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Aug 25
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Culture | Ferdowsi's Shahnameh, Part 2

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In this lesson, we continue our discussion of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh with Dr. Sahba Shayani to the second part of the Story of Zal, where Simorgh spots the abandoned baby.

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