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Tehran Times
August 14, 2008
Iran
Iran’s "Lost Share" to compete in Italian festival
TEHRAN — Hassan Najafi’s "Lost Share" will be screened at the
Religion Today Film Festival, to be held from October 17 through 31
in Trentino, Italy.
A joint production of Iran and Azerbaijan, the film is the story of
an Azerbaijani couple whose child suffers from an incurable disease
and they seek help from an Imamzadeh (a Persian word that refers to
an immediate descendant of a Shia Imam) in Iran.
Shams band to tour U.S.
TEHRAN — Shams band will perform "Songs of Rumi and Peace" concerts
in four cities in the United States in September and October.
Conducted by Keikhosro Purnazeri, the band features Farshad Jamali as
vocalist and some Turkish and Armenian virtuosos. Dervishes from Konya
would also be performing the ritual Sama dance during the concert.
Sahar TV spotlights Turkish Shia
TEHRAN — "The Porch of Thought", a documentary series directed by
Mojtaba Rezaeieh Azadi, will be aired from Sahar, Iranian TV station
available on satellite.
The documentary spotlights the social position and activities of
Turkish Shia who reside in Turkey’s cities such as Ankara and Ezmir.
It also features their rituals performed during religious ceremonies
and days of mourning in various mosques and religious sites in
the Turkey.
Iranian illustrator to participate at Berlin Literature Festival
TEHRAN — Iranian illustrator Farshid Shafiei will participate at
the 9th International Literature Festival in Berlin from September
24 to October 4.
He will recite stories from his books and teach illustration of
literature for the children’s and young people’s section of the
festival.
Bairami’s "Sabalan Stories" published in U.S.
TEHRAN – The Mazda Publisher in the U.S has recently released an
English version of "Sabalan Stories", a collection of Persian stories
by Mohammadreza Bairami.
The U.S.-based Iranian scholar Mohammadreza Ghanoonparvar has
translated the book into English..