Anousheh Ansari is an Iranian American engineer and co-founder and chairwoman of Prodea Systems. Her previous business accomplishments include serving as co-founder and CEO of Telecom Technologies, Inc. The Ansari family is also the title sponsor of the Ansari X Prize.
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Light Mountain Diamond on Farah’s Crown
The Noor-ul-Ain (‘the light of the eye’) is one of the largest pink diamonds in the world, and the centre piece of the tiara of the same name.
Read More »A French Rose Species Called Queen Farah Pahlavi
This beautiful rose is called IMPERATRICE FARAH, it’s from the Dlebard’s Couture Collection range.
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Historically a culturally rich country, the Iran of the 1960s had little to show for it. Many of the great artistic treasures produced during its 2,500-year history had found their way into the hands of foreign museums and private collections.
Read More »Royal hobbies: Surprising things Farah did during her spare time
One of the Empress Farah’s main initiatives was founding Pahlavi University, which was meant to improve the education of Iranian women, and was the first American style university in Iran; before then, Iranian universities had always been modeled on the French style. The Empress wrote in 1978 that her duties were:
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