A poem by Sa’adi, an Iranian poet (1184 – 1283/1291?), is used to grace the entrance to the Hall of Nations of the UN building in New York with this call for breaking all barriers:
بنی آدم اعضای یک پیکرند
که در آفرينش ز یک گوهرند
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In harmony with the rebirth of nature, the Iranian New Year Celebration, or Nowruz, always begins on the first day of spring. Nowruz ceremonies are symbolic representations of two ancient concepts – the End and the Rebirth; or Good and Evil. A few weeks before the New Year, Iranians clean and rearrange their homes. They [...]
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