As a young boy, Nasir al-Din was encouraged by his father to study all “the branches of knowledge and to listen to the opinions of the followers of various sects and doctrines”; as such, Tusi ...

Although nowadays Iranian women seek cosmetic surgeries such as nose jobs, breasts and buttocks’ augmentation, yet the standards of beauty in Iran in the nineteenth century were completely ...

It marks and commemorates the birthday of Khajeh Nasir al-Din Toosi (1201–1274), a Persian polymath and prolific writer, who is considered to be one of the greatest Persian scholars. He is also known ...

Tehran-based artist Shadi Ghadirian is one of the many Iranian photographers who continues to draw from the strong tradition of image making that Naser al-Din helped build. She was only a student ...

Nasir ad-Din Tusi (1201-1274) had a wide range of interests ... His significant works in literary, theological and scientific disciplines later earned him the title of Mo’allem-al-thalith, i.e., the ...

Naser Al-Din Al-Assad was born in 1922 and received his education until he earned his PhD at Cairo University in 1955. He established the Jordanian University and was its president from 1962 - 1968.