Land of the Turquoise Mountains: Journeys Across Iran

When: Thu 23 April 2015 19:00-21:00
Where: DLT (G2)

FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/460489194119759/

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For Cyrus Massoudi, a young British-born Iranian, the country his parents were forced to flee 30 years ago was a place wholly unknown to him. Wanting to make sense of his roots and piece together the divided, divisive and contradictory puzzle that is contemporary Iran, he spent 3 years travelling across the country, encountering the Iran behind the headlines. From the border with Turkey to that of Turkmenistan, from the Caspian basin down to the Persian Gulf, his journeys took him from the mythological first kings of Iran, to the Elamite kingdom, the eras of Cyrus and Darius, the glory of the Sasanians, the shock of the Islamic Arab conquests and the later Mongols, Safavids and on to Khomeini, Ahmadinejad and beyond.

Cyrus will share with us his journey and experiences of travelling and discovering Iran and its long and rich cultural history as well as what it means to seek out and explore one’s heritage.

Organised by: SOAS Iranian Society, I.B.Tauris, the British Council and the Centre for Iranian Studies, SOAS

Part of the British Council's 'UK-Iran Season of Culture'

http://www.britishcouncil.ir/en/underline/season

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British Council Iran: https://www.facebook.com/britishcounciliran

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