Táhirih

Táhirih PDF Author: Qurrat al-ʻAyn
Publisher: Kalimat Press
ISBN: 9781890688363
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 170

Get Book Here

Book Description
Tahirih's poems are well known among Persian Baha'is, but until now there has been no suitable translation of her work that would give English-speaking readers a sense of her genius. Now Amin Banani, Professor Emeritus at UCLA in Persian history and literature; Jascha Kessler, Professor of English at UCLA; and Anthony A. Lee, historian and award-winning poet, have teamed to produce this translation of her work. The poems are brilliant in emotional impact and prophetic in their themes. They should become familiar parts of Baha'i Feasts, Holy Day celebrations, and devotional gatherings. These poems are a monument to this remarkable woman.

Táhirih

Táhirih PDF Author: Qurrat al-ʻAyn
Publisher: Kalimat Press
ISBN: 9781890688363
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 170

Get Book Here

Book Description
Tahirih's poems are well known among Persian Baha'is, but until now there has been no suitable translation of her work that would give English-speaking readers a sense of her genius. Now Amin Banani, Professor Emeritus at UCLA in Persian history and literature; Jascha Kessler, Professor of English at UCLA; and Anthony A. Lee, historian and award-winning poet, have teamed to produce this translation of her work. The poems are brilliant in emotional impact and prophetic in their themes. They should become familiar parts of Baha'i Feasts, Holy Day celebrations, and devotional gatherings. These poems are a monument to this remarkable woman.

The Poetry of Ṭáhirih

The Poetry of Ṭáhirih PDF Author: John S. Hatcher
Publisher: George Ronald Publisher Limited
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 280

Get Book Here

Book Description
The authors present a unique collection of the poetry of Thirih: scholar, poet, and the only woman Letter of the Living. The original Persian texts and annotated English translations are set in their historical context and explained.

Táhirih the Pure

Táhirih the Pure PDF Author: Martha L. Root
Publisher: Kalimat Press
ISBN: 9781890688042
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 174

Get Book Here

Book Description


The Quickening

The Quickening PDF Author: Qurrat al-ʻAyn
Publisher: Baha'i Publishing
ISBN: 9781931847834
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Get Book Here

Book Description
A newly translated collection of stirring poems by the renowned nineteenth-century poetess Tahirih that deals with a subject that has challenged religious scholars throughout the ages, the concept of a last judgment or end of time.

The Forbidden

The Forbidden PDF Author: Sholeh Wolpé
Publisher: MSU Press
ISBN: 1609173295
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 172

Get Book Here

Book Description
During the 1979 revolution, Iranians from all walks of life, whether Muslim, Jewish, Christian, socialist, or atheist, fought side-by-side to end one tyrannical regime, only to find themselves in the clutches of another. When Khomeini came to power, freedom of the press was eliminated, religious tolerance disappeared, women’s rights narrowed to fit within a conservative interpretation of the Quran, and non-Islamic music and literature were banned. Poets, writers, and artists were driven deep underground and, in many cases, out of the country altogether. This moving anthology is a testament to both the centuries-old tradition of Persian poetry and the enduring will of the Iranian people to resist injustice. The poems selected for this collection represent the young, the old, and the ancient. They are written by poets who call or have called Iran home, many of whom have become part of a diverse and thriving diaspora.

Prison Poems

Prison Poems PDF Author: Mahvash Sabet
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780853985693
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 118

Get Book Here

Book Description
Adapted from the Persian by Bahiyyih Nakhjavani based on translations by Violette and Ali Nakhjavani, these poems testify to the courage and the despair, the misery and the hopes of thousands of Iranians struggling to survive conditions of extreme oppression.

Tahirih Thealogy

Tahirih Thealogy PDF Author: Starr Saffa
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781921005510
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 324

Get Book Here

Book Description
Tahirah Thealogy rips the veil off the premise by most world religions that Messengerhood is a bonding of a male God with a male Manifestation.

Words, Not Swords

Words, Not Swords PDF Author: Farzaneh Milani
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN: 0815651600
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 373

Get Book Here

Book Description
A woman not only needs a room of her own, as Virginia Woolf wrote, but also the freedom to leave it and return to it at will; for a room without that right becomes a prison cell. The privilege of self-directed movement, the power to pick up and go as one pleases, has not been a traditional "right" of Iranian women. This prerogative has been denied them in the name of piety, anatomy, chastity, class, safety, and even beauty. It is only during the last 160 years that the spell has been broken and Iranian women have emerged as a moderating, modernizing force. Women writers have been at the forefront of this desegregating movement and renegotiation of boundaries. Words, Not Swords explores the legacy of sex segregation and its manifestations in Iranian literature and film and in notions of beauty and the erotics of passivity. Milani expands her argument beyond Iranian culture, arguing that freedom of movement is a theme that crosses frontiers and dissolves conventional distinctions of geography, history, and religion. She makes bold connections between veiling and foot binding, between Cinderella and Barbie, between the figures of the female Gypsy and the witch. In so doing, she challenges cultural hierarchies that divert attention from key issues in the control of women across the globe.

I Love My Name

I Love My Name PDF Author: Linda Ahdieh Grant
Publisher: Bellwood Press
ISBN: 9781618511560
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Get Book Here

Book Description
Eight-year-old Tahirih finds courage and a connection to her namesake, a nineteenth-century Persian woman poet, women's rights activist, and follower of Báb.

Tahirih in History

Tahirih in History PDF Author: Ṣābir Āfāqī
Publisher: Kalimat Press
ISBN: 9781890688356
Category : Bahais
Languages : en
Pages : 312

Get Book Here

Book Description
"One hundred and fifty years ago, Tahirih stunned Iran and shocked her fellow believers by removing her veil in the company of men at the conference of Badasht. This volume is a compilation of historical work that has been written about her in the years since. It brings together most of what we know about Tahirih Qurratu'l-'Ayn. Included is history from Baha'i sources: 'Abdu'l-Baha and Shoghi Effendi; the work of scholars in India and Pakistan, where Tahirih's work is well known; and essays by Western scholars, such as E. G. Browne, A.-L.-M. Nicolas (translated from French), Abbas Amanat, Farzaneh Milani, and others. Many of these are new research published in this volume for the first time."--Publisher's website.