Iranian culture minister offers congratulations on Khayyam Day

TEHRAN.(HONARONLINE) – Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Seyyed Abbas Salehi commemorated the Persian poet Omar Khayyam Neyshaburi on Sunday by extending congratulations on Khayyam Day.

2020/05/17 18:53

By Seyyed Mostafa Mousavi Sabet

FitzGerald translation of Rubaiyat still worthy of praise, whether Persians like it or not

TEHRAN.(HONARONLINE) –Persian classical poets such as Sadi, Hafez, Ferdowsi, and Attar are more or less famous in the West, but perhaps Omar Khayyam Neyshaburi is treated differently by Westerners from his other Persian counterparts.

2020/05/17 11:31