Ten years after David Mamet’s Oleanna was published in 1992, an Iranian theatre director and translator came across the play quite randomly and set out to translate it into Persian.
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The best of toy designers and manufacturers will be felicitated at the First National Toy Festival, which commences on August 3.
The event includes five sections including competition, said…
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What could turn out to be the world’s oldest fragments of the Qur’an have been found at the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom’s second-largest city, with a 28% Muslim population.
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A narrative-musical performance ‘Dancing With You in Flames’ by the young composer Mahyar Alizadeh and well-known actors Saber Abar and Pantea Panahiha, will be staged at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall on…
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Christie’s released its half-year sales report Monday, recording $4.5 billion in sales so far in 2015. This, according to Christie’s, is a new record for half-year sales for the auction house,…
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If the love for reading is not cultivated and nurtured during childhood, a spiritual gap will be created in later years, and “give way to the ugly side of human nature,” says child psychologist,…
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An exhibition of paintings titled ‘Utopia’ by Kambiz Khodabandeh-Shahraki is underway at Hoor Art Gallery.
The show includes 60 works created in the past decade, Honaronline reported.
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Award-winning American author E.L. Doctorow, known for fictional historical works such as ‘Ragtime,’ ‘Billy Bathgate’ and ‘The March,’ and an experimental narrative style has died at age 84.
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With the end of fasting month of Ramadan, ensembles and singers of various styles are preparing to hold concerts across Iran.
The upcoming month of Mordad in the Iranian calendar (July 23-…
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An environmental art project ‘Living Spaces’ by Iranian artists was launched in the Saint George City of Romania on Tuesday.
It features works by 28 veteran and promising Iranian artists,…
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A special book package for children and youth was distributed to all public libraries as a tribute to the late Mehdi Azar-Yazdi, author of children’s books.
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Robbie Williams swapped his microphone for a gavel as he turned into an auctioneer for a day to sell some of his showbiz possessions for charity.
Fans were left star-struck when the 41-year…
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Veteran researcher and co-founder of the Children’s Book Council (CBC), Tooran Mirhadi, has been nominated by the Institute for Research on the History of Children’s Literature in Iran, for the…
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The French play ‘Le Prenom’ (literally, the name) directed by Leili Rashidi, theater and film actress, is underway at Iranshahr theatre hall.
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A six-volume ‘Visual Glossary of the Qur’an’, authored by Naser Naderi and illustrated by Shirin Sheikhi, has been published.
The glossary includes simplified verses from the Qur’an and…
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Music aficionados in Transylvania, the birthplace of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, are being encouraged to be good and donate blood in exchange for cheaper tickets to a festival in Romania, which has…
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Veteran cinema, theater and TV actress Farimah Farjami was honored by the production staff of the play ‘A Season for Hunting Kites’ at a ceremony in Tehran City Theater on July 16.
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A mysterious play by Ira Levin, American novelist, ‘Veronica’s Room’, directed by Mahsa Nasiri, is on stage at 3dots theatre.
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Art work of tiny proportions went on display in London on Friday, showcasing small-scale figurines at an “ant-sized” exhibition.
Ahead of Friday’s release of Marvel’s latest cinematic…
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New York’s Empire State Building was lit in green to celebrate the Eid al-Fitr holiday that marks the end of Ramadan.
The green light will shine until the famous skyscraper closes to the…
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The Iranian cinema industry is said to have progressed in different genres but comedy films continue to remain a top attraction for film buffs.
The high sales of movies ‘The Whale’, ‘Iran…
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The first interpretation of the Qur’an in Russian titled ‘Noor Al-Qur’an,’ was unveiled on the third day of the first edition of the International Qur’an Festival in Moscow.
The work has…
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In a growing trend that seeks to blend art with environmental restoration, a water filtration project was unveiled on Tuesday along a 575-foot sea-walled stretch of the intracoastal waterway in…
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Wesseh Freeman, aka Weesay, became an Internet sensation last December for his tough strumming skills. His unique handmade guitar – cobbled together from an old stick, paint can, and three used…
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The national day of children and young adults’ literature held annually on July 8, should as a rule, remind the public of the importance of children’s literature, and not just be an ordinary ‘…
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