Monday, July 09, 2007

“Sufi Music and Poetry” in Madrid

SB/MA - Mehr News - Tehran, Iran
Sunday, July 8, 2007

Madrid to host Sufi music and poetry workshops
A four-day workshop on the works and life of Rumi, the celebrated 13th century Persian Sufi mystic and poet, entitled “Sufi Music and Poetry” will be held at the la Casa Encendida Center in Madrid commencing on July 17.

During the first three days Rumi’s poetry will be reviewed. On the fourth day the European-based Iranian musicians Javid Afsari-Rad, Behnam Samani and Reza Samani will be performing musical works on the theme of Rumi.

Spanish translator of Persian literary works Clara Janes Nadel and Iranian scholar Ahmad Taheri will be reviewing Rumi’s biography and analyzing the symbols and terminologies used in the Divan of Shams, the Masnavi and other works.

Taheri, the Spanish-based linguist and translator, mentioned that the workshop is the first significant project to be undertaken by a Spanish institute in commemoration of the 800th birth anniversary of the Persian poet.

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Monday, July 09, 2007

“Sufi Music and Poetry” in Madrid
SB/MA - Mehr News - Tehran, Iran
Sunday, July 8, 2007

Madrid to host Sufi music and poetry workshops
A four-day workshop on the works and life of Rumi, the celebrated 13th century Persian Sufi mystic and poet, entitled “Sufi Music and Poetry” will be held at the la Casa Encendida Center in Madrid commencing on July 17.

During the first three days Rumi’s poetry will be reviewed. On the fourth day the European-based Iranian musicians Javid Afsari-Rad, Behnam Samani and Reza Samani will be performing musical works on the theme of Rumi.

Spanish translator of Persian literary works Clara Janes Nadel and Iranian scholar Ahmad Taheri will be reviewing Rumi’s biography and analyzing the symbols and terminologies used in the Divan of Shams, the Masnavi and other works.

Taheri, the Spanish-based linguist and translator, mentioned that the workshop is the first significant project to be undertaken by a Spanish institute in commemoration of the 800th birth anniversary of the Persian poet.

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