Introduction: The plant decorations are considered as the most obvious designs that are used elaborately in different works of art. They are also used frequently in architectural decoration, particularly the ones made of stucco. The way these plant ornaments are composed characterizes the period in which they were created though many of these compositions have been repeated frequently over cent...

Islamic Mysticism and Sufism is the heritage of Islamic Civilization Which from the beginning till now, faced with many evolutions and due to inner factors, had different branches. in different definitions of Sufism by Sufis. In this article we try to investigate these definitions by content analysis approach. By studying the valid sufi texts from beginning to 13th century AH, and by extracting...

Great Middle East Project were proposed on September 12, 2002 for the first time the apparent purpose of this project that faced with opposition and doubts was to help the countries of the Middle East, especially the Arabic countries in the region, in the area of economic, political and social reforms. The term “Islamic Middle East” was first proposed after the Zionist army defeat in the 3...

In the middle age (500–1500), while European countries were struggling with frightening epidemics such as plague, smallpox, tuberculoses, leprosy, and their medical treatments were based on superstitions and fanaticism, scientists such as Avicenna and Rhazes laid the foundation of the golden period in medicine. In the late periods of golden centuries, during the Mogul invasion of Iran, Rashida...

Undoubtedly Islamic Revolution of Iran has been the source of Islamic awakening in the middle-east. Therefore Islamic Republic of Iran plays the role of an example and a director of political developments in the region. Islamic awakening in Arab countries has been able to question the dominant discourse of dictators in the middle-east region and topple their regimes. These developments include ...

Due to its cultural capacities, Islamic revolution of Iran has challenged US interests in Islamic world especially the sensitive area of middle-east through the application of cultural power and soft power earlier than US. Islamic awakening, political and revolutionary Islam which has spread all over Arab Countries in middle-east and north Africa is an outcome of methods, tools and soft power a...