
Courting the Light of the Beloved: A Telling of the Mystical Love Story Layla & Majnun
A contemporary storytelling performance of the Sufi love legend Layla & Majnun, blending Persian epic poetry, devotional mysticism, and desert-animist imagery. Expect romantic tragedy with Garden of Eden symbolism and Shakespearean echoes in an art-gallery setting.
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