Translation Project

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Iranian Literary Arts Festival, FEBRUARY 5 and 6, 2009

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Celebrating poets featured in BELONGING: New Poetry by Iranians Around the World (from L to R):
Majid Naficy, Abbas Saffari, Partow Nooriala, Ziba Karbassi, Granaz Moussavi.

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Festival poets with festival director, Niloufar Talebi

Founder of the Translation Project and editor/translator of BELONGING: New Poetry by Iranians Around the World, Niloufar Talebi, accepts a Certificate of Recognition from California Assemblywoman, Fiona Ma, "Honoring outstanding commitment to increase the visibility of contemporary Iranian literature on the world stage, and to create a greater opportunity for Iranian literature to be part of the modern conversation, thereby benefiting all the people of the San Francisco Bay Area and the State of California."

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Abbas Saffari reads his poetry in the original Persian

Morteza Negahi And Abbas Saffari







Poet Abbas Saffari reciting his poetry in the original Persian

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Reading Karbassi's work in translation

Poet Ziba Karbassi reads her work in Azeri Turkish




Ziba Karbassi, Book signing
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Poet Granaz Moussavi reads her work in the original Persian

Granaz Moussavi and Reza Moini

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Poet Majid Naficy reciting his poetry in the original Persian

Majid Naficy, Book signing

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Partow Nooriala reads her poetry in the original Persian

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Niloufar Talebi and Ziba Karbassi

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Audiences chatting with SF poet laureate Jack Hirschman

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The Translation Project's second Iranian Literary Arts Festival (2009)

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