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Pezhvakha-ye Shiraz / De weerklank van Shiraz / Echoes of Shiraz
Perdu, Saturday, November 7 at 08:00 PM GMT+1
This entire recital is dedicated to the poetry of Hafez and Saadi, both from Shiraz. Their poems, written in the 13th and 14th centuries, are still very popular in Iran and surrounding countries. The recital begins with an introduction into the characteristics of the ghazal, the type of poem that we recite. Subsequently the poems will be recited: first the Persian original, then the Dutch translation. All poems will be accompanied by one or more musicians, on various instruments including setar, trumpet and double bass. Between the poems there will be interludes of various musicians.
About the book Pezhvakha-ye Shiraz / De weerklank van Shiraz / Echoes of Shiraz
This book, a short anthology, was specially written for this recital and everyone in the audience will be given a copy. In the book you will find twelve ghazals by Hafez and Saadi, both the original Persian text plus transliteration and the Dutch and English translations. The translations were written by Daniel Gerdes and Ghazaleh Alimardani together. Frans Poolen and Guus de Vries also participated in this cheerful project by commenting on the draft translations.
About this recital
Above all, we hope to create a colourful performance, devoted entirely to the beauty of the ghazals that we recite. There will be a lot of music in order to enjoy the beauty of these poems even more. We also hope to make Dutch readers more familiar with the poems of Hafez and Saadi. And finally, our performance is meant as a cheerful plea for cultural openness.
About the performers
Ghazaleh Alimardani studied dramatic literature. She worked for a long time as a storytelling teacher for minor refugees who have no access to education. She is passionate about photography and literature such as Persian poems and in particular poems of Hafez and Saadi.
Daniel Gerdes works in the field of alternative dispute resolution. Translating poems is one of his hobbies. His book In de roes van liefde en wijn (In the ecstasy of love and wine), with translations of poems by Hafez, was published in 2024 and launched at Theater Perdu in Amsterdam.
Victor Gerdes, internist by profession, has enjoyed music all his life and plays the cello. He has played in various orchestras and bands. He is classically trained but open to all kinds of other music.
Micha Hes focuses in his work on issues relating to waste management and sustainability. His passion is theatre. He acted in several plays in the past and has enjoyed theatre ever since.
Egbert Jas plays the double bass and has been active in jazz and improvised music for several decades. How many decades is information he prefers not to disclose. He studied for some time at the Amsterdam conservatory. He toured with Frans Vermeersen’s All Ears, Stormy Weather, Ingram Washington and the band of Melvin Rosbief. In order to reach even more elevated levels of music, Egbert built his own instrument, an electric bass called The Singing Bookshelf.
Arash Mahdavian, born in Kermanshah in the west of Iran, is a civil engineer. He has been living in the Netherlands since 2011. He loves Iranian classical music. He has played tar and setar (instruments used in Iranian classical music) for more than thirty years.
Frans Poolen, who works as a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist, is passionate about literature. He is the author of several short stories and translations of prose and poems. Quite special about his translation activities is that he has translated poems by Hafez and Saadi into Maastricht dialect. As far as we know he is the first person in the world ever to do so.
Markward Smit plays the trumpet, the tuba and the trombone. He played in a large number of bands, including the Vivos, the Funfare, the High Society Jazz Band, Piece of Cake Jazz Band, Rainbow Jazz Valentines, Yezz Thats Jazz, Les Finesses, the Amstel Bigband, the Herb Spectacles and the Non Melting Ice Cream Band. He not only plays jazz but also other genres like soul, mariachi, klezmer and classical music.
Guus de Vries, who works as a piano teacher, studied French and conservatory (piano). More recently he studied literary translation at the vertalersvakschool (translation academy). He likes many types of art. In particular music, poetry and other types of literature because all these art forms, each in its own way, tell us a story.
https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/pezhvakha-ye-shiraz-de-weerklank-van-shiraz-echoes-of-shiraz
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Pezhvakha-ye Shiraz / De weerklank van Shiraz / Echoes of Shiraz
Perdu, Saturday, November 7 at 08:00 PM GMT+1
This entire recital is dedicated to the poetry of Hafez and Saadi, both from Shiraz. Their poems, written in the 13th and 14th centuries, are still very popular in Iran and surrounding countries. The recital begins with an introduction into the characteristics of the ghazal, the type of poem that we recite. Subsequently the poems will be recited: first the Persian original, then the Dutch translation. All poems will be accompanied by one or more musicians, on various instruments including setar, trumpet and double bass. Between the poems there will be interludes of various musicians.
About the book Pezhvakha-ye Shiraz / De weerklank van Shiraz / Echoes of Shiraz
This book, a short anthology, was specially written for this recital and everyone in the audience will be given a copy. In the book you will find twelve ghazals by Hafez and Saadi, both the original Persian text plus transliteration and the Dutch and English translations. The translations were written by Daniel Gerdes and Ghazaleh Alimardani together. Frans Poolen and Guus de Vries also participated in this cheerful project by commenting on the draft translations.
About this recital
Above all, we hope to create a colourful performance, devoted entirely to the beauty of the ghazals that we recite. There will be a lot of music in order to enjoy the beauty of these poems even more. We also hope to make Dutch readers more familiar with the poems of Hafez and Saadi. And finally, our performance is meant as a cheerful plea for cultural openness.
About the performers
Ghazaleh Alimardani studied dramatic literature. She worked for a long time as a storytelling teacher for minor refugees who have no access to education. She is passionate about photography and literature such as Persian poems and in particular poems of Hafez and Saadi.
Daniel Gerdes works in the field of alternative dispute resolution. Translating poems is one of his hobbies. His book In de roes van liefde en wijn (In the ecstasy of love and wine), with translations of poems by Hafez, was published in 2024 and launched at Theater Perdu in Amsterdam.
Victor Gerdes, internist by profession, has enjoyed music all his life and plays the cello. He has played in various orchestras and bands. He is classically trained but open to all kinds of other music.
Micha Hes focuses in his work on issues relating to waste management and sustainability. His passion is theatre. He acted in several plays in the past and has enjoyed theatre ever since.
Egbert Jas plays the double bass and has been active in jazz and improvised music for several decades. How many decades is information he prefers not to disclose. He studied for some time at the Amsterdam conservatory. He toured with Frans Vermeersen’s All Ears, Stormy Weather, Ingram Washington and the band of Melvin Rosbief. In order to reach even more elevated levels of music, Egbert built his own instrument, an electric bass called The Singing Bookshelf.
Arash Mahdavian, born in Kermanshah in the west of Iran, is a civil engineer. He has been living in the Netherlands since 2011. He loves Iranian classical music. He has played tar and setar (instruments used in Iranian classical music) for more than thirty years.
Frans Poolen, who works as a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist, is passionate about literature. He is the author of several short stories and translations of prose and poems. Quite special about his translation activities is that he has translated poems by Hafez and Saadi into Maastricht dialect. As far as we know he is the first person in the world ever to do so.
Markward Smit plays the trumpet, the tuba and the trombone. He played in a large number of bands, including the Vivos, the Funfare, the High Society Jazz Band, Piece of Cake Jazz Band, Rainbow Jazz Valentines, Yezz Thats Jazz, Les Finesses, the Amstel Bigband, the Herb Spectacles and the Non Melting Ice Cream Band. He not only plays jazz but also other genres like soul, mariachi, klezmer and classical music.
Guus de Vries, who works as a piano teacher, studied French and conservatory (piano). More recently he studied literary translation at the vertalersvakschool (translation academy). He likes many types of art. In particular music, poetry and other types of literature because all these art forms, each in its own way, tell us a story.
https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/pezhvakha-ye-shiraz-de-weerklank-van-shiraz-echoes-of-shiraz
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📰 Houthi's veroveren havenstad in Jemen en verstevigen grip op scheepvaart
https://nieuwsjunkies.nl/artikel/1QGk
🕙 22:08 | RTL Nieuws
🔸 #Veroverd #Scheepvaart #Houthis #Arabisch #Iran -
Israel entwickelt ChatGPT-ähnliches Tool, das die Überwachung von Palästinensern zu einem Mittel der Kriegsführung macht
Die israelische Armee erstellt ein KI-Sprachmodell, das Millionen abgefangener Gespräche zwischen Palästinensern verwendet und den Prozess der Anklage und Verhaftung beschleunigen könnte, wie eine gemeinsame Untersuchung zeigt.
Die israelische #Armee entwickelt ein neues, #ChatGPT-ähnliches KI-Tool und trainiert es mit Millionen arabischer Gespräche, die durch die #Überwachung von Palästinensern in den besetzten Gebieten gewonnen wurden, wie eine Untersuchung des +972 Magazine, Local Call und des Guardian aufdecken konnte.
Das KI-Tool, das unter der #Schirmherrschaft von Unit 8200, einer #Eliteeinheit für #Cyberkriegsführung innerhalb des israelischen #Militärgeheimdienstes, entwickelt wird, ist ein sogenanntes Large Language Model (#LLM): ein maschinelles #Lernprogramm, das in der Lage ist, Informationen zu analysieren und Texte zu generieren, zu übersetzen, vorherzusagen und zusammenzufassen. Während öffentlich zugängliche LLMs, wie die Engine hinter ChatGPT, mit Informationen aus dem Internet trainiert werden, wird das neue Modell, das von der israelischen Armee entwickelt wird, mit riesigen Mengen an Informationen gefüttert, die über das #Alltagsleben der unter #Besatzung lebenden #Palästinenser gesammelt wurden.
Die Existenz des LLM der Einheit 8200 wurde gegenüber +972, Local Call, und dem Guardian von drei israelischen #Sicherheitsquellen bestätigt, die über die Entwicklung des Modells informiert sind. Das Modell wurde in der zweiten Hälfte des vergangenen Jahres noch trainiert, und es ist unklar, ob es bereits eingesetzt wurde oder wie genau die Armee es einsetzen wird. Quellen erklärten jedoch, dass ein entscheidender Vorteil für die #Armee in der Fähigkeit des #Tools bestehen wird, große Mengen an #Überwachungsmaterial schnell zu verarbeiten, um „Fragen zu bestimmten Personen zu beantworten“. Wenn man bedenkt, wie die Armee bereits kleinere #Sprachmodelle einsetzt, ist es wahrscheinlich, dass das LLM die #Beschuldigung und #Verhaftung von Palästinensern durch #Israel weiter ausweiten könnte.
„KI verstärkt die Macht“, erklärte eine #Geheimdienstquelle, die die Entwicklung von Sprachmodellen durch die israelische Armee in den letzten Jahren genau verfolgt hat. “Sie ermöglicht Operationen, bei denen die Daten von weitaus mehr Menschen genutzt werden, und ermöglicht so die Kontrolle der Bevölkerung. Dabei geht es nicht nur darum, Schussangriffe zu verhindern. Ich kann #Menschenrechtsaktivisten aufspüren. Ich kann den palästinensischen Bau in der Zone C [im Westjordanland] überwachen. Ich habe mehr Möglichkeiten, um zu wissen, was jede Person im #Westjordanland tut. Wenn man so viele Daten hat, kann man sie für jeden beliebigen Zweck einsetzen.“
Die Entwicklung des Tools fand zwar vor dem aktuellen #Krieg statt, aber unsere Untersuchung ergab, dass die Einheit 8200 nach dem 7. Oktober israelische #Staatsbürger mit Fachkenntnissen in der Entwicklung von Sprachmodellen um Hilfe bat, die bei #Technologiegiganten wie #Google, #Meta und #Microsoft arbeiteten. Mit der #Massenmobilisierung von #Reservisten zu Beginn des israelischen Angriffs auf #Gaza begannen Branchenexperten aus dem #Privatsektor, sich der Einheit anzuschließen – und brachten Wissen ein, das zuvor „nur einer sehr exklusiven Gruppe von Unternehmen weltweit zugänglich war“, wie eine Sicherheitsquelle angab. (Als Antwort auf unsere Anfragen gab Google an, dass es „Mitarbeiter hat, die in verschiedenen Ländern Reservedienst leisten“, und betonte, dass die Arbeit, die sie in diesem Zusammenhang leisten, „nicht mit Google in Verbindung steht“. Meta und Microsoft lehnten eine Stellungnahme ab.)
Laut einer Quelle wurde der #Chatbot der #Unit8200 mit 100 Milliarden Wörtern #Arabisch trainiert, die zum Teil durch die groß angelegte #Überwachung von Palästinensern durch das israelische #Militär gewonnen wurden – was Experten zufolge eine schwere Verletzung der palästinensischen Rechte darstellt. „Wir sprechen hier von hochpersönlichen Informationen, die von Menschen stammen, die keiner Straftat verdächtigt werden, um ein Tool zu trainieren, das später dazu beitragen könnte, einen Verdacht zu begründen“, sagte Zach #Campbell, leitender #Technologieforscher bei Human Rights Watch, gegenüber @972mag #LocalCall und dem Guardian.
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Weiterlesen in der Analyse von Yuval Abraham, Jerusalem und Harry Davies vom Guardian und Sebastian Ben Daniel (John Brown)