Shiraz&s cultural identity preserved by its people, ICOM chairman saysShiraz’s cultural identity preserved by its people, ICOM chairman says

TEHRAN – The cultural identity of Shiraz, the capital of the southern province of Fars, has been preserved by its people, the Chairman of the National Committee of Iranian Museums (ICOM) has said. 

It has been the people of Shiraz who have protected the cultural identity of the city throughout history, Mehr quoted Seyyed Ahmad Mohit Tabatabai as

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Iranian bookstores offering &A Lesson Before Dying&Iranian bookstores offering “A Lesson Before Dying”

TEHRAN – “A Lesson Before Dying” by novelist Ernest J. Gaines has been published by Naqshe Jahan in Persian.

Originally published in 1993, the book has been translated into Persian by Seyyed Reza Ebrahimi.

“A Lesson Before Dying” is set in a small Cajun community in the late 1940s. Jefferson, a young black man, is an unwitting party to a liquor sto

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&Learning from the Germans& comes up for review at Book City“Learning from the Germans” comes up for review at Book City

TEHRAN – American philosopher Susan Neiman’s 2019 publication “Learning from the Germans: Race and the Memory of Evil” will be reviewed on Tuesday during a meeting at the Book City Institute in Tehran.

Mohammad-Mostafa Bayat, the translator of the Persian edition of the book, and Amir Saemi, a philosophy scholar from the Institute for Research in

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A Khaki Wrestling SingletA Khaki Wrestling Singlet

Nafiseh Zarei is a media activist who began writing seriously with short tales and poems around ten years ago.

The book "A Khaki Wrestling Singlet," which is about the life of the martyred athlete Asghar Manafizadeh, is this author's first significant contribution to the genre of defense literature.

* What of your works, Ms. Zarei, have been

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Fajr Music Festival honors songwriter Hamid Shahangian Fajr Music Festival honors songwriter Hamid Shahangian 

TEHRAN – Songwriter and musician Hamid Shahangian, best known for the anthem “Khomeini, Oh Imam!”, was honored on Sunday by the 38th Fajr Music Festival.

He received an award from Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Mohammad-Mehdi Esmaeili at Tehran’s Arasbaran Cultural Center.

Shahangian was also presented with a portrait of himself done by

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Esteghlal into Iran&s Hazfi Cup quarterfinalsEsteghlal into Iran’s Hazfi Cup quarterfinals

TEHRAN – Esteghlal, the most decorated football team in Hazfi Cup, defeated 10-man Malvan to book their place in the quarterfinals round of the Iran’s Hazfi Cup.

In the match held in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium, Arsalan Motahari opened the scoring for the Blues in the 74th minute and Arman Ramezani made it 2-0 five minutes later.

Malavan player Majid

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