Subtitled version of "INJA KOJAST INJA IRAN AST SARZAMINE MANO TO" (link below) - a woman speaking about the state of her country while filming the rooftop shouting of "Allah-o Akbar" in Iran on Friday June 19th, This was after Khamenei said in his Friday prayer that the crackdown on protesters would begin. It did, that next day, brutally. There are three additional "poems" recorded like this one: On June 16th ("Defenseless People"): www.youtube.com On June 20th ("Listen Closely"): www.youtube.com On June 21st ("Let Us Not Forget"): www.youtube.com See ALL FOUR in the same place: www.bit.ly Original version of this video is: www.youtube.com VISIT mightierthan.com for a collection of Iran's rooftop chanting videos, updated with each day's new footage.
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An introduction to one of the world's greatest poets, ''Ferdowsi'' and his masterpiece, ''Shahnameh'' ( The Great Book )
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A political and funny Iranian contemporary poem.
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A love poem of Sa'di read by: Bahman Solati The fire of love آتش عشق سعدی Iran Poetry Abū-Muḥammad Muṣliḥ al-Dīn bin Abdallāh Shīrāzī (1184 1283/1291?), better known by his pen-name as Saʿdī (Persian: سعدی) or, simply, Saadi, was one of the major Persian poets of the medieval period. He is recognized not only for the quality of his writing, but also for the depth of his social thoughts.\ A native of Shiraz, his father died when he was an infant. Saadi experienced a youth of poverty and hardship, and left his native town at a young age for Baghdad to persue a better education. As a young man he was inducted to study at the famous an-Nizzāmīya center of knowledge (1195-1226), where he excelled in Islamic Sciences, law, governance, history, Arabic literature and theology. The unsettled conditions following the Mongol invasion of Khwarzim and Iran led him to wander for 30 years abroad through Anatolia (he visited the Port of Adana, and near Konya he met proud Ghazi landlords), Syria (he mentions the famine in Damascus), Egypt (of its music and Bazaars its clerics and elite class), and Iraq (the port of Basra and the Tigris river). He also refers in his work about his travels in Sind (across the Indus and Thar with a Turkic Amir named Tughral), India (especially Somnath where he encountered Brahmans) and Central Asia (where he meets the survivors of the Mongol invasion in Khwarezm). He also performed the pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina and also visited Jerusalem[1]. Saadi ...
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Sher : Moghaddas Deklame : Moghaddas Ahang va Khanande : parandye mohajer - Dariush
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Music Fariborz Lachini at www.lachini.com Sohrab Sepehri (Persian: سهراب سپهری ) (October 7, 1928 - April 21 , 1980) was a notable modern Persian poet and a painter. see also payvand.com He was born in Kashan in Isfahan province. He is considered one of the five most famous modern Persian (Iranian) poets who have practiced "New Poetry" (a kind of poetry that often has neither meter nor rhyme). Other practitioners of this form were Nima Youshij, Ahmad Shamlou, Mehdi Akhavan-Sales, and Forough Farrokhzad, all of whom are now dead. Sohrab Sepehri was also one of Iran's foremost modernist painters. Sepehri died in Pars hospital in Tehran of leukemia. His poetry is full of humanity and concern for human values. He loved nature and refers to it frequently. The poetry of Sohrab Sepehri bears great semblance to that of EE Cummings. Well-versed in Buddhism, mysticism and western traditions, he mingled the western concepts with eastern ones, thereby creating a kind of poetry unsurpassed in the history of Persian literature. To him, new forms are new means to express his thoughts and feelings. His poetry has been translated into many languages including French, English, Spanish, Italian, Swedish and Russian.
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Short film based on the poetry of Majid Naficy. Poem translated into English by Niloufar Talebi, and DVD (Midnight Approaches) created by the Translation Project (www.thetranslationproject.org) with InVision Productions.
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Mahnaz Badihian is an American-Iranian poet noted for her use of poetry to bridge the gap between western and eastern cultures. She runs a trilingual (Persian, English, Italian) online magazine, Mahmag.org, as an outlet for new Iranian poets and for contemporary American poets.
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Brief history of Persian poetry; "Midnight Approaches" DVD created by the Translation Project (www.thetranslationproject.org), with InVIsion Productions. DVD contains Introduction, and 6 films based on contemporary Iranian poetry.
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We will rescue the Garden of Iran to restore freedom, justice and equality for all. Persian Poet Poetry Iranian Poem Poems Poets IranBrave Poetry
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www.presstv.com Hafez is a legendary Iranian poet. His book of his collected poems about love and fate is a bible in Iranian poetry. This edition of Iran takes us to a dreamy garden in Shiraz city of Iran where the great poet of 14th century rests.
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With: Aida Shamlu, Simin Behbahani, Iran Darroudi, Mahmoud Dolatabadi, Mohammad Ghazi, Mohammad Hoghughi, Abbas Kia-Rostami, Bahram Beizai, Javad Mojab, Zia Movahed, Esmail Nuri-Ala, M. Sepanlu, Pouran Solatani, Nasser Taghvai. Executive Producer: Behrouz Maghsudlu, Akbar Ghahary. Director: Moslem Mansouri Producer: Bahman Maghsoudlou Cinematographers: Mahmoud Kalari, Nezam Kiaie, Faramarz Sarmadi, Nasrolah Sheybani Film Editing: Zhilla Ipackchi A documentary about the most important modern Iranian poet and intellectual icon. This fascinating documentary explores the life, art and thoughts of the contemporary Iranian poet and writer Ahmad Shamlou, who was nominated for the Noble Prize in Literature in 1984 and is considered to be one of Iran's most significant poets. Involved in social and political issues, Shamlou faced the banning of his books and spent time in jail for his writings. Numerous prominent Iranian artists, literary historians and other experts provide insight on this remarkable man. This documentary was shown for the first time at the behest of the Association of Iranian Writers in Exile. This one-hour documentary, was completed in 1999 and was shown when the Swedish academy gave its highest literary prize to Shamlou, whose poems can be said to have given life to thousands Iranians. The film has also been shown in two North American festivals, CIRA and MESA, and in several universities including Harvard, Columbia, North Carolina, Chicago, Washington DC ...
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Patriotic Iranian poetry giving hope to fight against our dictators and occupiers www.facebook.com دکلمۀ زیبای «ایران» با صدای شورانگیز دختری ترکمن در وصف میهنمان
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This is a beautiful poem by Molavi from Diwane Shams. Jalāl ad-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī (جلالالدین محمد رومی), (known to the English-speaking world simply as Rumi) (30 September 1207 17 December 1273), was a 13th-century Persian poet, Islamic jurist, theologian, and mystic Sufi of high order. Rumi was born in Balkh, Bactria, in contemporary Afghanistan, which at that time was part of the Persian Empire. He lived most of his life under the Sultanate of Rum, where he produced his great works and died in 1273 CE. He was buried in Konya, current day Turkey. Following his death, his followers and his son Sultan Walad founded the Mawlawīyah Sufi Order, also known as the Order of the Whirling Dervishes.
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Home video of vsiting most famous Iranian poet, Ahmad Shamlou by Spanish famous poet Clara Janes. Read the relevant text in my Persian blog: reza.malakut.org
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VATANE MAN (My Country) is a beautiful song composed by Anoushirvan Rohani and sang by Sepehr in 1977. This video is dedicated to our beloved country Iran and all Iranians! Persian Poet Poetry Iranian Poem Poems Poets IranBrave Poetry
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Recorded at the Persian art and culture conference in London England. Persian woman reads a nice poem accompanied by music.
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Forugh Farrokhzād (Persian: فروغ فرخزاد) January 5, 1935, Tehran, Iran -- February 13, 1967) was an Iranian poet and film director. Forugh Farrokhzad is arguably one of Iran's most influential female poets of the twentieth century. She was a controversial modernist poet and an iconoclast. Forugh was born in Tehran to career military officer Colonel Mohammad Bagher Farrokhzad and his wife Touran Vaziri-Tabar in 1935. The third of seven children (Amir, Massoud, Mehrdad, Fereydoun , Pouran, Gloria), she attended school until the ninth grade, then was taught painting and sewing at a girl's school for the manual arts. In 1958 she spent nine months in Europe and met filmmaker and writer Ebrahim Golestan, who reinforced her own inclinations to express herself and live independently. She traveled to Tabriz and made a film about Iranians affected by leprosy. The 1962 documentary film titled "The House is Black" won several international awards. During the twelve days of shooting, she became attached to Hossein Mansouri, the child of two lepers. She adopted the boy and brought him to live at her mother's house. Hossein Mansouri tells about his life with Forugh in this documentary. Directed by Claus Strigel.
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The sister of the prematurely deceased Iranian poet Forough Farrokhzad discusses her sister's life and work.
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A beautiful poem from a brave young Iranian poet Ms. Hila Sedighi. The poem is also translated into English, added as subtitle.
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