Art And Culture

Through his physical interpretations of the poetry and musings of Rumi, a 13th century Persian theologian and Islamic scholar known for his revelations of love and the human experience, …

The Russian translation of ‘Qur’anic Sciences’ written by the late Ayatollah Mohammad-Hadi Marefat was selected as one of the best books of 2014.

The ceremony for Russia’s Book of the Year…

The nominees for the 2nd ANTI-Festival International Prize for Live Art have been announced. The prize will be awarded in Kuopio, Finland in September during the festival.

In the running…

Permits were issued to 594 mass media outlets in the first three months of the year (started March 21), of which 349 are print media and the rest, digital and online media.

Among the 349…

Travelogues are valuable sources of information that reflect the culture, traditions and customs of people living in a particular region or country.

Reading travelogues helps acquire…

Violinist Won Hyung Joon wants to bring North and South Korean musicians together next month to perform on each side of the world’s most heavily armed border. Standing in the way is the rivals’…

An Iranian movie ‘ Block 9, Exit 2’, written and directed by noted filmmaker, Alireza Amini, received the ‘Best Film’ award at the 14th Kimera International Film Festival in Termoli, Italy.

A play by American playwright Tennessee Williams ‘The Case of the Crushed Petunias’, directed by  Maziar Qalami, is on stage at Tehran’s Mehrab Hall.

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy pressured the country’s football federation to vote in favor of awarding the 2022 World Cup to Qatar, FIFA president Sepp Blatter said in an interview with…

Iran seeks to participate in the Frankfurt Book Fair (FBF) in October as guest of honor and consultations with German officials have been held in this regard, said director of the International…

Najmeh Khedmati, Iranian shooter won the gold medal for the Women’s 10m Air Rifle competition at the 2015 Universiade (World University Games) underway at Gwangju in South Korea.

It was the…

A new book ‘Encyclopedia of Iran and World Women’ including the biographies of close to 2000 influential figures in human culture and history, is now available in the market.

The book…

Filmmaker Manouchehr Hadi plans to stage Jean-Paul Sartre’s ‘The Unburied Dead’ as his first theatrical experience in Tehran’s Niavaran Cultural Center in September.

A movie director and…

Five major cineplexes in the country contributed to over 50% of the total sales of movies in the past Iranian year (ended March 20), according to official statistics.

A photo collection ‘Manifestations of a Dreamland’ by expatriate Iranian photographer Ali Farboud is underway at Tehran’s Aun Art Gallery. The photos were taken during his four-year trip to…

A Mississippi-based writer has won the 2015 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction for her book ‘The Secret of Magic.’

For many parents, one of the most important artifacts for documenting their children’s childhood has consistently been their artwork - whether it comes in the form of a clay sculpture or a…

Veteran film director Yadollah Samadi emphasized the need for unity between cinema guilds and associations in film production and screening, and rued the policy of discrimination in Iran cinema.…

Urban Gallery of the Historic Jame Mosque of Ardebil, a project by Mohsen Noruzvand and Negar Sarioletlagh Fard, was selected for the Venice Biennale 2015.

Ardebil a historical city (…

Paintings of US dollar bills that decorated the walls of Sotheby’s salesroom helped the auctioneer rake in $203.6 million during its biggest contemporary art sale in London.

An author of folklore and classical Iranian mythology says Cinderella is an Indo-European account of an Iranian mythological story ‘Fatima’ in the late Sobhi’s ‘Folk Culture.’

The first round of the Young Adult Filmmakers Olympiad will be held on the periphery of the 29th International Festival of Film for Children and Young Adults (IFFCYA).

It will be held in…

Children study for nine months during the academic year.

Muslim girls living in Minnesota have designed their own culturally sensitive sportswear that lets them move freely without worrying about tripping on a long, flowing dress or having a head scarf…

Theatre director Ali Akbar Alizad, will stage ‘Oleanna’ from July 22 at Iranshahr theatre house.

Oleanna is a two-character play by David Mamet, American playwright, on the power struggle…