Iranian identity cannot be conceived of as a uniform monolithic concept. But, thanks to certain upheavals in the history of the country, it has turned into the triple concept of national/Islamic/modern. Hofstede’s (2001) cultural framework represents a well-validated operationalization of culture based on six cultural dimensions  (power distance, individualism/collectivism, masculinity/feminini...

This paper takes a broad and novel approach to analysing the Iranian Jewish community of Iran, both as a distinct group and as a constituent part of Iran’s wider population sharing its national culture. The goal was to find a new way of addressing the topic, avoiding many ambiguities, and bringing all discourse back to its starting point: Iranian identity. If we identify Persian roots as the fo...

In this article, I explain and defend the concept of multicultural nationhood. Multicultural nationhood accounts for how a nation can have cohesive identity despite being internally diverse. Canada, challenge nation-building country’s diversity has prompted reflection on to conceive national identity. The two most influential theories multiculturalism come from those Charles Taylor Will Kymlick...

ezzel-din manasereh is one of the contemporary and prominent poets of palestine whose newly comments in the realm of palestine and resistance poem have endued him with a special place in contemporary literature due to his modern delineation in critique. traditional characters and in particular mythical and folk female characters in ezzel-din’s poem have great vibrancy which inspire the poet und...