Publish Date: 14 February 2004 - 15:22

TEHRAN Feb. 14 (Mehr News Agency) –- The Avicenna Medal of UNESCO was awarded to Iranian female director Pari Saberi.

Saberi who was invited by the head of UNESCO to Paris to stage her two plays “Mourning for Siyavosh” and “Flying Shams” at the UNESCO Theater Hall, grabbed the award for her long artistic activities in staging Iranian traditional texts.

 

Staged in memory of Bam’s quake victims, the two plays were highly acclaimed by Iranian and French audience.

 

RM/DWN/IS
END
MNA