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The Long Journey Home

Oct 6, 2022 6 MINUTES

Poet Sholeh Wolpé honors the enduring wisdom of Attar’s twelfth-century, Sufi epic, “The Conference of the Birds.” Through her lauded translation, or recreation, of the poem and a newly developed musical performance, The Seven Valleys, Wolpé brings Attar's story of the search for divine meaning to new audiences.

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