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The Poets of Shiraz
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Iranians like to say that even in the poorest home you'll find two books: a Quran and
the poetry of Hafez. It's appropriate for a country whose most celebrated sons are poets,
and where almost every person can quote their favourite millennium-old man of words. In
Shiraz, the city of nightingales and gardens, the tombs of Hafez and Sa'di (
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draw pilgrims from around the country. Join them as they linger over tea, reciting the
works of their heroes.
Aramgah-e (Tomb of) Hafez, Shiraz
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