Farsi Poetry Nights: Side by Side - Ghazals of Contemporary Iranian and Afghan Poets
Thu, Jan 16
|West Vancouver Memorial Library
A review on Iranian and Afghan Ghazals of our time
Time and Location
Jan 16, 2025, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr, West Vancouver, BC V7V 1J8, Canada
In this session, we will explore Farsi ghazals in both Iran and Afghanistan during the contemporary era and examine the poets’ perspectives in light of the crises that both countries have endured.
Coordinators: Dr Leila Raei - PhD in Persian Literature (Iran), & Mohammad Moheq, Scholar, Author & Poet (Afghanistan)
Please Note: This event will be recorded and photographed. If you have any question on privacy of the event, please contact info@thirdbridgefoundation.ca
This event takes place in the the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and Sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. As a settler, I am thankful for their generosity and guardianship of these lands and waters.