Learn Persian with Chai and Conversation

Dec 31 2024 170 ep. 23 mins 324
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Learn Persian with Chai and Conversation teaches you conversational Persian in a fun and casual manner in weekly lessons of about 15-20 minutes each. Check out our website chaiandconversation.com for more information.

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Interview | Growing Up Neem-Rooni - Jasmin Mozaffari, Director of Motherland, on Identity in a Problematic Time

Dec 31 2024 28 mins  
In this episode, Leyla sits down with acclaimed filmmaker Jasmin Mozaffari to discuss her short film Motherland, a poignant exploration of cultural identity, family trauma, and resilience. Jasmin reflects on her upbringing as a neem-rooni (half-Iranian, half-Canadian) in post-9/11 North America, the generational trauma of Iranian immigrants, and how her father’s story during the

Poetry | Ibn Yamin's ān kas ké bedānad va bedānad ké bedānad, Introduction with Alan Eyre

Dec 22 2024 41 mins  
In this lesson, we introduce the poem ān kas ké bedānad va bedānad ké bedānad by Ibn Yamin and discuss it with Alan Eyre.

Poetry | Hafez's barafshān, Part 5

Oct 27 2024 12 mins  
In this discussion on Hafez's barafshān, we go over the last two lines of the poem.

Poetry | Hafez's barafshān, Part 4

Oct 20 2024 11 mins  
In this discussion on Hafez's barafshān, we go over the fifth and sixth line of the poem.

Poetry | Hafez's barafshān, Part 3

Oct 13 2024 11 mins  
In this discussion on Hafez's barafshān, we go over the third and fourth line of the poem.

Interview | Growing Up Neem-Rooni - Kaveh Akbar, author of Martyr! On Martyr, Trauma, and Collateral Damage

Oct 09 2024 84 mins  
Kaveh Akbar is the Iranian-American author of the critically acclaimed and heavily lauded novel Martyr! In our long-awaited conversation we dive deep into the themes of his powerful book, Martyr, which explores the human cost of so-called “collateral damage” and the real-world trauma often reduced to mere statistics in Western media. I had so much I wanted to ask Kaveh about th

Poetry | Hafez's barafshān, Part 2

Oct 06 2024 18 mins  
In this second part of the discussion for Hafez's barafshān, we go over the first two lines of the poem in detail.

Poetry | Hafez's barafshān, Introduction with Fared Shafinury

Sep 29 2024 40 mins  
In this introductory lesson on Hafez's poem barafshān, we're joined by musician Fared Shafinury to go over the overall meaning of the poem. You can hear Fared's version of this poem in this track from his debut album.

Speak Lesson 76 | A Separation, Part 5

Sep 11 2024 36 mins  
In this lesson, we watch a clip of a heated conversation between Nader and Simin, the title characters of the movie. This is a fast paced conversation, and gives us a glimpse at a type of conversation we may not often be privy to in the Persian language. This is the final episode in our series on clips from the movie A Separation by Asghar Farahadi with guest Yara Elmjouie.

Poetry | Omar Khayyam's rendee deedam, Part 2

Sep 08 2024 14 mins  
In this follow up episode about Khayyam's poem rendee deedam, we go over the poem word by word, line by line, to understand each part individually. We'll also learn how to use the particular words and phrases in current conversation.