Oxford Interfaith Forum | Multilingual Conference | Rustaveli's Gift to Humanity | 'Vepkhistqaosani'

#oxfordinterfaithforum #poetry #multilingual SUBSCRIBE for more sessions: ►    / @oxfordinterfaithforum   Twitter: https://x.com/FaithsOxford Website: https://www.oxfordinterfaithforum.org/ Rustaveli’s Gift to Humanity: ‘Dressed in a Tiger’s Fur’ in World Languages Dedicated to the 65th Anniversary of the Recovery of Shota Rustaveli’s Fresco in the Jerusalem Monastery 6 November, 2025 | All Souls College, University of Oxford Programme: 00:00:00 - Welcome by the University Public Orator, Dr Jonathan Katz 00:04:34 - Opening Address by Richard Ovenden, OBE, Hon FBA, FSA, FRSA, FRHistS, FRSE, (Bodleian Library) 00:08:56 - Acknowledgements by Dr Thea Gomelauri 00:13:47 - Introduction by Muhammad Hameem Bin Sheik Alaudin Multilingual Presentations & Readings 00:19:12 - Georgian by Dr Thea Gomelauri 00:27:05 - Arabic by Yusuf Tayara 00:37:37 - English by Dr Anna Chrysostomides 00:45:01 - Hindi by Dr Jonathan Katz 00:49:35 - Persian by Muhammad Hameem Bin Sheik Alaudin 01:00:27 - Chinese by Xiaoyan Ji 01:05:34 - French by Prof Neil Kenny, FBA 01:18:15 - Bengali by Utsa Bose 01:25:30 - Japanese by Ayna Taira Li 01:31:20 - Hebrew by Dr Shoni Levie-Driver 01:37:50 - Russian by the Revd Canon Dr Hugh Wybrew 01:45:13 - Special Address and the Spanish reading by the Guest of Honour, Ambassador Zurab Abashidze 01:53:14 - Concluding Remarks by Dr Jonathan Katz Video credit: Renzo Lam Photo Gallery: https://oxfordinterfaithforum.org/blo... Full programme & background: https://oxfordinterfaithforum.org/blo...