IRNA - A group of artists from Nishapur, the birthplace of Ommar Khayyam, have commemorated the great Persian poet and polymath. May 18 marks the birth anniversary of renowned Iranian mathematician, astronomer and poet Omar Khayyam who lived in the Seljuk era in 12th century BCE. Khayyam wrote essays on mechanics, geography, mineralogy, music, and ...

Tasnim - 971st birthday of renowned Persian mathematician, astronomer and poet Omar Khayyam was celebrated worldwide on Saturday. Khayyam was a Persian mathematician, poet, philosopher, astronomer. He has known for his work on cubic equations as well as his contribution to the parallel axiom. Omar Khayyam born on May 18, 1048 in Nishapur in north-...

Al Jazeera |Hamid Dabashi: Both Omar Khayyam and Maryam Mizrakhani complicate the vision of their common homeland, Iran, in Western imagination. "The Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani,who died on July 14, at the age of forty, was known to her colleagues as a virtuoso in the dynamics and geometry of complex surfaces - 'science-fiction mathematics',...

There are currently monuments to Omar Khayyam in Tehran, Dushanbe, Bucharest, and Ashkhabad ASTRAKHAN, July 18. /TASS/. A four-meter-tall bronze statue honoring the Persian poet and philosopher Omar Khayyam is slated to be unveiled on August 4. This is the first monument in Russia dedicated to the much-beloved poet, whose words of wisdom are often ...

A group exhibition on Khayyam will soon show artworks by several acclaimed Iranian artists at the Silk Road Art Gallery in Tehran. Titled The Secrets of Eternity, Khayyam and Contemporary Art, the exhibition will include a wide spectrum of art, through various mediums including video art, painting, sculpture and volume art, ISNA reported. All ...

Tehran, May 24, IRNA The statue of Khayyam by the renowned Iranian sculptor Hossein Fakhimi will be installed in the United States. The idea of the sculpture and its unveiling in the US was approved by officials. Accordingly, Fakhimi signed a contract on the project, ISNA reported. I spent several months studying Khayyam and consulted several ...

Mashad, Khoarassan Razavi prov, May 18, IRNA Ceremonies to observe Khayyam National Day started in the northeastern city of Nishabur Monday morning. The city is the birthplace of the great Iranian poet and scientist, Hakim Omar Khayyam who lived 1048-1131. A number of Iranian scholars and researchers have gathered in the city to commemorate ...

TEHRAN, Jan. 14 (MNA) An exhibition featuring Mojtaba Karamis artwork on the poetry of Iranian poet Khayyam and Spanish Flamenco dance will open on Friday Jan. 16. The opening ceremony of 'Khayyam and Flamenco' exhibition will take place on Friday January16from 16:00 to 20:00 local time. The exhibition consists of interdisciplinary artworks by ...

A statue of the internationally celebrated Persian poet, astronomer and mathematician, Omar Khayyam Neishaburi is slated to be set up in Manhattan, New York City. The officials of Manhattan municipality decided to install the statue of the classic Iranian poet as a Persian symbol in the city. The two-meter tall statue along with two other copies ...

[caption id="attachment_28212" align="alignright" width="180"] Ferdowsis statue and mausoleum in the Iranian city of Tus[/caption] Tehran, May 31, IRNA -- A ceremony was held in Ege (Aegean) University in Izmir (Turkey) to commemorate famous Iranian poets and top literary figures including Hakim Abolqasem Ferdowsi, Omar Khayyam and Sa?di. The ceremony ...

Tehran, May 18, IRNA - The classical Iranian poet Omar Khayyam is one of the most prominent literary figures who is also well-known globally for his research and discoveries in mathematics and astrology as well as wise and fascinating quatrains. The theme of his original quatrains, if studied deeply, harmonize with his succinct and philosophically-...

Iran has planned to commemorate birthday anniversary and national day of the eminent Persian poet, astronomer and mathematician, Omar Khayyam Neishaburi. Various programs are scheduled to be presented at the poets celebration, announced the ceremonys secretary Mahmoud Asaadi. The programs will be performed in Iran's northeastern city of Neishabur ...

TEHRAN, May 10 (MNA) Count to One, a puppet show directed by Zahra Sabri based on Omar Khayyams quartets will be performed in Germany. Zahra Sabri told Mehr News that the puppet show would be on stage in International Puppet Theatre Festival in Bochum 2014 (FIBNA) in Germany. It is performed by the theatrical group Yas-e-Tamam (Persian ...

Some people in Khorasan region have this strange belief that if a family moves to Neyshabur and lives there for sometime, they will have blue-eyed babies. They also say most people in Neyshabur haveturquoiseeye-color.Whether myth or reality, blue-eyed or not, the most important Neyshaburs souvenirs areturquoise gemstones. Neyshabur Turquoise Neyshabur ...

An exhibition of 10-language calligraphy collection of the poems by the Persian polymath Omar Kayyam has been mounted in the University of Tehran. The collection was created by the Iranian calligrapher Mojtaba Karami who has vast experiences in the art. Some 30 works of the artist have been displayed at the exhibition, depicting some selected poems ...

Many Iranians have honored two ancient Persian poets Ferdowsi and Khayyam during ceremonies held in several parts of the country,Press TVhas reported. A number of scholars and literature lovers remembered and commemorated the two legendary Persian poets whose works had great influence on the nations cultural heritage. Iran's most famous epic poet,...