My love for Iran is as old as myself, from stories transmitted to me as a child some of which I remember. While a teenager, on a exchange course of study in Europe, I came across Iranians and learned more about Khayyam and about the various cities of that country, hoping one day I can visit. But the tumult of 1979? and the arrival of turbaned ones with a view to the past and not an understanding of the glorious past of Iran, put a stop to all that.
Jews who had lived there for 3000 years were not welcome and the exodus made Iran poorer in many ways. Iran entered strongly into my life a few years ago, actually through Hafez and other poets and through Kuala Lumpur and my good friend there. and it remains tenderly in my heart.
Today I received a TED talk video sent by the same person who had rekindled my love for Iran (in Kuala Lumpur).
You can see that the person presenting represents the sophistication and gentleness and tolerance of Iran. I have made many friends in Iran and I think of them often and dream of a time when I can go to visit them in Iran and enjoy the glory of that civilization.
In the above video, he explains the paradox of Persia and it is carried by the women of Iran despite the efforts of the turbaned ones, who will never succeed to dull the glory of Persia .
Jews who had lived there for 3000 years were not welcome and the exodus made Iran poorer in many ways. Iran entered strongly into my life a few years ago, actually through Hafez and other poets and through Kuala Lumpur and my good friend there. and it remains tenderly in my heart.
Today I received a TED talk video sent by the same person who had rekindled my love for Iran (in Kuala Lumpur).
You can see that the person presenting represents the sophistication and gentleness and tolerance of Iran. I have made many friends in Iran and I think of them often and dream of a time when I can go to visit them in Iran and enjoy the glory of that civilization.
In the above video, he explains the paradox of Persia and it is carried by the women of Iran despite the efforts of the turbaned ones, who will never succeed to dull the glory of Persia .
