Two Iranian professors held an introductory course on classic Persian literature in University of Crdoba which was widely received by Spanish students. Hossein Aliakbari Harehdasht and Leyla Hajjari, professors at Persian Gulf University (PGU), held a weeklong course in University of Crdoba on poetry of the 12th century poet Omar Khayyam, Director ...

Today is considered a significant cultural event for Iranians to commemorate the great Persian poet, astronomer, writer, and mathematician Omar Khayyam. Omar Khayyam was born on 18 May 1048 in Nishapur, in northeastern Iran, and spent most of his life near the court of the Karakhanid and Seljuq rulers in the period which witnessed the ...