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Curious Louisville: Why Is There An Omar Khayyam Blvd In Valley Station?
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Nadeem Saddiqui and his family recently moved to Valley Station, in the southeastern part of Louisville. "It's stereotypically not the most multi-cultural area of Louisville," he said. So it surprised him to see a street named Omar Khayyam Blvd. "It was a medieval Persian poet," he said. "Growing up my parents had a lot of books of his poetry."
Nadeem wanted to know how this street came to be, in this neighborhood. So we went looking for the answer.
35 episodes
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When? This feed was archived on October 23, 2020 00:11 (). Last successful fetch was on February 04, 2020 13:02 ()
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Manage episode 232177178 series 2147614
Nadeem Saddiqui and his family recently moved to Valley Station, in the southeastern part of Louisville. "It's stereotypically not the most multi-cultural area of Louisville," he said. So it surprised him to see a street named Omar Khayyam Blvd. "It was a medieval Persian poet," he said. "Growing up my parents had a lot of books of his poetry."
Nadeem wanted to know how this street came to be, in this neighborhood. So we went looking for the answer.
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