About Hala Harchi

A living atlas of the Persian world

Hala Harchi — Persian Atlas — helps people discover Persian places, people and communities around the world. We began with businesses and local discovery, but the map is meant to grow far beyond a directory.

Our mission

Make Persian life easier to find

Persian restaurants, shops, professionals, services, communities, events and cultural places exist across many countries. Too often, the knowledge of where to find them is scattered between map apps, social groups and word of mouth.

We are bringing that knowledge into one useful, bilingual place — so someone new to a city, looking for a familiar service or exploring Persian culture has a clearer place to begin.

Discover

Find Persian and Iranian businesses, services, events and places wherever you are.

Preserve

Give cultural places, local knowledge, heritage and history a durable home on the map.

Connect

Help people reach the businesses, professionals and communities that make Persian life visible.

Why we're building this

A useful map is more than a list of addresses. It should make a scattered ecosystem understandable: what exists, where it is, what it offers and how people can take part. Our long-term aim is to build one of the most useful maps of Persian life around the world, carefully and with the people represented on it.

Help improve the atlas

Community members can submit Persian businesses and events for review. Business owners can claim their listing, update everyday details and photos, and request reviewed changes to core information.

Add a place List an event

Independent by design

Hala Harchi is an independent cultural discovery platform. It is not a government organization, an official representative of Iran, or affiliated with any political organization. Listings and community contributions are moderated for relevance and quality, not political alignment.

Start exploring

Browse the places already on the atlas, discover a city, or help add something the community should be able to find.

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