The Legend of Omar Khayyam

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Listen Thursday, Dec. 8, 2005 at 1:35 p.m. in Arts & Culture, Religion

Guest host: Mark McDonald

He's often called "Iran's Shakespeare." And he was a Renaissance Man more than 300 years before that era existed in Europe. Hear about Persian Poet, Scientist, and Philosopher Omar Khayyam.

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Kayvan Mashayekh

writer & director "The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam"

Mehdi Aminrazavi

Leidecker Chair & Professor of Philosophy and Religion, University of Mary Washington

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