TEHRAN – Eight storytellers from different countries will be attending the International Storytelling Festival, which will be held in Tehran from January 22 to 25.

Beatriz Montero from Spain, Fatima Farhat from Lebanon, Barbara Amaral from Brazil, Nor Azhar Ishak from Malaysia and Beyza Akyuz from Turkey are among the storytellers invited.

Other storytellers are coming from Afghanistan, India and Kenya.

The festival is organized every year by the Institute for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (IIDCYA).

Montero took part in one of the previous editions of the festival in 2016 and held a workshop for a group of Iranian teachers at the IIDCYA.

Photo: A poster for the 20th International Storytelling Festival.

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