1.   Banderas plays an exiled Persian poet who hooks up with a group of Norse warriors to do battle with an evil tribe of flesh eaters.

2.   Banderas plays an exiled Persian poet who hooks up with a group of Norse warriors to do battle with an evil tribe of flesh-eaters.

3.   A self-taught expert on medieval Persian poets, he can effortlessly recite their mystical love poetry.

4.   You can see, in the carousing described by the Persian poets Omar Khayam or Hafiz, that Iran has always had many faces.

5.   A crate of U.S. food aid damaged the roof of an intricately carved wooden shrine honoring a Persian poet, villagers in western Afghanistan said Wednesday.