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Iran:A woman revives the traditional stroytelling

Categories: Middle East & North Africa, Iran, History, Literature, Women & Gender

Thanks to Forever Under Construction we can see [1] slide show of the performance, with excerpts and an interview with Gord-Afarid, Fatemeh Habibizad, the first Iranian woman Naqqal – a performer reading and enacting stories of the celebrated Persian epic The Book of Kings [2]: the revival of the traditional storytelling.