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Iran Will Attend 2nd Islamic Expo
Iran will attend the Second International Islamic Expo, which will open on Friday in London and continue for four days.
Iran’s Cultural Office in London announced Monday that it will actively take part in different sections of the event to get the British visitors acquainted with Iranian art and culture, IRNA said.
The Iranian pavilion will feature illumination, miniature, enameling and engraving by artists, including Mohammad Baqer Amirkhani, Ali Reza Pahlevanzadeh and Ali Reza Asadi. Latest books and cultural products will also be put on show at the pavilion.
Ali Mohammad Helmi, Iran’s cultural attachˇ in London, will also deliver a lecture on Iran’s role in promoting Islamic civilization in a conference on Saturday.
The First Islamic Expo was held in 2006 concurrent with the first anniversary of July 7, 2005 London bombings that killed 52 bus and subway passengers.
The main objective of the event is to promote proximity among Muslim communities and help present a true image of Islam to the West.
Film on Israeli Crimes
A film titled ’Great Sedition’ featuring the massacre of defenseless Palestinians by the Zionist regime has been produced.
The film’s producer, Mohammad Hossein Jafari, said that it is based on warmongering views of Theodore Herzl, founder of Zionism, and depicts crimes committed by the usurper state, IRNA reported.
Stating that the film also hints at the ’actual holocaust’ which is taking place in the occupied lands by the Zionist regime, he said that unfortunately, these crimes are ignored by the United Nations and the international community.
Sri Lanka Hosting Iranian Movies
A number of Iranian movies are being screened every Wednesday at Iran’s Embassy in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Enthusiast Sri Lankan viewers watched Bahram Beizaii’s ’The Passengers’ last Wednesday, and award-winning director Majid Majidi’s ’Baran’ (Rain) will be screened this week, IRNA said.
Majidi’s ’Children of Heaven’, Abbas Kiarostami’s ’The Wind Will Carry Us’, Hamid Jebelli’s ’Son of Mary’ and Hassan Fathi’s ’Marriage, Iranian Style’ are other movies to be screened during the month-long event.
Exhibit to Mark Imam Ali Birth Anniversary
Imam Ali (AS) Religious Arts Museum will hold an exhibition of paintings and calligraphy works maintained at its treasury.
According to Fars News Agency, the event will be held on July 16 to mark the birth anniversary of Imam Ali (AS), the first Imam of the infallible household of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
The exhibit will display 20 paintings by several artists, including Habibolah Sadeqi, Jamshid Haqiqatshenas, Ali Vazirian and Morteza Goudarzi.
Seventy calligraphy tableaux by artists, including Gholamhossein Amirkhani, Ali Shirazi and Keikhosro Khoroush will also be showcased at the event.
The exhibit will last until early August.
Meanwhile, the museum will hold a one-day workshop on July 16, during which 30 artists will create works about Imam Ali.
The event will be held in cooperation with Tehran Municipality’s Cultural-Artistic Organization.
The organization will buy the best works for maintenance at the museum.
10 Children Awarded in Bulgaria
Iranian children won ten diplomas of honor in Bulgaria’s International Nova Zagora Painting Contest.
They are members of the Institute for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults, IIDCYA’s Public Relations Office said in a fax to Iran daily.
Maedeh Bahrami, 5, from Tehran was the youngest Iranian winner at the event. Her painting portrays a scarecrow in a sunflower farm.
Other winners included Melika Minaei, Saba Gorji, Parastou Qanbari, Negin Yazdani, Ghazal Goudarzi, Kimia Abbasi, Mahmonir Havaei, Nazanin Qaranjik and Mohammad Reza Vakilzadeh.
Children participating in the contest mainly focused on Iranian culture, traditions, wedding and nature.
IIDCYA had submitted 15 paintings by its members, of which ten were selected as top works of art.
Over 500 works from 26 countries were awarded at the event.
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