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The Enduring Saga: Rostam's Demise and Shahnameh's Legacy
A key philosophical interlude discusses Yuval Noah Harari's "Sapiens," highlighting the importance of storytelling, myths, and shared beliefs as a strength of Homo sapiens over Neanderthals. The speaker posits that the Shahnameh can serve as a similar unifying national belief system for contemporary Iran, transcending religion or other ideologies, helping the "Phoenix of Iran rise from its ashes." The success of the Shahnameh-reading movement is attributed to three factors: its engagement with children (180 entries from children in a recent festival), the leadership of women (over 90% of…
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