leilie-ashegh
 
Layli in love
Oil on canvas. 1999
220 x 150cm
Layli was a very important character in Iranian literature. During medireview and patriarchial times she was able to get her own way. Nezami Ganjavi (born circa 1141) immortalised her in his famous poem, 'Layli and Madjnun'.


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