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Uncle Tom’s Cabin
A scene from the theatrical performance ’Uncle Tom’s Cabin’, directed by Behrouz Qaribopour. The play, based on an
anti-slavery novel by American author
Harriet Beecher Stowe, is on stage at City Theater’s Main Hall.
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Bidel Literary Association in India
A literary association named after the renowned Iranian poet Bidel Dehlavi has been launched in the Persian Research Center of the Iranian Embassy’s Cultural Department in New Delhi, India.
According to Fars news agency, the association’s first session, held on Saturday (April 19), was attended by Karim Najafi, Iranian cultural attachŽ in India, as well as a number of Iranian literati, including Kourosh Safavi, Abdolhamid Ziaei and Seyyed Mehdi Nabavi.
The renovated building of the research center was inaugurated concurrent with the program in which a number of the entity’s publications were also unveiled.
Dehlavi (1644-1721 AD) lived and died in India. Dehlavi’s poetry gained prominence during studies conducted by Iranian researchers in the 1980s. His poetry is composed in the style of Khorasani lyrics, Iraqi and Indian romantic poems.
Dehlavi put forward a new initiative for Persian poetry and opened a colorful vista not only for lyrics, but also, for Persian poetry as a whole.
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’Each Night of Solitude’ at Cannes Film Market
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A frame from ÔEach Night of SolitudeÕ, directed by Rasoul Sadr-Ameli
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Iranian film ’Each Night of Solitude’, directed by Rasoul Sadr-Ameli, will be available at the Marche du Film--the Film Market of the 61st Cannes International Film Festival slated for May 14-23 in southern France.
The movie is the second of Sadr-Ameli’s trilogy ’The City That I Love’. The first of the trilogy, ’The Night’, was earlier screened at the 26th Fajr International Film Festival in February, ISNA reported.
’Each Night of Solitude’ narrates the story of a writer and broadcaster ’Atieh’, who is entangled in marital problems. The cast of the film includes Leila Hatami, Hamed Behdad and Mohsen Karimi.
Reza Mirkarimi’s ’Simply’ and Mohammad-Ali Basheh Ahangar’s ’The Son of Soil’ will also be presented at the Cannes film market. Produced by Islamic Culture and Relations Organization, the films were among the entries to the 26th Fajr International Film Festival.
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Imam Ali (AS):
Daily prayers are the best medium through which one can seek nearness to Allah.
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Manuscripts at Malek Library
A one-week exhibition of manuscripts pertaining to Muslim scholar, philosopher and mathematician Sheikh Baha’ Al-Din Al-Amili, known as Sheikh Bahaei, opened at Tehran’s Malek Library on Tuesday in commemoration of this great figure.
Some 25 handwritten copies of Sheikh Bahaei’s books, including ’Arbaein’, designed in calligraphy style ’Nastaliq’ in 1006 A.H., are on display at the event.
The book is of great significance to many scientists, Public Relations Department of the Libraries, Museums Organization and Documents Center of Astan-e Qods Razavi Foundation said in a fax to Iran Daily.
Malek Library is affiliated to Astan-e Qods Razavi Foundation, the custodian of the holy shrine of the Eighth Imam of the infallible household of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), Imam Reza (AS) in Mashhad, Khorasan Razavi province. The event will run until April 29.
Spanish Award For IIDCYA Students
An eight-year-old Iranian student won the special prize of the 2007 Peace and Cooperation School Award in Spain.
Shaqayeq Motamedifar, who participated from Shahr-e Kord, Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari province, also received an honorary diploma and a cash prize of 200 euros.
Effat Mohammadjani, a 16-year-old student from Mashhad, Khorasan Razavi province was another Iranian participant who won an honorary diploma in the photography section of the contest.
Both winners are members of Iran’s Institute for Intellectual Developments of Children and Young Adults (IIDCYA), said the entity’s Public Relations Office in a fax to Iran Daily.
The central theme for the 2007 Peace and Cooperation School Award was ’My Right to Decide’ to mark the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Disney Looks to Nature
The Walt Disney Company has established a new production banner to deliver two nature films a year starting in 2009. The effort, to be called Disneynature, reflects efforts by Disney to spur growth at its film unit after a retrenchment in 2006, NYtimes said.
Disney’s chief executive, Robert A. Iger, said the success of ’March of the Penguins’--a 2005 documentary from Warner Independent that cost $3 million to make and sold $127.4 million in tickets worldwide--helped spark the company’s interest in the genre. He also said that ’Planet Earth’, the recent mini-series from the Discovery Channel and the British Broadcasting Company, delivered blockbuster television ratings.
The initiative holds strategic importance for the company beyond the box office. Iger said the company’s consumer products unit would probably develop a line of ’beautiful books’ based on Disneynature films. Nature sells well on DVD. And the theme parks unit could develop attractions built around 3-D nature films.
The unit’s first movie, ’Earth’, from the producer behind the ’Planet Earth’ series, will be released on April 22, 2009. ’Oceans,’ set for a 2010 release, will rely on new technology to film underwater drama with precision.
Azeri Group Plans Concert
Rahim Shahriari will conduct concerts performed by Azerbaijani ensemble ’Araz’, at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall from May 1.
Speaking to Fars news agency, Shahriari said that the band will feature a number of folklore pieces, including ’White Nights’ and ’The Most Beautiful’.
The group will be accompanied by instrumentalists, namely Mohammad Hossein Afshari, Amanollah Azari, Shahla Milani and Sara Sadeqi.
Araz ensemble has so far had many presentations in Canada, Turkey and Azerbaijan.
The group takes its name from the Araz (Aras) River which forms the border between Iran and Azerbaijan and also flows on to Turkey and Armenia.
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