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Article from the The International about the challenges and successes of the Iranian film industry.

I love Iranian films. I think this article picked up on many key struggles that Iranian filmmakers face. Even though the picture shows pirated movies being sold, the article does not discuss the implications it has on filmmakers or even what it says about the people in Iran who buy them. From what I have read from other articles, it seems as though Iranian films are more acclaimed in Western countries- not only because of censorship laws but the Iranian public's choice of what movies to watch. TASTE OF CHERRY, mentioned in the article, is one of my favorite films.

Study Guides for the equivalent of one year of Persian for beginners. The emphasis is on oral proficiency.

This is a great site for learning the names of the colors in Farsi. It has the name of the color spelled phonetically and in the Farsi alphabet. Additionally, it shows a picture of the color and gives the option to have the name read aloud.

The Happy Birthday song has the audio icon as well, the others do not, but are simply children's rhymes or poems.

No need to download anything. This site goes from English-Farsi and Farsi-English allowing for potential mastery of the days of the week.

Good source on structure of the government, as well as latest news in the executive and what Kabul is upto.

A tour across Europe by the Tehran Symphony Orchestra had the faint echo of an earlier era of cultural diplomacy.

This youtube video shows how to write out the letters to the Dari/Farsi alphabet and also gives the correct pronunciation of the letters' names.

Online lessons in listening, speaking, reading, and writing Persian or Farsi as spoken in Iran. In addition to Persian language lessons, the site introduces the contemporary Iranian poets and the translation of their poems in English - free Farsi / Persian software - Persian name with English translation - Farsi writing drills - Persian poetry - chat room

really good resource, with pronunciations!

This is a link to Iran's most highly circulated daily publication. You can use a translater to translate the articles and then match up the English / Farsi translations to expand your vocabulary and begin to recognize commonly used words in the news.

no activities, just the letters and numbers without ligation

Lots general information about traveling both to and within Iran. The talk section also has a lot of basic grammar and lots of practical phrases for traveling and general conversation.

More useful than most dictionaries because it provides transliterations along with the actual word. Also goes from Farsi to English.

Alphabet from English to Farsi and in Farsi to English, depending on which order you prefer.

this site is very useful because they have simple phrases and you can hear the pronunciation as well as the alphabet

Great for vocab, grammar, and applications to help learn the language!

history and timeline of the language

farsi flashcards at www.flashcardexchange.com. The largest on-line source of printable flash cards.

This is a great resource for learning the Persian grammar.

Download additional games for the Alpha Ring game.

Not all the stories on this site are written in farsi but a couple are.