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’A Flame in Freezing Cold’
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A scene from
the play ÔA Flame in Freezing ColdÕ
directed by Mohammad Reza Maddahian.
The performance
is currently on
stage at TehranÕs
Vahdat Hall to mark
the martyrdom
anniversary of
Hazrat Fatemeh
Zahra (SA), the beloved daughter of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
(Photo by RaÕouf Mohseni)
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Nader Ebrahimi Succumbs to Illness
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Nader Ebrahimi
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Funeral for noted storywriter and film director Nader Ebrahimi will be held on Monday at Tehran’s Artists House, his family announced in a statement.
According to Fars News Agency, Ebrahimi died in Tehran on Thursday after a long battle against brain tumor. He was 73.
His fans will also hold a memorial ceremony for him on Wednesday.
Born in April 1936 in Tehran, Ebrahimi finished his high school at Dar-ul-Fonoun, a celebrated school in Tehran. He was admitted to law school, but quit after two years and graduated instead with a BA in English literature.
His first book, ’A Home for Night’, was published in 1963.
He wrote nearly 100 books, in addition to hundreds of papers and research articles.
Ebrahimi also wrote screenplays and made several TV serials and documentaries. Winner of the UNESCO education/training award, Ebrahimi and his wife seriously focused on children’s literary works by founding an institution named ’Together with Children and Young Adults’. The institution studies children, their behavior and methods to train them.
Ebrahimi’s seven-volume collection of short stories ’Smokeless Fire’ is among his memorable works.
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40 Artists’ Works In Portugal
An exhibition featuring the works of illustrators of children’s books is underway in Lisbon’s Water Museum.
The event, which has on display 120 tableaux by 40 artists, was inaugurated on Thursday in a ceremony attended by a number of officials and fans of Iranian culture, IRNA reported.
Speaking at the event, Margarida Ruas, director of the museum expressed gratitude to the Iranian Embassy in Lisbon for collaborating in holding the event. “The exhibit provides an opportunity for the Portuguese to become familiar with Iranian art which combines tradition and modernity,“ she said.
Eduardo Philip, an official with the museum referred to the valuable works on display at the event and said, “These works feature the creative soul of the Iranian artist.“
At the same gathering, Iranian cultural attachŽ in Portugal also referred to the exhibition’s coincidence with the fifth centenary of Iran-Portugal ties and said that the works portray a beautiful image of children’s world.
Referring to the 19th anniversary of the demise of the father of Islamic Revolution, the late Imam Khomeini, the official said that Imam’s thoughts prepared the ground for the evolution of Iranian art and culture which gained prosperity following the victory of the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
The event, which will run until July 5, is a sequel to a well-received exhibition ’1001 Nights’ held earlier by Iranian illustrators in Portugal.
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Imam Ali (AS):
If you do not know a thing never hesitate or feel ashamed to learn it.
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’Lonely Tune’ Among Munich Fest Nominees
Award-winning Iranian director Saman Salour’s ’Lonely Tune of Tehran’ has been nominated for the ARRI-Zeiss Award for Best Foreign Film at the 26th Munich International Film Festival slated for June 20-28.
The film was recently screened at the 61st Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, said ISNA quoting Variety.
The festival kicks off with Laurent Cantet’s Palme d’Or winner ’The Class’.
Other nominees for the Best Foreign Film Award include ’The Sun Also Rises’ (China), ’Dangerous Parking’ (UK), ’The Other Half’ (Switzerland) and ’Il Divo’ (Italy).
’Waltz With Bashir’, an anti-Israeli fully-animated documentary which was among the entries shown at the 61st Cannes is also in the lineup.
Closing the fest will be Munich filmmaker Peter Schamoni’s ’Botero-Born in Medellin’, a documentary about Colombian painter Fernando Botero, who is expected to attend the event.
Iran Will Host 2010 Int’l Philosophy Day
The UN cultural body, UNESCO has accepted a proposal by Iranian Institute of Philosophy to host the World Philosophy Day on the third Thursday of November 2010.
In a letter addressed to the Iranian Institute of Philosophy, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) announced its approval of Iran’s proposal to host the 2010 World Philosophy Day, according to Presstv.
The World Philosophy Day aims to encourage people worldwide to share their philosophical heritage and to open their daily reflections to new ideas.
The international event also aims to inspire and promote public debate between intellectuals and civil society on the challenges facing societies in today’s world.
Iran, as a major center of philosophy in the world, is known to have played a major role throughout history in transferring philosophical and intellectual thought trends both in the West and the East, which was among the factors to have influenced UNESCO’s acceptance of Iranian Institute of Philosophy’s proposal to host the event.
Kamkars to Release Album in Iraq
Renowned Iranian music group ’Kamkars’ will release its latest album in the city of Irbil in northeastern Iraq.
The album ’Tara’, which will be released on the request of Iraqi Kurdish fans, contains some of the groups Kurdish pieces performed in Iran last year, reported Mehr News Agency.
One of the leading musical ensembles in Iran, the Kamkars has performed numerous pieces of traditional Kurdish and Persian music.
The group plans to hold a series of concerts in Australia from July 22-31. The Kamkars are also in talks with the London Symphony Orchestra and the American Kronos Quartet to hold joint concerts.
2 Films for S. Africa Event
Two Iranian films will be screened in the 29th Durban International Film Festival in South Africa.
Pouria Azarbaijani’s ’Unfinished Stories’ will take part in the festival’s competition section, while Mahnaz Afzali’s ’Red Card’ will be screened in the event’s documentary section, Presstv reported.
’Red Card’ has been screened in a number of international festivals, including the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.
The 29th Durban International Film Festival will be held from July 23-August 3.
Meanwhile, two Iranian films are being screened at the 48th Czech International Film Festival for Children and Youth.
The films are ’Address’ directed by Fereidoun Hassanpour and ’Standing Alone’ by Gholamreza Ramezani.
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