Episode
Audiobook Raznāmeh: Poem 'Wine of Lust'; Critique of Violence and Abuse in God's Name
Nima Shahsavari
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2025-10-19
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In 'Wine of Lust' from the audiobook Raznāmeh, Nima Shahsavari delivers a radical and provocative critique of violence and abuse committed in God's name. The poem uses wine as a metaphor for lust—a force that intoxicates and corrupts humanity, leading to murder, as Read more…In 'Wine of Lust' from the audiobook Raznāmeh, Nima Shahsavari delivers a radical and provocative critique of violence and abuse committed in God's name. The poem uses wine as a metaphor for lust—a force that intoxicates and corrupts humanity, leading to murder, assault, and oppression. Shahsavari challenges the notion that divine authority justifies cruelty and sin, questioning how religious justification enables suffering and damnation. Close