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Exploring the Maldives and its poetry

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In this episode Gyles and Aphra Brandreth meet Dr Farah Faizal the High Commissioner for the Republic of Maldives in the UK. Dr Faizal, who enjoys writing poetry herself and is the granddaughter of poets, discusses pioneering women in Maldivian poetry. In this episode she shares poems by one of the earliest female poets writing in the Dhivehi language, Aminath Faiza who was famously known as the “Daisy Maa", the Daisy flower of Maldivian poetry.

Poems this episode include: Hearts of Stone by Farah Didi, and On the Occasion of the Wedding of Princess Elizabeth, and The New Spirit of Maldivian Women both by Aminath Faiza (Daisy Maa).

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In this episode Gyles and Aphra Brandreth meet Dr Farah Faizal the High Commissioner for the Republic of Maldives in the UK. Dr Faizal, who enjoys writing poetry herself and is the granddaughter of poets, discusses pioneering women in Maldivian poetry. In this episode she shares poems by one of the earliest female poets writing in the Dhivehi language, Aminath Faiza who was famously known as the “Daisy Maa", the Daisy flower of Maldivian poetry.

Poems this episode include: Hearts of Stone by Farah Didi, and On the Occasion of the Wedding of Princess Elizabeth, and The New Spirit of Maldivian Women both by Aminath Faiza (Daisy Maa).

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