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The
First Peace Poetry Festival opened up in the Artist Home
with a poem by Simin Behbahani in May 16, 2007. This
festival started through the enterprise of Miss Rira Abbasi,
author and poet, with no government support, and only with
support of peace-loving poets since 2 years ago. Members of
the jury were poets Javad Mojabi, Shams Langroodi and Eghbal
Motazedi, as well as Mr. Ahmad Poori in the foreign section.
The poems received were reviewed and seven of them reached
the final stage. The selected poets of the peace poet
festival are announced.
At first Miss
Abbasi was invited to give an explanation about the
procedure of the festival. First she sincerely spoke of her
beloved dream: “For 2 years I’ve been privately talking to
you, laughing, weeping as if I have seen all of you before.
I enjoy the sent of peace in your homes. For 2 years I’ve
been involved with poems from all over the world. It is a
blessing that the literature of Iran and the world have the
common tongue of peace. Now let me read you a poem and then
share with you some points about this dear event which is my
true dream.”
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