17/07/2025
Poetry, Stories, Community: Experiencing Persian Literature Beyond Political Debates - Part 1
✍️ By Ghasem Rouhi
🟢⚪️🔴 The knowledge magazine Iran Info 360° would like to draw your attention to a series of events offering diverse new insights into the Iranian world of language, culture, and civilization.
Iranshahr Nights – Experience Culture, Understand History, Preserve Identity
Right in the heart of Hamburg, at the Asia-Africa Institute of the University of Hamburg, bridges are being built each third Thursday of the month between the past and present of the Persian-speaking world. Initiated by the Hamneshast e.V. cultural association in cooperation with the Department of Iranian Studies at the University of Hamburg, the Iranshahr Nights offer an open space for cultural exchange, discussion, and inspiration – political opinions and debates are explicitly unwelcome and not permitted at these events.
The events are held in Persian.
The very first session is dedicated to the Persian language and Iranian identity.
The launch of the Iranshahr Nights features the renowned Iranologist and editor of the “Shahnameh”, Dr. Jalal Khaleghi Motlagh, one of the most distinguished figures in Iranian intellectual history.
Part 1 focused on the lecture “Persian Language and Iranian Identity,” in which Dr. Khaleghi Motlagh impressively illustrated how Persian literature has, for centuries, shaped the cultural foundation and self-image of Iran – from pre-Islamic times to the present.
Part 2 – Contemporary Literature, Poetry, Readings, and Book Presentations
This will be followed by a session devoted to dialog and diversity: open poetry and stories, book presentations, and candid conversations invite you to explore and discover Persian literature in all its facets.
Image sources:
1. Iran Info 360°
2. Hamneshast e.V.
