Nevruz

By Abbas Djavadi, Bruce Pannier

Across much of the non-Arab Muslim world, people are celebrating Norouz, the festival that marks the arrival of spring and the beginning of the new year.

The pre-Islamic holiday with roots in the Zoroastrian religion of ancient Persia — perhaps the world’s first monotheistic faith — is observed in Iran, Central Asia, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, parts of India, and among the Kurds.

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