The first Christians to be punished under a recently amended law in Iran aimed at stopping the growth of Christianity and other religious groups were sentenced to five years in prison for disseminating “propaganda” against Islam after refused to renounce Christ, sources said. Amin Khaki, Milad Goudarzi and Alireza Nourmohammadi, …
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DJEDDAH: Under the theme of “Desert Cinema”, the seventh edition of the Saudi Film Festival (SFF) has placed Saudi and international filmmakers at the forefront. Organized at the King Abdul Aziz Center for World Culture (Ithra) in partnership with the Saudi Society for Culture and Art (SASCA) of Dammam, the …
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LUCKNOW: The retirement of 17 deans from their respective fields has left a void at Lucknow University, which will be difficult to replace, teachers say. One of the retired teachers is Professor UN Dwivedi, an internationally renowned scientist, who is credited with the development of LU’s biochemistry department. A graduate …
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American singer-songwriter Toby Keith has a one-song bombshell for July 4th. No, not rude, if you ask me. If you haven’t already, you can listen to it and judge for yourself. He’s a 59-year-old American heartlander. Of course, he had better days; everyone was as good as their word where …
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TEHRAN – Mohammad Beig, a Zand-era (1750-1794) public bathhouse in Khoy, the northwestern province of West Azerbaijan, has been restored, the provincial tourism chief has said. The project consisted of repairing the tiles as well as reinforcing the walls of the historic structure, Jalil Jabbari announced Thursday. In the coming …
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DUBAI: Given the financial pressures of the past 18 months, few would expect a significant investment in arts and culture to be high on a government’s agenda. And yet, as economies emerge from pandemic gloom, several Arab countries are investing billions of dollars in the creative economy – art galleries, …
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NAIROBI: African Union special envoy tasked with leading efforts to procure COVID-19 vaccines for continent blows up Europe as Africa struggles amid crushing third wave of infections , saying Thursday that “not a dose, not a vial, left a factory for Africa. Strive Masiyiwa also targeted the global effort to …
Read More »2021 Malka Penn Prize for Human Rights in Children’s Literature
The 2021 Malka Penn Prize goes to Kim Johnson for This is my america The first novel by author Kim Johnson features young readers take a critical look at justice in America “Kim Johnson delivered a compelling story that addresses the human rights issues of historic racism, corruption, police brutality …
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Once again, Long Island’s school districts have become battlegrounds in some of the country’s hottest culture wars. At that time, that included fights for masks, virtual pandemic learning, and student programs. And, among some parents and administrators, there have been concerns about Marjane Satrapi’s graphic novel “Persepolis”. The award-winning two-part …
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The International Movies at Midtown Plaza will present “Children of Heaven” at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on June 26. The free series was created by Tsion Daniel, who is in his second term as a member of the Carmel Mayor’s Youth Council. Daniel, who chairs the event, said the …
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Once upon a time, a Persian girl fell in love with a prince. To make him love her back madly, she baked the prettiest, most fragrant, and delicious cake and filled it with magical powers. Did this love cake work? There seem to be two endings to this story. The …
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Read More »Arabic translation of “A Glimpse of Iran’s Literary Past” presented at the Baghdad Book Fair
TEHRAN – An Arabic translation of âA Glimpse of Iran’s Literary Pastâ by eminent Iranian historian Abdolhossein Zarrinkub was presented at a special meeting of its Iranian publisher at the 22nd Iraqi International Book Fair in Baghdad. The book was translated at the International Cultural, Artistic and Editorial Institute of …
Read More »Iranian universities can admit up to 90,000 foreign students
TEHRAN – A total of 57,000 foreign students study in Iran, which can be increased to 90,000 given the capacity of universities, said Farid Rahimi, head of non-Iranian student affairs at the science ministry. According to the Sixth Five-Year National Development Plan (2016-2021), Iranian universities are expected to attract around …
Read More »Gujarati writers, poets and artists condemn Sahitya State Academy for slandering poet Parul Khakkar
Here is the complete list of signatories in alphabetical order: Aatish Indrekar Chhara, Abhijit Joshi, Abhijit Vyas, Aditi Desai, Amit Dave, Amita Shah, Amitabh Madia, Amrit Gangar, Anand Mazgaonkar, Anand Pandya, Anandvardhan Yagnik, Anil Joshi, Babu Suthar, Barin Mehta, Bhanubharavana Purohit, Bhanubharavana Purohit Ramrakhyani, Bhavik Raja, Bina Jadav, Bindu Prasad, …
Read More »Commack School District Removes Novel From High School Mandatory Reading List
Students at Commack High School are no longer forced to read “Persepolis”, an award-winning graphic novel about the coming of age of an Iranian girl during the 1978 revolution in that country, after school district officials stated that it was not suitable for his age. “This book will be retired …
Read More »Tuti Books wins Bologna Award for Best Asian Children’s Publisher of the Year
TEHRAN – Tuti Books, a large Tehran-based publishing house, has won the BOP – Bologna Award for Best Children’s Publishers of the Year in Asia, the Bologna Children’s Book Fair (BCBF) announced on Monday at of its opening day. This is the first time that an Iranian publisher has won …
Read More »New Persian-Armenian dictionary unveiled by the Sadi Foundation
TEHRAN – A new Persian-Armenian dictionary compiled by Tigran Davtyan has been published by the Sadi Foundation. The Armenian-Persian dictionary will be useful for Iranologists, translators, students, journalists, businessmen and a wide range of readers. The book was presented at a meeting at the Writers’ Union of Armenia in Yerevan, …
Read More »Iran donates 23,000 books to Afghan Academy of Sciences
TEHRAN – The National Library and Archives of Iran (NLAI) has donated 23,000 books to the Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan. The books cover a variety of topics including the Persian language, literature, society, politics, sociology and education, the NLAI said in a press release on Monday. During his recent …
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Read More »Iranian ‘cattle’ remains show goats were first tamed at least 10,000 years ago
Often the stuff of fairy tales, the relationship between humanity and goats has just opened a new chapter. A new East-West study based on archaeological and genetic research indicates that the ancient inhabitants of a mountainous corner of what is now northwestern Iran undertook one of the first features of …
Read More »Persian readers welcome “Secondhand Time”
TEHRAN – The fifth edition of a Persian translation of Belarusian Nobel Laureate Svetlana Alexievich’s book âSecondhand Time: The Last of the Sovietsâ has arrived in Iranian bookstores. Cheshmeh published the first edition of the book translated from Russian edition into Persian by Abdolmajid Ahmadi in 2019. âSecondhand Timeâ is …
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Below street level, in a war-torn town, a silent act of resistance was taking place. In 2012, as the Syrian town of Daraya was besieged by a civil war, a group of young men rummaged through destroyed or abandoned homes, looking for one thing: books. They collected thousands of them …
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China’s economic and diplomatic activities in the Middle East have increased dramatically over the past decade. Yet China’s economic engagement in the region is receiving the most attention, which makes sense. Currently, China is the largest trading partner of 11 states in the Middle East, as well as the region’s …
Read More »IRF summit to highlight key elements of persecution in Middle East
07/06/2021 Washington, DC (International Christian Concern) – The International Summit on Religious Freedom, a three-day convention in Washington DC, is expected to address issues central to the struggle for religious freedom in the Middle East. Summit organizers, former Goodwill Ambassador for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback and Lantos Foundation for …
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Read More »Remembering Hazrat Nizamuddin Bukhari (RA)
Added the 6 june 2021 among others By: Manzoor Narvaw Walla The arrival of Islam added to Kashmir’s rich religious past and also its complexity as a Sufi – infused Sunni Islam slowly infiltrated the valley from perhaps the end of the century. year 1000, and certainly 1200. He came …
Read More »Food and nutrition literacy level and its correlates among Iranian high school students | BMC Nutrition
The results of the present study showed that the mean score in none of the FNL domains and dimensions was above the adequate level (â¥60), indicating that the FNL status of Iranian youth needs to be improved. Considering that the study participants were high school students who had completed their …
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Nothing beats a summer reading. Afternoons lazing on picnic blankets or swings, lounging by the pool or languishing on beach blankets are infinitely more enjoyable when immersed in an entertaining romance. This year, a list of brilliant new books emerges, especially those by newbie female authors who already seem poised …
Read More »Radical languages: the writers Behrouz Boochani and Vana Manasiadis on the questioning of monolingualism
Thursday, June 3, 2021, 10:08 a.m.Press release: Canterbury University How does the language we speak shape us? Define us? Empower us? limit us? What kinds of privileges and dominance does he have? Does our own language suppress or marginalize other languages, other voices? Both 2021 University of Canterbury (UC) Ursula …
Read More »Books on modern Iranian cultural currents unveiled
TEHRAN – A series of books on contemporary Iranian thought and cultural currents was unveiled Tuesday during a special meeting at the House of Iranian Books and Literature in Tehran. âThought and Cultural Currents in Contemporary Iranâ consists of 30 books, eight of which were presented during the meeting. The …
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Read More »Iran’s Tuti Books nominated for Bologna Award for Best Children’s Publishers of the Year
TEHRAN – Tuti Books, a large Tehran-based publishing house, has been nominated for the BOP – Bologna Award for Best Children’s Publishers of the Year. Tuti Books is the children’s arm of Fatemi Publishing Co. which is solely dedicated to publishing high quality content for the age group across the …
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TEHRAN – Maestro Ali Rahbari plans to compose a piece for a poem by the German poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, West-East Divan, composed under the inspiration of the Persian poet Hafez. The piece was commissioned by Naxos Records, a Hong Kong-based German label specializing in classical music, ILNA’s Persian …
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Accepted businessmen and rent-seeking importers from the famous Iranian Chamber of Commerce, in which most of its members are people loyal to the regime, invited the regime’s most questioned presidential candidate, Ebrahim Raisi, to secure their business and to derive more benefit from this candidate supported by the supreme leader …
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Known for his abstract compositions, New York-based artist Ali Banisadr recently described his paintings as “quite encyclopedic” and “trying to bring together different fragments of information and knowledge from different sources,” as he said. said to Brooke Jaffe during a “ARTnews Live â, our ongoing IGTV series featuring interviews with …
Read More »Publication of a new Persian translation of “A day in the life of Ivan Denisovich”
TEHRAN – A new Persian translation of Russian writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s novel âA Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovichâ has recently been published in Tehran. Reza Farrokhfal is the translator of the book published by Nashre No. The Persian translations of the novel by Fahimeh Tuzandejani and Hushang Hafezipur …
Read More »Attract foreign students more than expected: official
TEHRAN – Currently, foreign nationals constitute 1.64% of the country’s student population, approximately 0.14% more than the target set by the sixth five-year national development plan (2016-2021). According to the plan, around 1.5% of the country’s university student population is expected to be non-Iranian, however, the figure rose to 1.64% …
Read More »Iranian book competition chooses “Crime and Punishment”
TEHRAN – Iranian Hasht Behesht Book Reading Competition has selected Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky’s 1866 novel âCrime and Punishmentâ for its new edition, to be held on June 25. The Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research is the organizer of the competition, which will be held online, and applicants …
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Islamabad: Experts from both sides noted that diplomatic relations between Pakistan and Iran are based on the commonalities of language, literature, culture and religion which can enhance bilateral strategic and business collaboration for a win-win situation. After the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, the two countries are expected to …
Read More »Iranian Academy of Arts holds digital art biennial of the Islamic world
TEHRAN – The Iranian Academy of Arts (IAA) plans to hold a digital art biennial of the Islamic world in 2022. The biennial will open on May 16, which is celebrated annually as World Communication Day, IAA Multimedia Department Director Abdolhossein Laleh said in a press release on Sunday. âThis …
Read More »Iranian institute launches intl. COVID-19 news contest
TEHRAN – The House of Iranian Books and Literature has launched an international competition for writing news on COVID-19. In a call published on Saturday, the cultural center invited all people writing in Persian from around the world to enter the competition, which will be held under the theme âThe …
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This happened in the winter of 1959. There was a wave of unrest in the “kancha bazaar” (kitchen market) in the city of Dinajpur. Someone made a bugle call: “The gypsies are here. Allah save us! Secure your belongings.” It was as if some calamity had befallen the small town. …
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TEHRAN – A Georgian translation of Persian poet and mystic Molana Jalal ad-Din Rumi Masnavi-ye Manavi was presented last week at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi. Georgian poet Giorgi Lobzhanidze is the translator of the Persian masterpiece, which was published in two volumes with …
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A few days ago, the IDF spokesperson’s unit said, Israeli navy personnel identified suspicious activity in the northern Gaza Strip near the coastal infrastructure of the Hamas naval force. . Navy troops, aided by intelligence, were monitoring a number of naval force members and their movements. On Monday, May 17, …
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MINSK, May 19 (BelTA) – The exhibition âYakub Kolas and Omar Khayyam: The Wisdom of Life in the Speech of Poetryâ opened at the Yakub Kolas State Literary and Memorial Museum on May 18, BelTA learned. Iranian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Belarus Saeed Yari said that the exhibition being …
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The June 18 presidential election heats up as Iran’s chief justice Ebrahim Raisi and former parliament speaker Ali Larijani enter the race. As Iran prepares for a presidential election next month, two prominent Tory candidates have announced their candidacy, Ebrahim Raisi and Ali Larijani. The current president, Hassan Rouhani, described …
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Tue May 18, 2021 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4) Tickets here. Who will be the next Iranian president and what impact will it have on US-Iranian relations About this event Sanam Vakil is Deputy Director of the Middle East North Africa program at Chatham House, where …
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Best-selling Iranian-American YA author Tahereh Mafi has strategically and painfully exposed the progress of her second realistic fictional novel, An Emotion of Great Delight, on its heavy traffic. Instagram over the past year. Mafi’s highly curated articles are as much, if not more, about his incredible sense of ‘complicated fashion’ …
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Omar Khayyam was born on May 18, 1048 in Nishapur, northeastern Iran, and spent most of his life near the court of the Karakhanid and Seljuk rulers during the time that saw the First Crusade. A literal translation of the name Khayyam means “tent maker” and this may have been …
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May 11 was the anniversary of the birth of famous writer, playwright and author Saadat Hasan Manto. Writing primarily in Urdu, he has produced 22 collections of short stories, a novel, five sets of radio plays, three collections of essays, two collections of personal sketches and numerous film scripts. His …
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After World War II, many countries around the world began to develop and grow their economic power, but Iran fell behind many other countries. International institutions such as the World Bank addressed this issue in the early 1990s and eventually made it clear that âgovernanceâ is a key issue in …
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Read: Mark Kelly’s Secret Weapon All of this has reignited the debate over who counts as an astronaut and who doesn’t. Most people would agree that the professional astronauts who work for NASA are astronauts. But what about NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, who went to space in 1986 as a …
Read More »“Utopianism” by Lyman Tower Sargent published in Persian
TEHRAN – Iranian publisher Afkar, based in Tehran, recently published a Persian translation of American scholar Lyman Tower Sargent’s book âUtopianism: A Very Short Introductionâ. Mohammad Nasravi is the translator of the book originally published by Oxford University Press in 2010. There are many debates about what constitutes a utopia. …
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TEHRAN – The Iranian Cultural Center in Lahore, Pakistan, plans to host the webinar “The Shahnameh of Ferdowsi and the Secret of the Eternity of the Persian Language” on Sunday. The webinar, which will begin at 11 a.m., will take place one day after the national celebration of Ferdowsi Day …
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Pioneering filmmaker DW Griffith gave birth to the anthology film with his silent epic of 1916 Intolerance, which boldly interweaves four historical tales of religious and political oppression (one of which represents nothing less than Jesus Christ) with the thematic aplomb of the Cecil B. DeMille show of a thinking …
Read More »Webinar on the historical and cultural interactions of Iran and Georgia due
The academics and experts who will deliver their speeches at the event are: From Iran: Mahmoud Jafari-Dehaghi; Department of Ancient Iranian Languages ââand Culture, University of Tehran, Head of the Society for Iranian Studies.Speech title: Some common Iranian and Georgian words Goudarz Rashtiani; Department of History, University of TehranSpeech Title: …
Read More »Call for 29th World Book of the Year Award launched
According to the public relations office of the Iranian Institute of Book and Literature, the annual event aims to explore and showcase renowned non-Persian international books in two categories of Islamic Studies and Iranian Studies. Works can be in any language. They are also due to be published (in their …
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