Call for Submissions to Literary Section of International Mahdism Festival Issued

Qom – The call for submissions to the literary section of the 5th National Mahdism Festival and the 1st International Mahdism Festival has been issued in two formats: free verse and flash fiction. Interested participants have until the end of Azar to submit their works.

According to Iranian ambassador Arjan (Ambassador Arjan) in Qom, the fifth national festival of Mahdism and the first international festival of Mahdism will be held with the aim of promoting and expanding Mahdavi culture and discourse, and those interested can present their works in different parts of this festival.

The literary section of this festival, with the aim of providing a context for the reflection of Mahdavi concepts in literary formats, hosts the works of enthusiasts in two formats: free-form poetry and literary text in the form of short stories.

The topics considered for this section include "the man behind the emergence of Hazrat Mahdi (A.S.)", "Absent Imam; Invisible presence in life", "The world before and after the appearance of Hazrat Mahdi (AS)", "Hazrat Mahdi (AS) in the eyes of today's youth", "Waiting and duties of those who wait", "Description of parting (heartache) with Hazrat Mahdi (AS), "Friday sunset", "Imaginary conversation with Hazrat Mahdi (AS), "Hazrat Mahdi (AS) in the mirror of poetry and feelings", "Narration of restless hearts", "If he appears tomorrow", "Conversation of a Waiter" and "Expectation from the perspective of sustainability literature"

Those interested have until the end of December of this year to send their works through the festival registration portal.

Also, to receive the news and announcements of the festival, they can refer to its notification channel in the Ita messenger at the address and to communicate with the secretariat, use the ID @Mahdaviyatfest_admin in Ita.

According to ambassador Arjan; There is no limit to participate in different parts of the festival, and cash and valuable prizes have been considered for the winners.

Lorestan - The head of the Department of Culture and Islamic Guidance Aligudarz said: In line with the development of cultural justice and the balanced distribution of study infrastructure, the first library of Shulabad city was opened in a ceremony and started its work by donating one thousand volumes of books.

Qom - The call for the literary section of the 5th National Mahdavit Festival and the first International Mahdavit Festival was published in two formats, free poetry and fiction, and interested parties have until the end of December to submit their works.

Qom - The author of the book "Kanarkhat Ahan" stressed that the helpers can establish a friendly interaction and an emotional relationship with the affected children and families and be very effective in changing the life path of those people.

Zanjan - The representative of the people of Zanjan and Tarem in the Islamic Council, referring to the necessity of pathology in the field of books and reading, assessed the reception of the people of Zanjan to the book exhibition beyond expectations and said: despite the challenge of books, the people of Zanjan shone brightly in buying books.

Al-Merazi - The Director General of Center for Intellectual Development of Children and Adolescents in Mazar-i Province announced the holding of the provincial Mushaira festival with the aim of preserving the cultural and literary identity of the region, promoting the Arak dialect and identifying the literary talents of children, teenagers and young people in Arak.

Khorasan Razavi-President of Payam Noor University said: We have to ask ourselves if we have read the Quran as a guide for life? And it must be said that Quranic competitions should lead to the practice of Quranic life.

Khorasan Razavi - Mirjalaluddin Kezazi emphasized that the Iranians enter the battlefield in the Shahnameh only in response to the enemy's attack, and said: In this epic work, no battle can be found that the Iranians initiated by their own will.

Ferdous Soleimani said: Every child, regardless of how he experiences the world, has the right to access high-quality literature and be free to choose his favorite book and story. Of course, access to audio books alone is not enough; We should think about equal access to cultural products, educational opportunities and the possibility of active participation of children in artistic and social activities.

The book "Third Front", an overview of terrorist activities in the northern wars, authored by Ali Naghi Sadeghi Kohestani, has been published by the Center of Documents. This book is part of the narrative of an important and fateful event in the history of the Islamic revolution in the sixties...

Central - a specialized meeting and lecture "Explanation and interpretation of Maulavi's Masnavi" with the focus on the role of parents and spiritual teachers in the awakening and rebirth of man and with an interdisciplinary approach to ethics, comparative mysticism, psychology and philosophy, was held in Arak with the presence of Morteza Latifi, professor of Persian language and literature.

Undoubtedly, the Middle East can violate the rules of genetic science. How to tell suffering people that you are related? Blood relationship! Your blood is of the same color. It doesn't matter where he is from! Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Pakistan... you are all of the same blood. No genetic test can prove to me that the one who was executed in a field in Lahore, the one who lost his leg in Iraq, the one who took his own life in Aleppo, or those whose pieces were hanged on the wall in Kabul during the bombing, are not my brothers and sisters!!!

Hormozgan - "Child, book, author" special program was held with the presence of local writers of Hormozgan.

"Doctor Zhivago" by Boris Pasternak and its film adaptation directed by David Lane are among the most significant examples of the connection of literature, history and cinema in the 20th century. This work, beyond a romantic narrative in the context of the Russian Revolution, reflects a fundamental question, the fate of the individual and personal morality in a world overshadowed by history and ideology.

Ali Nikoyi wrote: Susyant is not a static concept in the history of Zoroastrian thought, what sometimes has a broader meaning and is close to "beneficial" and "helpful", in the later Avesta it becomes closer to an apocalyptic figure and in the Pahlavi tradition, in connection with Susyans and Farshgerd, it finds a more final form. Creation is tied; But the resurrection is not the end of this path either, the return of man from death is only one of the stages of the process that connects the fate of man with the fate of the whole creation.

The book "Capitalism and desire; The psychological cost of the free market" by establishing a link between psychoanalysis, Marxism and ideology criticism and using an example taken from cinema, literature, consumer culture and daily life, not only illuminates the secret of the continuity and attractiveness of capitalism, but also offers a theoretical horizon for thinking about the possibility of getting rid of this form of subjugation.

"Blind Owl" is not one of those books that you can just read and then close and put away. Some novels stay in the mind after they are finished because they told a good story or created a memorable character. But the owl remains blind in a different way. This book settles something in the reader, something like air, taste, darkness, and a kind of vague familiarity with a wound that may have been in the person before, but it didn't have a name.

Alinaqi Behrouzi, a pioneer teacher and researcher who saved the ancient treasures of Fars from decay and oblivion with his health and unceasing efforts.

East Azerbaijan - Tabriz, which was once the origin of Iran's first school for the blind, today its "Central Library Printing Center" bears the burden of producing one million and 200 thousand pages of braille books in the country. But the huge jump in costs and the skyrocketing price of imported paper has tied the life of this specialized publication to the immediate and unconditional support of the trustees.

The Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance met Seyed Farid Ghasemi, his scholar and author.

A street that no one falls in love with anymore: a story by Javad Mojabi; A poet who wrote for twenty years and was not published. From "My Former Shahrezai Street" and Omar's hangouts to dusty novels that were waiting for permission for years. A note about a city that has lost its youth and a pen that, despite all the clauses, never stopped writing and lived writing.

The history of the first car with a license plate in the country goes back to 1305, when the first cars arrived in Iran. At that time, a set of regulations including 32 clauses for the numbering of cars was compiled, although these rules were finalized three years after the entry of cars, i.e. in 1308. According to these regulations, cars had to install five separate license plates.

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Hamedan- Hamedan province, with an ancient background in the history and civilization of Iran, these days hosts a comprehensive narrative of its historical and cultural identity in the form of an encyclopedia of the province's culture, civilization and celebrities; A collection that collects hundreds of research works in the fields of history, geography, celebrities, rituals, language and art, tries to record the heritage of this land and pass it on to future generations.

Farhad Hemmati wrote: In addition to advancing the Nazi goals in the university, Heidegger also controlled the professors and students and even spied on the professors and gave secret reports. Like the case of Edward Baumgarten, who followed John Dewey's pragmatism in philosophy, which caused him to be expelled from the university.

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