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• Regional: Middle East: Iran  (874)
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• Treasures of Persian Literature - English translations of Gulistan of Saadi, Bustan of Saadi, Robaiyyat of Hafez, Ghazal (Sonnets) of Hafez, Masnavi-e-Ma'navi (spiritual couplets of Rumi), Robaiyyat (Quatrains) of Omar Khayyam and Shahnameh of Ferdowsi. Famous Persian poems are also available.

  Ahmad Shamlu The official site of Ahmad Shamlu, Iran's great contemporary poet. http://www.shamlu.com/

  Alireza Behnam Poetry, news, and bibliography of this Iranian journalist and language poet. http://alirezabehnam.tripod.com

  Art Arena: Writer's Corner Provides English translations of modern Persian poetry and prose. Features works by Mahmud Kianush and Pari Mansouri. http://www.art-arena.com/literature.htm

  The Art of Sadeq Hedayat Artwork by a great Iranian writer. http://www.iranian.com/Arts/April98/Hedayat/s_hedayat.html

  The Epic of Kings by Ferdowsi From the Internet Classics Archive. Translated by Helen Zimmern. http://classics.mit.edu/Ferdowsi/kings.html

  Forugh Farrokhzad Forum for all those who have been touched by Forugh's poetry, life and liberation. http://www.forughfarrokhzad.org/

  Hafiz On Love Poetry of Hafiz in the original Persian and in English translations, biography, art gallery and links. http://www.hafizonlove.com/

  The Iranian: Poetry Page Poems by Iranians. http://www.iranian.com/Arts/poetry.html

  Persian Poetry: Verses from Rumi and Khayyam English translations of and information about Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi and Omar Khayyam, including side-by-side comparisons of various translations. http://blissbat.net/rambles/persian.html

  Persian Poets and Poetry Life and poetry of famous Persian poets, Rumi, Hafez, Khayam, and Saadi. http://www.bestirantravel.com/culture/poetry/poetry.html

  The Poetry of Iran Selection of poems by Iranians. From the Literary Review. http://theliteraryreview.org/tlr-ira1.htm

  Shah-nama - Book of Kings E-text from the University of Adelaide Library Electronic Text Collection. http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/aut/firdausi.html

  Shahnama - The Epic of Kings As translated by Helen Zimmern (1883), e-text from the Internet Sacred Text Archive. http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/shahnama.txt

  A Tribute to Sadeq Hedayat Hedayat's biography, photographs, genealogy and artwork. English translations and reviews of his work. http://www.blindowl.org/

  Vazhé - Association of Iranian Authors and Artists in Toronto Features Persian poems translated into English. http://www.vazhe.com/