"My illustration, crafted using collage and digital methods, portrays the tale of Shirin and Farhad."

The story of Farhad's love for Shirin is one of the most famous love stories in Persian culture. The most significant work about him is "Khosrow and Shirin" by the Persian poet Nezami Ganjavi, but the story was well-known in Persian literature long before Nezami.

Farhad is a sculptor who falls in love with Shirin, the princess of Persian Armenia. However, Shirin is already in love with Khosrow Parviz, the king of Persia. Khosrow asks Farhad to carve a staircase in a mountain and tells him that if he manages to do so, Khosrow will give up Shirin. Farhad tries hard day and night, hoping that Khosrow will allow him to marry Shirin. Finally, Farhad builds the staircase, but Khosrow has a messenger falsely inform Farhad that Shirin has died. Farhad believes this falsehood and jumps to his death from the mountain.