Conference of the Birds

Currently viewing the tag: "Conference of the Birds"

Attar's Conference of the Birds

“Until we leave this plain of sin and pride…” Attar’s Conference of the Birds

Writer: Sepehr Ardana

Recent Articles
Abadan, The Rise and Demise of an Oil Metropolis
The image of Abadan as a vanguard city of oil-driven modernity was transformed by its role in the 19[...]
How Iran Will Respond to New Sanctions
Even before US President Donald Trump began threatening to re-impose sanctions on Iran, foreign inve[...]
French-Iranian Writer's Debut Novel
Like Scheherazade, Djavadi’s protagonist is a storyteller, but unlike her, she doesn’t use storytell[...]
Selected Articles
- Freedom of the Press Day
  About the Day Every year, May 3rd is a date which celebrates the fundamental principles of press freedom, to evaluate press freedom around the world, to defend...
- Iranian-Dutch Artist Atousa Bandeh
  Atousa’s mind-boggling paintings and drawings have many autobiographical elements. These tend to be her most intimate, and therefore all the more universal, exp...
- Abadan, The Rise and Demise of an Oil Metropolis
  In its summer 2018 issue (287), Middle East Report published articles on the sources of displacement, dispossession, and loss found throughout urban areas in th...