Culture | Attar's Conference of the Birds, Part 3
In the third part of our discussion of Attar's Conference of the Birds, Leyla is joined by Omid Arabian of the YOUniversal Center as hundreds of thousands of birds set out on the road — only to falter...
9 Sep 23min
Culture | Attar's Conference of the Birds, Part 2
In the second part of our discussion of Attar's Conference of the Birds, Leyla is joined by Omid Arabian of the YOUniversal Center as the Hoopoe finally names the king the birds have been seeking — th...
2 Sep 18min
Culture | Attar's Conference of the Birds, Part 1
In this lesson, Leyla is joined by Omid Arabian of the YOUniversal Center for an overview of Attar's Conference of the Birds. Working through selected verses from across the poem, they trace the birds...
27 Aug 29min
Poetry | Simin Behbahani's dobāré meesāzamet vatan, Part 6
In this final part of the discussion of Simin Behbahani's dobāré meesāzamat vatan, we go over the end of the poem in detail.
2 Aug 21min
Poetry | Simin Behbahani's dobāré meesāzamet vatan, Part 5
In this fifth part of the discussion of Simin Behbahani's dobāré meesāzamat vatan, we go over the second-to-last part of the poem in detail.
29 Jul 17min
Interview | Sasha von Oldershausen on the Crown Prince of Lubbock, Texas
In this episode, Leyla sits down with Sasha von Oldershausen — an Iranian American journalist on the news and politics team at Texas Monthly, and soon to be the New York Times' first-ever Texas cultur...
29 Jul 1h 11min
Poetry | Simin Behbahani's dobāré meesāzamet vatan, Part 4
In this fourth part of the discussion of Simin Behbahani's dobāré meesāzamat vatan, we go over the next six lines of the poem in detail.
20 Jul 19min
Interview | Yasmin Khan on Food, Culture & Compassion Across Borders
In this episode, Leyla sits down with Yasmin Khan — the acclaimed British-Iranian-Pakistani food writer, activist, and author of *The Saffron Tales*, *Zaitoun*, *Ripe Figs*, and her newest cookbook, *...
13 Jul 59min
