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SUMMARY: Say What Your Longing Heart Desires: Women\, Prayer and Poetry in 
 Iran
DESCRIPTION: You are invited to the Alireza Ahmadian Lecture in Iranian and
  Persianate Studies: Say What Your Longing Heart Desires: Women\, Prayer an
 d Poetry in Iran on October 23\, 2021.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: <p>[caption id="attachment_53417" align="alig
 nnone" width="1920"]<img class="size-full wp-image-53417" src="https://asia
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 -FBE-V6-211810.jpg" alt="" width="1920" height="1005" /> Poster design by F
 arzan Kermani[/caption]</p><div style="background-color: aliceblue\; paddin
 g: 25px 25px 15px\; direction: rtl\;"><center><a href="https://asia.ubc.ca/
 lecture-series/alireza-ahmadian-lectures-fa/">سلسله سخنرانی‌های ایران‌شناسی
  و فارسی‌پژوهی علیرضا احمدیان</a></center></p><div style="background-color:
  #002145\; padding: 0px\;"><center></p><h4 style="color: white\;">هر چه می‌
 خواهد دل تنگت بگو: زنان، نماز و شعر در ایران</h4><p></center></div><p><stro
 ng>سخنران:</strong> دکتر نیلوفر حائری، استاد مردم‌شناسی، دانشگاه جان هاپکین
 ز</p><p><strong>طرف‌بحث:</strong> مهتاب سیردانی، دانشجوی دکتری انسان‌شناسی 
 اجتماعی و فرهنگی، دانشگاه بوستون</p><p>دکتر نیلوفر حائری در کتاب اخیر خود ب
 ا عنوان «هر چه می‌خواهد دل تنگت بگو: زنان، نماز و شعر در ایران»، در گفتگو ب
 ا گروهی از زنان، تحلیلی قوم‌نگارانه از عبادت (اعم از دعا و نماز) و آنچه می‌
 توان برای این منظور از شعر کلاسیک آموخت ارائه می‌دهد. دکتر حائری در این سخن
 رانی با ارائهٔ مباحثی از این کتاب، به این موضوع می‌پردازد که عوالم دعا و شع
 ر چگونه در کنار هم قرار دارند و این همزیستی از چه جهت حائز اهمیت است.</p></
 div><p> <br />In this lecture\, Dr. Niloofar Haeri will present ethnographi
 c analysis of what it is like when we pray (both do’a and namaz) and what w
 e can learn from the reception and memorization of classical poetry in the 
 daily lives of a group of women. How do the worlds of prayer and poetry liv
 e side by side and what is the significance of this co-existence?</p><h3>Gu
 est Speaker:</h3><p><strong>Niloofar Haeri</strong> is Professor of anthrop
 ology and Chair of the Program in Islamic Studies at Johns Hopkins Universi
 ty. She is a Guggenheim fellow (2015-2016). She has done research on Egypt 
 and Iran. Her most recent book is <em>Say What Your Longing Heart Desires: 
 Women\, Prayer\, and Poetry in Iran</em>. It just won one of the American A
 cademy of Religion awards in 2021.</p><p>[caption id="attachment_53113" ali
 gn="aligncenter" width="200"]<img class="size-medium wp-image-53113" src="h
 ttps://asia.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2021/09/Niloofar_bo
 ok-cover-200x300.jpeg" alt="" width="200" height="300" /> <em>Say What Your
  Longing Heart Desires: Women\, Prayer\, and Poetry in Iran</em> by Niloofa
 r Haeri[/caption]</p><h3>Discussant:</h3><p><strong>Mahtab Sirdani</strong>
  is a PhD candidate in sociocultural anthropology at Boston University. Her
  research focuses on Muslim Iranian migrants in North America. She holds a 
 masters degree from Harvard Divinity School where she specialized in religi
 on\, literature\, and culture. She has presented in several venues includin
 g the Institute on Culture\, Religion & World Affairs (CURA) where she was 
 a fellow during 2019-2020 academic year.</p><p> </p><div><strong>About the 
 Alireza Ahmadian Lectures in Iranian and Persianate Studies: </strong>Alire
 za Ahmadian (1981 – 2019) was an enthusiastic researcher\, a consummate soc
 io-political analyst\, and an opinion leader on foreign policy who nurtured
  the virtues of diplomatic dialogue and liberal democracy. Alireza was a pr
 oud and devoted UBC alumnus\, supporter of UBC’s Department of Asian Studie
 s\, and beloved member of Canadian-Iranian Community. The department rename
 d this lecture series in his honour in 2019. Alireza’s friends in the commu
 nity have provided funding to support this series\, and this generous gift 
 will see these important academic and community engagement events supported
  through to the end of the 2025/2026 academic year. <a href="https://asia.u
 bc.ca/lecture-series/alireza-ahmadian-lectures/">Read More ...</a><br /> <b
 r />Should you have any questions\, please contact the Department of Asian 
 Studies at <a href="mailto:Asian.Studies@ubc.ca">Asian.Studies@ubc.ca</a>.<
 /div>
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