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Serbian university hosts program on Persian poets

TEHRAN,June 20(MNA) – The University of Novi Sad in Serbia hosted a literary night entitled “From Tus to Neyshabur” introducing Persian poets of the Khorasan region Ferdowsi (940-1020), Omar Khayyam (1048-1131) and Attar Neyshaburi (1142-1220). Organized by Iran’s Cultural Office in Belgrade, the program was attended by the university’s Vice Rector for International Relations and Science Professor Pavle Sekerus, and several Iranian and Serbian literati, the office reported in a press release on Tuesday. Speaking at the ceremony, Sekerus said that Iran’s cultural programs at the University of Novi Sad help expand cultural relations between the two countries. The professor also talked about the great interest of Serbian youth in learning the Persian language, for which a course has been launched at the University of Novi Sad. Iran’s cultural attaché Mahmud Shaluii, also attending the ceremony, introduced Iran and its great poets, and made a brief speech about the poets. He expressed hope that cultural programs help to better introduce the Persian language and culture. The ceremony was brought to an end with the recitation of a selection of poetry by Ferdowsi, Khayyam and Attar by several Serbian students studying Persian at the University of Novi Sad.

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