno-nationalist…

Trump Is Right: The Media Is FakeAria Fani

Trump Is Right: The Media Is Fake

From now until the November presidential election, the mainstream media will constantly play their favorite hit: we are a divided…