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The Rubáiyát by the Persian poet ‘Umar Khayyæm (1048-1131) is used in contemporary Iran as a resistance literature, symbolizing the secularist voice in cultural debates. While Islamic fundamentalists criticize Khayyæm as an atheist and materialist philosopher who questions God’s creation and the pro...
| Language: | English |
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Leiden University Press
2016
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| Online Access: | http://www.lup.nl/product/the-great-umar-khayyam/ |
