His real estate empire, including malls, grocery stores and luxury hotels, transformed the Persian Gulf city into a global tourism hub. By Clay Risen When Majid Al Futtaim was born, in the 1930s, ...

IRVINE – Neda Movahed, 52, is no stranger to early morning hours, but today started at 4 a.m. with reports from the Iranian news and a sweet piece of baklava. At 10 a.m., the perpetually busy health ...

After living half his life in the U.S. for about 30 years, Majid Naficy is equal parts Iranian and American. “I see myself as an Iranian-American poet," said Naficy, sitting in his living room on a ...

That close bond between the twin brothers shows up in many other parts of their lives, including when making the major life decision of movingto China in their 30s, bringing along their wives and ...

In the United States, cursive is dying a slow, loopy death. Roughly only half of the states require kids to learn it, leaving a generation of children to try and decipher grandma’s birthday cards like ...