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Article: Saadi of Shiraz: the 13th century Persian poet of compassionate wisdom.(BOOK WORLD)(Biography)
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- The World and I
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- June 1, 2009
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On March 20, 2009, which marks the Spring Equinox and is celebrated as the New Year's Day in Iran, President Barack Obama sent a videotaped New Year's message to the Iranian nation as a political gesture of good intention to open a new friendly chapter between the USA and Iran.
In his message, the President noted: 'There are those who insist that we be defined by our differences. But let us remember the words that were written by the poet Saadi, so many years ago: The children of Adam are limbs to each other, having been created of one essence.'
This brings into the spotlight, Saadi (also written Sa'di, rhymed with 'sandy'), an eminent Persian poet of ...