Hafez: Persia's Provocateur
June 20, 2011 Monday AT 3PM CT

 
 

Hafez, the famous 14th century Persian poet, used the most gorgeous language to expose duplicity, irreverence, and corruption in preachers, scholars of religious laws, memorizers and reciters of the Qur'an. Why is he still one of the best read poets of Persian literature?



Guest
  • Reza Saberi, translator of Divan Hafez, the collected poems of Hafez
  • Jawid Mojaddedi, associate professor in Islamic studies at Rutgers University
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