Poetry | Hafez's payāmé naseem, Part 5
In this lesson, we go over the following lines of the poem payāmé naseem by Hafez: جدا شد یار شیرینت کنون تنها نشین ای شمعjodā shod yāré sheereenat konoon tanhā nesheen ay sha'am که حکم آسمان این است ...
22 Apr 20249min
Poetry | Hafez's payāmé naseem, Part 4
In this lesson, we go over the following lines of the poem payāmé naseem by Hafez: به صحرا رو که از دامن غبار غم بیفشانیbé sahrā rō ké az dāman ghobāré gham beafshāneeبه گلزار آی کز بلبل غزل گفتن بیام...
15 Apr 202410min
Poetry | Hafez's payāmé naseem, Part 3
In part 3 of our discussion of Hafez's poem payāmé naseem, we go over the 3rd and 4th lines of the poem: چو گُل گَر خُردِهای داری خُدا را صَرفِ عِشرَت کُنکِه قارون را غَلَطها داد سُودایِ زَراَندوزی...
8 Apr 202411min
Poetry | Hafez's payāmé naseem, Part 2
In this part 2 episode of Hafez's beautiful poem payāmé naseem, we look at the individual words and phrases in the first two lines of the poem, and learn how to use the words and phrases in current Pe...
1 Apr 202416min
Poetry | Hafez's payāmé naseem, Introduction with Fared Shafinury
In this introduction to the poem payāmé naseem, we are joined by musician Fared Shafinury to discuss the full selection of the poem. In addition, we provide a detailed overview of Hafez, the poet, and...
25 Mars 20241h
Poetry | Rudaki's shād zee Part 2
In this second part of the poetry lesson for Rudaki's poem shād zee, we go over the entire poem line by line, phrase by phrase so you can get a full grasp of the vocabulary in the poem. You'll then ha...
11 Mars 202413min
Poetry | Rudaki's shād zee Intro
This is the introduction to our shabé shehr (night of poetry) series, where we go over short selections of poems in Persian, and their overall meanings in English. In this episode, we're joined by Yar...
28 Feb 202412min
Interview | Shally Zomorodi on Embracing Joy and Acceptance as a Form of Resistance
Shally Zomorodi is one of the more well-known and incredibly prolific members of the Iranian diaspora. Her day job is as a news anchor of Fox 5 San Diego Morning News where she’s been waking up San Di...
21 Feb 202441min
