Culture Attar's Conference of the Birds, Part 2

Learn Persian with Chai and Conversation by Leyla Shams

Sep 2, 202618:49Education

In the second part of our discussion of Attar's Conference of the Birds, Leyla is joined by Omid Arabian of the YOUniversal Center as the Hoopoe finally names the king the birds have been seeking — the Simorgh, near to t...

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