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Simin Behbahani
Simin Behbahani (1927–2014) took the oldest form in Persian poetry, the ghazal, and made it modern: new metres, new subjects, and a woman’s voice speaking about war, injustice and everyday life. Admirers called her "the lioness of Iran".
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