Learn Persian

A guide to Persian for art curators, academic researchers, and anyone working with Iranian art, literature, or cultural institutions. Where gallery negotiation meets classical poetry and neither works like the textbook says.

Farsi-English bilinguals don’t just switch languages — they switch personalities. Research shows you’re more formal, more emotional, and more family-oriented in Persian. Here’s the science of the bilingual brain.

Re-reading your Farsi notes feels productive. Science says it’s almost worthless. Active recall — forcing your brain to retrieve Persian from memory — is what actually builds fluency.

Fighting in Farsi has its own vocabulary, rules, and cultural patterns that no language course will ever teach you. From ghahr kardan (the Iranian silent treatment) to ashti kardan (making up), here’s how Iranian couples actually argue — and how to survive it in a mixed-language relationship.