Salonista Cynthia·Nov 2The Symbolism and Design of a Persian Qum RugBy Cynthia “Salonista” Kosciuczyk
Danialadibi·Oct 18A Father’s AnswerMy father used to read this poem to me when I was a child. I never learned who wrote it, and for a long time that didn’t matter, because it…
anuj sah·Sep 16Queer longing in the ghazal vo nahin mera magar (he’s not mine, but…)https://open.spotify.com/track/5D89anW7HUv01m8jLHQZ7s
thelostpoemss·Aug 12what happened to the self in the beloved’s absence.the sufi stops asking what happened to the beloved and begins asking what happened to the self in the beloved’s absence.
InGlobal Literary Theory: Poetics & PoliticsbyAnna Learn·May 19Burning TonguesReading female Afghan poets in English translationA response icon11A response icon11
Promethean Light: Zarathustra & Übermensch·May 5Persian Poetry Is Not About Love: A Civilization Between Memory, Tension, and SymbolWhat looks like romance is actually a civilization transforming rupture into meaning, symbol, and inner truth.
John Ege·Mar 10Why the Jedi Philosophy Is Often MisunderstoodThe Force was never meant to be a superpower system. It was meant to be a philosophy.A response icon3A response icon3
Bita Yekrang·Feb 10What Hafez’s Poetry Taught Me About AI’s LimitsBuilding YaarAI: a semantic search system that knows when retrieval beats generation, and when silence preserves meaning
mehdi limoochi·Jan 13Who Was Rumi? A Persian Poet for Our TimeIf today we say the name Rumi in different parts of the world, we will receive different answers.A response icon1A response icon1
