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Links & Resources

General

Information on Tajikistan

• Lonely Planet - Tajikistan Travel Information and Travel Guide
• Ethnologue - Languages of Tajikistan

Information on Iran

• Lonely Planet - Iran Travel Information and Travel Guide
• Ethnologue - Languages of Iran

Information on Afghanistan

• Lonely Planet - Afghanistan Travel Information and Travel Guide
• Ethnologue - Languages of Afghanistan
• Afghanistan Online

News

• BBC News - in English
• Islamic Republic News Agency - in Persian
• BBC News - in Persian
• BBC News - in Tajik
• Central Asia News - In English
• Deutsche Welle Persian
• Voice of America Persian Service
• Washington Prism Persian Journal
• WashingtonTV in English and Persian
• Kayhan - In Persian
• Jam e Jam
• Radio Farda
• Iran Va Jahan

Online Dictionaries

• A Comprehensive Persian-English Dictionary - Francis Joseph Steingass
• Columbia University: English - Persian Dictionary
• English to Persian, Persian to English Dictionary
• English to Persian, Persian to English Dictionary
• Persian to Persian Dictionary
• New Persian-English Dictionary - Sulayman Hayyim
• Persian-Persian Dictionary

Useful Links

• American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
• American Councils for International Education
• Institute of International Education
• Interagency Language Roundtable
• Persian Flagship Programs: Undergraduate or Graduate
• The Language Flagship
• UM - Office of Extended Studies
• UM - Office of Student Financial Aid
• UM - Study Abroad Office
• UM - Testudo Schedule of Classes
• UM - The School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Iranian Organizations at UMD

• Iranian Graduate Students' Foundation
• Iranian Students' Foundation
• Language House Persian Cluster
• Radio College Park Persian

Persian Language Learning Tools

• Lessons, Readings, and Dialogues for Persian Language at Princeton University
• Virtual Persian: NYU Web-based Persian Instructional Materials
• Persian Literature in Translation, Packard Humanities Institute
• Persian in Texas
• Persian Handbook, (PDF) National Middle East Language Resource Center
• Online Tests for Persian Grammar, BYU
• Persian-Language.org

Publishers and Bookstores

• Iran Book Shop
• Ketab Corporation
• Mazda Publication
• Pegah Books

External Organizations

• American Association of Teachers of Persian
• American Institute for Iranian Studies
• Ilex Foundation
• Iran Heritage Foundation
• Middle East Studies Association
• National Iranian American Council
• National Middle East Language Resource Center
• Persian Linguistics Association
• The Iranian Cultural Society of Georgetown University
• The Library of Congress - The Iranian World Section
• The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars - Middle East Program