Shiraz (Iran) (AFP) – When Iranians worry about life's big questions, many seek answers in the works and wisdoms of Persia's most revered poet, Hafez -- sometimes with the help of a parakeet. Retired ...

Dick Davis spoke to PBS NewsHour chief arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown about his new book "Faces of Love: Hafez and the Poets of Shiraz." According to Dick Davis, Hafez is the poetry world's version ...

In “The World of Persian Literary Humanism,” Hamid Dabashi writes that “the physical beauty” of Hafez’s poetry is “above and beyond anything achieved before or after in Persian lyrics.” These days, ...

The 14th Century gave the world an amazing gift, a poet who was born in Shiraz/Iran, a master of lyric poetry also known as Gazal, a poet who has inspired generations upon generations of people and ...

Hafez, born in Shiraz in the 14th century, is widely regarded as one of the most influential Persian poets of all time. His works, compiled in the Divan of Hafez, explore themes of love, spirituality, ...

The inscriptions, some of which are over 500 years old, are part of the collection of the Dushanbe Museum. The oldest work on display at the exhibit was inscribed in 1402 and consists of 43 ghazals ...

Hefez Shirazi, the unique pearl of culture and literature of Iran, is a renowned 14th-century Persian poet who is also celebrated worldwide. October 11 is designated National Hafez Day in the Persian ...

Yalda Night 2020 with Sarah Sedaghatzadeh (left) and her family included an after-dinner reading of “Shahnameh” by Sedaghatzadeh’s mom, Massie Soufimanesh (center), and Hafez poems by Sarah’s sister, ...