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Racism in the United Arab Emirates covers an array of forms of intolerance against non-Emirati and non-Arab groups, immigrants, workers and minorities such as Indians, Pakistanis, Iranians, Philippines, Bangladeshis, Sri Lankans and Chinese people in the United Arab Emirates.

The Bahraini Persian is one of the southern dialects and varieties of the Persian language spoken in Bahrain. Ajam of Bahrain or Iranian Bahrainis historically contributed in the Bahraini society and culture before and after establishment of the Kingdom of Bahrain.

Lessons with Kiarostami is a 2015 book written by Abbas Kiarostami and edited by British author and director Paul Cronin which published with a foreword written by acclaimed director Mike Leigh. The book published simultaneously in English and Persian in Iran and outside. It deals with filmmaking style of Kiarostami and his cinematic methods.

English version
First edition of its English version was published in October 1, 2015. Edited by Paul Cronin who himself is a director with other books about acclaimed directors such as Werner Herzog.

Foreword
Rayan also spelled and pronounced similarly to Ryan is an Indo-Iranian given name of Persian origin. It is primarily a male name which means "smart" or "wise".

Popularity
Because of its similarity to Ryan, Rayan is a popular first name among Iranian peoples in western countries, specially Iranian-Americans in USA. Until 2016, the name Rayan is ranked on the 3,315th position of the most used names. It means that this name is commonly used.

Meaning
In Persian it is a fragrant herb or “wise”, while in India it’s a term referring to an authority figure.

Early life and career
Tehran Ghasri was born in Washington D.C, Untied States of America to an Iranian father and African-American mother, both of them met eachother in the university. In a TV show which called "Minutes With Max Amini" launched by VOA Persian, he revealed his long-time friendship with Max Amini and told that Amini was his first motivator to be a Stand up comedian. Tehran holds degrees in International Politics and Communications, Economics, and Law from George Mason University.

Early life
Shirzad Peik Herfeh was born in 1980.02.22 in Rasht, north of Iran, and obtained his PhD in philosophy in 2010.01.13 from Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran. He has worked as a LECTURER in several universities in Tehran, including “Allameh Tabataba'i University.” He was also an INTERPRETER at several bilingual philosophical conferences, such as “International Conference on Religious Epistemology,” “International Conference on Mulla Sadra & Transcendent Philosophy,” and “International Conference on Two Hundred Years after Kant.” He has worked as a RESEARCHER, TRANSLATOR, and INTERPRETER for Iranian philosophical institutes like “Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies,” “Iranian Institute of Philosophy,” and “Sadra Islamic Philosophy Institute.” Now, he is a FACULTY MEMBER & ASSISTANT PROFESSOR of department of philosophy at Imam Khomeini International University (IKIU), Qazvin, Iran. He has published more than 20 books and research papers, including The Limits of Morality (Tehran, Ney, 2012), An Analysis & Critique of Classical & Modern Types of Utilitarianism (Tehran, Negah-e Mo’aser, 2015), and Persian translation of Julia Driver’s Consequentialism (Tehran, Hekmat, 2015), and J. R. Weinstein’s On Adam Smith (Tehran, IHCS, 2013). His expertise, research interests, and (Persian, English, and Russian) publications are focused in the areas of moral, political & legal philosophy; harm & liberty-limiting principles, comparative analysis between pre-Islamic Iranian teachings & Western philosophies and philosophers; comparative analysis between Islamic ethics and jurisprudence and Western moral philosophy; and comparative analysis between the main after-Islamic Iranian philosophical traditions – esp. the Peripatetic School, the Illumination School and the Transcendent Philosophy - and Western philosophies and philosophers. He has taught students in these areas of expertise and has a particular interest in developing his theory entitled “the moral permissibility of subjective harm” for establishing peace & tolerance in the world – esp. in the Middle East. Assist. Prof. Dr. Peik Herfeh was a MEMBER OF JURY BOARD & CHAIRMAN of “ethics panel” in “2010 International Conference on World Philosophy Day.” He is also a SENIOR MEMBER of “International Economics Development Research Center (IEDRC),” Kowloon, Hong Kong.

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