Dr. Cyrus Zargar, the Department of Philosophy’s Endowed Al-Ghazali Distinguished Professor in Islamic Studies, will present “Persian Sufi Poetry and Contemporary Cinema: The Gaze according to Majid Majidi.” Majid Majidi's films capture contradictions in Iranian life: anonymity and identity; poverty and joy; and disability and extraordinary skill. To do so, Majidi draws from the classical Persian Sufi literary tradition. His …
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