many more examples of such subtle symbols and allusions throughout the Mantiq. Within the larger context of the story of the journey of the birds, Attar masterfully tells the reader many didactic short, sweet stories in captivating poetic style. Sholeh Wolpé, in the foreword of her modern translation of this work writes: Wolpé further writes: "The book is meant to be not only instructive but also entertaining." English translations , reissued by Routledge and Kegan Paul Ltd, 1961. , re-edited as The Canticle of the Birds, Diane de Sellier Éditeur, 2013. . . . . La Conférence des oiseaux and other theatrical adaptations Peter Brook and Jean-Claude Carrière adapted the poem into a play titled La Conférence des oiseaux (The Conference of the Birds), which they published in 1979. Brook toured embryonic versions of the play around rural Africa during the visit of his International Centre for Theatre Research to that continent in 1972–73, before presenting two extremely successful productions to Western audiences—one in New York City at La MaMa E.T.C., and one in Paris. John Heilpern gives an account of the events surrounding the early development of the play in his 1977 book Conference of the Birds: The Story of Peter Brook in Africa. Sholeh Wolpe's stage adaptation of The Conference of the Birds was premiered by Inferno Theatre and Ubuntu Theater Project (now Oakland Theater Project), in Oakland California in November 2018. Illustrations Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Folio from an illustrated Persian manuscript dated c.1600. Paintings by Habiballah of Sava (active ca. 1590–1610), in ink, opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper, dimensions 25,4 x 11,4 cm. See also Language of the birds Panentheism Parlement of Foules Persian literature The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim The Seven Valleys (Baháʼí Faith) References Sources Attar, Conference of the Birds, translated by Sholeh Wolpé, W. W. Norton & Co 2017, Attar, Harvey & Masani, Conference of the Birds: A Seeker's Journey to God, Weiser Books, 2001, Farid Ud-Din-Attar, The Conference of The Birds - Mantiq Ut-Tair, English Translation by Charles Stanley Nott, First published 1954 by The Janus Press, London, Reissued by Routledge and Kegan Paul Ltd, 1961, Fariduddin Attar in Great Poets of Classical Persian" by R M Chopra, 2014, Sparrow Publication, Kolkata, . External links Attar, the Sufi, the poet, World Literature Today Bird Parliament Fitzgerald translation, at archive.org. Abridged Edward FitzGerald translation of Attar's Conference