19.00 Talks and discussion on Nowruz, how it was celebrated historically and how it is celebrated today. Introduced by author and historian Tom Holland. Speakers include Narguess Farzad,
Senior Fellow in Persian, SOAS, and
Zia Shahreyar, BBC Persian.
20.00 Rumi poetry readings, music and reception.
A selection of traditional and contemporary Afghan poetry, including poems by Maulana Jalāl ad-Dīn Muḥammad Balkhī and Rabia Balhki, will be read
in Farsi by Reza Mohammedi and Mansor
Parhizgar, accompanied by the rubab,
and with English translations.
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