dailycampus.com:

In ancient history, the words of a prophet were highly valued in Jewish culture and philosophers were impactful to Greek culture. In Persia (now modern-day Iran), poets and poetry do not just act as a documentation of history, but are also an influential part of Iranian culture today, according to a TED Talk titled, “The beauty of Persian poetry,” delivered by Hamidreza Mohammadi, who is the founder of the Ganjoor website dedicated to Persian poetry.
 

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