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Comment on Farid al-Din Attar: A Reading Journal 2 by Farid al-Din Attar: A Reading Journal 5 | Alas, a Blog

Farid al-Din Attar: A Reading Journal 5 | Alas, a Blog — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 17:28:14 +0000

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Comment on Farid al-Din Attar: A Reading Journal 2 by » Farid al-Din Attar: A Reading Journal 5 Richard Jeffrey Newman

» Farid al-Din Attar: A Reading Journal 5 Richard Jeffrey Newman — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 17:26:19 +0000

[…] my love for my parents, my friends, my lovers, my children all have in common? As I said in Part 2 of this series, for me, love is an acceptance in my life of their full existence as people […]

Comment on Review of “Nomad of Salt and Hard Water,” by Cynthia Dewi Oka by Would You Give Your Life for Your Art? | Alas, a Blog

Would You Give Your Life for Your Art? | Alas, a Blog — Sat, 25 May 2013 13:02:12 +0000

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Comment on Nadia Anjuman, Dalton Conley’s “Men’s Right To Choose” and Saadi’s Bustan by » Would You Give Your Life for Your Art? Richard Jeffrey Newman

» Would You Give Your Life for Your Art? Richard Jeffrey Newman — Sat, 25 May 2013 10:01:39 +0000

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Comment on Review of “Nomad of Salt and Hard Water,” by Cynthia Dewi Oka by » Would You Give Your Life for Your Art? Richard Jeffrey Newman

» Would You Give Your Life for Your Art? Richard Jeffrey Newman — Sat, 25 May 2013 10:01:17 +0000

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Comment on Norouz Pirouz! Eid Moborak! Happy Iranian New Year 2013 by Juliet

Juliet — Thu, 23 May 2013 16:19:48 +0000

Thank you dear Richard,I is very beautiful.It‘s interesting that you like Hafez and of course Persian literature. Thank you for this very nice video.
Spring of earth happy to you too.

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Because Men Only Understand Cliches | Alas, a Blog — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 18:59:09 +0000

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Comment on Because Men Only Understand Cliches by Artos

Artos — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 15:45:26 +0000

1. "Because Men Only Understand Cliches" -- Do you realize how offensive that is to men who are not manginas? Kind of like, "Blacks only know fried chicken and watermelon". The second part of this comment was removed by the moderator because it was an ad hominem attack.

Comment on Translating Classical Iranian Poetry: Farid al-Din Attar by Richard Jeffrey Newman

Richard Jeffrey Newman — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 10:06:26 +0000

Hi Norma,

My memory–I am not a scholar of Persian Studies, just a translator–is that some of the books thought to be by Farid al-Din Attar turned out to be by another Attar from a different century, but I don’t remember if the Pand-Nameh was one of them. One place you might look to start to find an answer is the Encyclopedia Iranica, which is online. I don’t have the URL handy, though. Good luck!

Comment on Translating Classical Iranian Poetry: Farid al-Din Attar by Norma

Norma — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 06:13:36 +0000

Hello Professor Newman, I found your site because I was looking for a translation of Attar's Pand-namah (Book of Advice), not knowing the full story behind it. When you say "now known to be apocryphal," do you mean that the Pand-namah by Sadi is the same one I thought I was looking for. And how did it come to be recognized that it was definitely not Attar's? (If that's too big a question, can you point me toward a source for the discovery?--I've been all over JSTOR). --Norma