Philanthropist Bita Daryabari Extends Reach
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Global philanthropist and humanitarian Bita Daryabari is pleased to announce a new $2 million (US) endowment for the Shahnama Project , based in the Shahnama Centre at Pembroke College in Cambridge, England. ( Pembroke College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge,England.) The Project was established by Persian Studies expert,Professor Charles Melville , and the Centre is directed by Dr. Firuza Abdullaeva . The benefaction will help fund the Project's continued research and study of the epic poem, the Shahnama or The Book of Kingsby Abu'l-Qasim Hasan..