UBC Persian Club is proud to host Vancouver Epic Weekend Group for a wonderful night of storytelling: Tales of Ancient Persia.

Join us for the story of “Roudabeh and Zal” from the Shahnameh, and stories from “Haft Peykar” the book written by Nezami.

“Shāhnāmé (Persian: شاهنامه )is an enormous poetic opus written by the Zoroastrian Persian poet Ferdowsi around 1000 AD and is the national epic of Iran. The Shāhnāmeh tells the mythical and historical past of Iran from the creation of the world up until the Islamic conquest of Persia in the 7th century.” Wikipedia.org

“Nezāmi-ye Ganjavi (Persian: نظامی گنجوی; Kurdish: Nîzamî Gencewî, نیزامی گهنجهوی; Azerbaijani: Nizami Gəncəvi, نظامی گنجوی ; 1141 to 1209), or Nezāmi (Persian: نظامی), whose formal name was Niżām ad-Dīn Abū Muḥammad Ilyās ibn-Yūsuf ibn-Zakī ibn-Mu‘ayyad, is considered the greatest romantic epic poet in Persian literature, who brought a colloquial and realistic style to the Persian epic. His heritage is widely appreciated and shared by Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, and Tajikistan.” Wikipedia.org

Join us for this exciting Epic and Love storytelling evening at UBC Point Gray Campus.

Date: Thursday, October 22, 2009
Time: 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Location: I.K. Barber Learning Center – Lillooet Room
1961 East Mall
Vancouver, BC

Tickets and Info:
(778) 882-7720
(604) 780-0454
Admission: $ 5 Students, $ 10 General

Limited ticket at the door.

Thanks to our sponsors that made this event happen:

REMAX – Shari Bahri
Scotia Bank – Sohrab Saeb