# Ahmad Shamlou

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Poetry | Ahmad Shamlou's raz Part 3

In this lesson, we continue our study of Ahmad Shamlou's poem, Rāz. We learn the words and phrases in the second half of the poem.

Poetry | Ahmad Shamlou's raz Intro

In this lesson, we introduce the iconic Iranian poet Ahmad Shamlou, and talk about his poem ‘Raz’ or راز, meaning ‘the secret’. Shamlou was born in 1925 in Rasht, and he died in 2000, after a few years of health problems. He went through a few revolutions, he was put in jail and he was a journal ...

Episode 20 - Shake the City

In this episode, recorded downwind from an increasingly immolated Canada, we interview Alexander Billet, author of the book,  Shake the City: Experiments in Space and Time, Music and Crisis from 1968 Press (2022). We discuss music, the city, cultural fragmentation and the accelerated alienation ...

International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, indigenous Herero and Nama Peoples in present-day Namibia, State Government’s new fast-track planning policy, sexual assault and sexual harassment at Australian universities

Content warning: the first segment discusses war, trauma and sexual violence that may be distressing for some listeners7.10am Violence against women and girls remains one of the most prevalent and pervasive human rights violations in the world. As part of the International Day for the Eliminatio ...

Fatemeh Keshavarz: The Gender of Persian Poetry

The 55th episode of Parse is an excerpt of a talk given by Fatemeh Keshavarz the potentially undesirable implications of the category “women poets.” in light of the ongoing and extensive current research on Iranian women poets. In this presentation, Kehsavarz discusses the poems of Parvin Etesam ...

When Prophecy is Weaponized: Unmasking the Holy War Trajectory of the American Empire

In this episode, Kate examines the astrological forces behind recent military escalations - be it hype or crisis - and the dangerous intersection of End Times theology with foreign policy. As Jupiter squares Saturn-Neptune—a rare cosmic configuration not seen in our lifetimes—Kate reveals how th ...

Book Talk: Ahmad Shamlou, Behind the Mirror

October 5, 2023 Speaker: Bahram Grami A book talk about the acclaimed Iranian poet, Ahmad Shamlou, with Dr. Bahram Grami. Event is in Persian and was organized on Oct. 5, 2023. “The book 'Ahmad Shamlou, Behind the Mirror' is not a literary criticism, it is a step toward better knowing Ahmad Sha ...

S8: E2 Ahmad Shamlou, Elegies of the Earth, translated by Niloufar Talebi. Host Farnaz Fatemi.

Join translator Niloufar Talebi as she talks with Farnaz Fatemi about her new book, Elegies of the Earth: Selected Poems of Ahmad Shamlou, iconic Iranian 20th poet, Ahmad Shamlou, an innovator in Persian poetry and socially conscious writer. Extras: A companion YouTube playlist for this episo ...

The Man Who Had No Lips - Ahmad Shamlou | A Short Story

In this episode, we read a short story named "The Man Who Had No Lips" by Ahmad Shamlou. It's originally written in Farsi but I've tried to translate it to English while keeping the rhythmic flow. It's about a guy named Hossein Gholi who's got a pretty normal life, except for the fact that he d ...