{"id":452,"date":"2013-08-27T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-27T07:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2013\/08\/epic-of-the-persian-kings-heart-of-iranian-identiy.html"},"modified":"2014-07-28T20:45:03","modified_gmt":"2014-07-29T01:45:03","slug":"epic-of-the-persian-kings-heart-of-iranian-identiy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2013\/08\/epic-of-the-persian-kings-heart-of-iranian-identiy.html","title":{"rendered":"Epic of the Persian Kings: Heart of Iranian Identiy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
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NPR has a great story<\/a> about the Shahnameh<\/em>, or \u201cEpic of the Persian Kings<\/em>.\u201d \u00a0It \u00a0is a foundational Iranian myth and legend written all in verse over a thousand years ago. \u00a0A Persian poet, Abolqasem Ferdowsi, wrote the epic which is longer than the Iliad<\/em> and the Odyssey<\/em>. In an interview with NPR<\/a>, Azar Nafisi, a contemporary Iranian writer, says that the Shahnameh is at the heart of makes her Iranian.<\/p>\n

An Iranian film maker and graphic artist in New York, Hamid Rahmanian, translated and illustrated a new version of the Shahnameh. \u00a0NPR<\/a>\u00a0says \u201cthis Shahnameh edition is amazing, that its \u201clike a monk\u2019s gilt-edged tome for the digital age, with linked dynastic stories of fabled kings, queens, knights and magical beings.\u201d<\/p>\n

The NPR site allows you to listen to\u00a0the audio story<\/a>,\u00a0read the story<\/a>,\u00a0\u00a0and see\u00a0a slide show<\/a>\u00a0of some of the pages of the book.<\/p>\n

Below is a picture of one of the gilt edged and illustrated pages.<\/p>\n

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NPR has a great story about the Shahnameh, or \u201cEpic of the Persian Kings.\u201d \u00a0It \u00a0is a foundational Iranian myth and legend written all in verse over a thousand years ago. \u00a0A Persian poet, Abolqasem Ferdowsi, wrote the epic which is longer than the Iliad and the Odyssey. 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