Old I may be, but, given the chance, I will learn.
The nightmare of censorship has always cast a shadow over my thoughts. Both under the previous state and under the Islamic state, I have said again a… - Simin Behbahani
The nightmare of censorship has always cast a shadow over my thoughts. Both under the previous state and under the Islamic state, I have said again a…
- Simin Behbahani
The fact that I'm a woman is as important to my work as a poet as the fact that Ahmad Shāmlu was a man was important to his work as a poet. Basically… - Simin Behbahani
The fact that I'm a woman is as important to my work as a poet as the fact that Ahmad Shāmlu was a man was important to his work as a poet. Basically…
Old I may be, but, given the chance, I will learn. - Simin Behbahani
Democracy is the product of human thought and reasoning. It's true that philosophers and thinkers have always imagined a utopia in which everything i… - Simin Behbahani
Democracy is the product of human thought and reasoning. It's true that philosophers and thinkers have always imagined a utopia in which everything i…
No one can create a noteworthy work without knowing the tenets of their own language and literature. Language is renewed but it never changes its ess… - Simin Behbahani
No one can create a noteworthy work without knowing the tenets of their own language and literature. Language is renewed but it never changes its ess…
Politics becomes a part of a writer's working life. The writer's protagonists are born in the context of the feelings that this atmosphere evokes. Ho… - Simin Behbahani
Politics becomes a part of a writer's working life. The writer's protagonists are born in the context of the feelings that this atmosphere evokes. Ho…
I've stood in long lines, in the rain and under the sun, just to buy a pack of butter or a box of paper napkins. I've seen mothers running after the … - Simin Behbahani
I've stood in long lines, in the rain and under the sun, just to buy a pack of butter or a box of paper napkins. I've seen mothers running after the …
The more stringent the rules and the more limiting they are, the more the poet and writer is forced to resort to special techniques and intricacies t… - Simin Behbahani
The more stringent the rules and the more limiting they are, the more the poet and writer is forced to resort to special techniques and intricacies t…
Literature rests on language. It is a linguistic art. So it cannot sever its relationship with the past. But it can create new methods and styles tha… - Simin Behbahani
Literature rests on language. It is a linguistic art. So it cannot sever its relationship with the past. But it can create new methods and styles tha…
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