A famous tale from Persian literature is read and explained by Ali. 

Simple Farsi with Ali

Story; Read and Explained

To kick-start this series, I cover one of my all-time favourite songs. I first heard this piece in the TV show Mr. Robot and it opened up a whole world of blues and folk music for me. 

It's full of cultural references, regionalisms, metaphors and interestingly, even a few grammatical errors--I'll tell you why they were included! 

Angel From Montgomery has been covered by many artists, but in this episode we listen to & explore the original 1971 version by John Prine. 