CafeLitt 51:"The history of Islamic school of thought"
Sat 29 Dec 2007, 20:55, by , at Cafe Linda:1909 Rue Ste-Catherine Ouest,Montreal (Map)
Subject: "The history of Islamic school of thought"Presented by : Ali ShiraziDate: Thursday , 3 Jan 2008He gave a very short presentation on the origin of this school and its main characteristics and influences on other schools of thought, following with only naming some icons of the Islamic school of thought including, Al Kindi, Farabi, Ibn Sina, Ibn Roshd, Ibn Bajjah, Suhrewardy, Ibn Arabi and Sadredine Shirazi (Molla Sadra).... more >>
CafeLitt 50: Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Wed 26 Dec 2007, 06:38, by , at Cafe Linda:1909 Rue Ste-Catherine Ouest,Montreal (Map)
Subject: Gabriel Garcia Marquez Date: 27 Dec. 2007 (Thursday)Presented by: Mehdi KeshtkarThis session Marquez's biography and his works were reviewed.The novel, "Memories of My Melancholy Whores" of Marquez were discussed.... more >>
CafeLitt 49: Yalda Night
Sat 15 Dec 2007, 19:05, by , at Cafe Linda:1909 Rue Ste-Catherine Ouest,Montreal (Map)
Subject : Yalda NightPresented by: Reza AssasiDate: 20 Dec. 2007 (Thursday)We celebrated Yalda together by introducing the myth of Yalda and its origin and reading Hafiz.... more >>
CafeLitt 48: Short Story
Tue 11 Dec 2007, 14:40, by , at Cafe Linda:1909 Rue Ste-Catherine Ouest,Montreal (Map)
Subject: Short StoryDate: 13 Dec. 2007 (Thursday)Presented by: Cafe LitteraireKhatereh Khodayi read the poem "Apple" by Hamid Mosadegh.Pasha Javadi read a short story called pink-cloud written by Alireza Mahmoudi Iranmehr.Also Mehdi Keshtkar read the "story of my glasses" by Rasoul Parvizi.The session finished by two poems of Ahmad shmalou whose birthday was 83 years ago the day before our session.... more >>
CafeLitt 47: Intellectual lacks in Iran constitutional revolution
Tue 4 Dec 2007, 18:15, by , at Cafe Linda:1909 Rue Ste-Catherine Ouest,Montreal (Map)
Subject:Intellectual lacks in Iran constitutional revolutionPresented by: Dr. Ata HoodashtianDate: Thursday 6 Dec. 2007... more >>
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CaféLitt is not a place; it is a gathering of minds. We are a group of mostly Persian young students, scholars and professionals who gather every Thursday evening around 19h00 in a café to discuss various subjects and share different ideas, ranging vastly from history to science, from literature to fine arts. We started these gatherings on Jan 17th, 2006. Each week, one of us takes the responsibility of presenting a topic (in Persian, English or French) for about an hour in a subject s/he is intimately familiar with or has an expertise in... more...
