Remembering Iranian poet Parvin Etesami

Parvin was born in 1907 in Tabriz, but then moved to Tehran with her family early in her life. In addition to formal schooling at the American Girls College in Tehran and graduating in 1924 from the Iran Bethel School, she obtained a solid understanding of Arabic and classical Persian literature from her father.

For her graduation, she wrote the poem A Twig of a Wish about the struggles facing Iranian women and the need for their education.