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Attar's Conference of the Birds

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

Writer: Sepehr Ardana

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Selected Articles
- Persian Language in the Court of Ottomans
  Persian Language in the Courts of Seljuks and Ottomans During the second half of 11th century, two historical events made significant impacts on both Christ...
- “Until we leave this plain of sin and pride…” Attar’s Conference of the Birds
  Farid-ad-Din Muhammad Attar (1145-1220) is one of the three pillars of Persian Sufi literature. Sana’i Ghaznavi, who for the first time, exerted love poetry to ...
- Iranian Illustrator Wins 2017 Moonbeam Children’s Book Award
  The 2017 Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards have been announced and Iranian artist Hoda Hadadi has won the Gold award for illustrating the book Drummer Girl. ...