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SUMMARY: The Panorama of Contemporary Persian Poetry in Afghanistan
DESCRIPTION: UBC Persianate and Iranian Studies Program and UBC Persian Lit
 erature Reading Club is hosting one of the leading literary and cultural fi
 gures in Afghanistan\, Mujib Mehrdad.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: <p><img class="size-medium_large wp-image-516
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 ="802" /></p><p> </p><p>The recording of the event is now made available:</
 p><p>[embed]https://youtu.be/m0B6lt1zEmk[/embed]</p><p> </p><p>UBC Persiana
 te and Iranian Studies Program and UBC Persian Literature Reading Club is h
 osting one of the leading literary and cultural figures in Afghanistan\, Mu
 jib Mehrdad. He will speak about his view of the contemporary poetry in Afg
 hanistan and we will interview him about his latest collection of poetry pu
 blished in Iran\, titled "Dolphins' Alley (Kuche-y-e Dolfin-ha)". Take this
  rare opportunity to know more about the development of poetry in Afghanist
 an and its relation with the Contemporary Nīmā-ei Movement in Iranian poetr
 y (جنبش شعر نیمایی) .</p><p><strong>Date & Time:</strong><br />June 13 | 11
 am - 1pm (PDT)<br /><strong>Location:</strong> online via Zoom<br />*Presen
 ted in Persian<br /><i>Free & open to the public. </i></p><p> </p><p><stron
 g>About the Speaker:</strong></p><p><img class=" wp-image-44762 alignleft" 
 src="https://asia.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2021/06/11866
 4857_362745478069992_6316743423951922114_n.jpg" alt="" width="186" height="
 280" /></p><p>Mujib MEHRDAD (poet\, playwright\, translator\; Afghanistan) 
 is the author of the poetry collections [Gladiators Are Still Dying] (2007\
 ; winner of the Afghan Civil Society’s literature contest)\, [The Fishes Ha
 ve Fled Our Veins] (2008)\, [Audience] (2009)\, and [soldiers] (2015)\, and
  of the collection of essays [The Rain Passed]. He has translated Ginsberg\
 , Plath\,Langston Hughes\, Mayakovsky\, Tagore\, and others\, into Dari. He
  is a board member of the literary organization Kashane Nawesendagan [House
  of Authors]\, board member of Afghan pen organization and teaches Persian 
 literature at Al-bironi University in Kapisa and for the last three years h
 e has been working as a spokesperson for the ministry of education. He has 
 a master's degree in English literature and Cultural studies from India. At
  the moment\, he is editor-in-chief of Hashti Subh daily\, the most read ne
 wspaper in Afghanistan.</p><p>[caption id="attachment_41785" align="alignce
 nter" width="512"]<img class="aligncenter" src="https://asia.cms.arts.ubc.c
 a/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2021/06/languages_template_fourcolumn.jpg" al
 t="book cover" width="512" height="384" /> The latest collection of poetry 
 published in Iran by Mujib Mehrdad\, titled "Dolphins' Alley (Kuche-y-e Dol
 fin-ha)".[/caption]</p><p><em>The event is sponsored by UBC Department of A
 sian Studies.</em></p>
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