France continues commemorating Mahsati Ganjavi
An exhibition and a concert devoted to the 900th jubilee of Mahsati Ganjavi took place in Melouse, France on December 10, writes Azer News. “A […]
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Yalda Eve’s Surprise: Oscar Without Asghar!
A few hours to Yalda Eve, the greatest surprise appeared on Hollywood Reporter and other websites announcing the nominees of the 2014 Oscar Awards for […]
Homage to the Singer of Naseria
Today (December 20) coincides with the seventh death anniversary of Iranian Pop Star Naser Abdollahi who, despite his brief twinkle in the arena of Iranian […]
Hossein Sanapour Recommends His Favorites
Hossein Sanapour was born on March 20, 1960 in Tehran. A Natural Resources graduate from the University of Tehran, Sanapour started writing and publishing stories, […]
R.I.P. Farrokh Ghaffari (1921 – 2006)
Today (December 17) is marked with the death anniversary of Iranian film director, actor, critic and author Farrokh Ghaffari. Ghaffari was a significant character in […]
The Painting Pool granted the Asia Pacific Screen Awards
The UNESCO award for outstanding contribution to the promotion and preservation of cultural diversity through film was awarded to The Painting Pool from Iran. Negar Javaherian, […]
The Past nominated for Golden Globe 2014
Yes! As it has been estimated, Asghar Farhadi’s film The Past is nominated for the 2014 Golden Globe Awards. To get the award for the […]
Happy Birthday Shamlou! Happy Birthday Baraheni!
Today is the birthday anniversary of the acclaimed Iranian poet Ahmad Shamlou (born December 12, 1925), the Godfather of contemporary Persian poetry and almost the […]
Badiozzaman Forouzanfar Award
Professor Badiozzaman Forouzanfar (originally named Mohammad-Hassan Boshruyei) was born on 12 July 1904 in Boshruyeh of Ferdows County and passed away on May 6, 1970. His […]
Friendly with Editors of Tremors
Asia Society’s friendly conversation with two Iranian-American writers and editors of recently released book “Tremors: New Fiction by Iranian-American Writers” is accessible here. Tremors is […]