Kiana Hayeri

Visual Storyteller

www.kianahayeri.com

An Old Afghan Poet Polishes "˜the Heart's Mirror'

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Location: Aurora

Nationality: Iranian-Canadian

Biography: Kiana (b.1988) grew up in Tehran, Iran and migrated to Toronto while she was still a teenager. Faced with the challenges of adapting to a new environment, she took up photography as a way of bridging the gap in language and culture. After an... MORE

KABUL | | 10/16/19 | Haidari Wojoodi (80)

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KABUL | | 10/16/19 | Haidari Wojoodi (80)

KABUL | | 10/16/19 | Haidari Wo...walked out one of his visitors.

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KABUL | | 10/16/19 | Haidari Wojoodi (80) walks back to his desk after he walked out one of his visitors.

KABUL | | 10/16/19 | Participan...t, as a way of paying respect.

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KABUL | | 10/16/19 | Participants of the Rumi poetry circle, men and women, kiss the hand of Haidari Wojoodi (80) on their way out, as a way of paying respect.

KABUL | | 10/16/19 | Two univer... newspaper archive department.

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KABUL | | 10/16/19 | Two university students whose thesis project is on the life and poetry of Haidari Wojoodi look trough the available books on the first floor of the public library, before they pay a visit to him at the newspaper archive department.

An Old Afghan Poet Polishes "˜the Heart's Mirror'

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KABUL | | 10/16/19 | One of par...of Haidari Wojoodi's poem.

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KABUL | | 10/16/19 | One of participants recites and sings one of Haidari Wojoodi's poem.

KABUL | | 10/16/19 | Haidari Wo...r the Ruminator poetry circle.

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KABUL | | 10/16/19 | Haidari Wojoodi (80) prays after lunch and before the participants arrive for the Ruminator poetry circle.

KABUL | | 10/16/19 | Haidari Wo...bers of the Rumi poetry circle.

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KABUL | | 10/16/19 | Haidari Wojoodi (80) signs one of his books for one of the members of the Rumi poetry circle.

An Old Afghan Poet Polishes "˜the Heart's Mirror'

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An Old Afghan Poet Polishes "˜the Heart's Mirror'

Copyright Kiana Hayeri 2024

Date of Work Oct 2019 - Oct 2019

Updated Feb 2020

Location kabul

Topics Poetry

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