Oral History and Social Resilience in Hard Times

Hard times (including war, genocide, forced displacement, pandemics, structural violence, floods, and earthquakes) are often accompanied by the accumulation of difficult memories that remain untold due to fear, psychological pressure, social deprivation, or the absence of an appropriate context for expression. As a dialogic method grounded in the narrator’s agency, oral history serves unique functions in addressing such crises.

Experts Answer to Oral History Questions

100 Questions/ 34

To what extent are we allowed to use narrative techniques (however simple) in compiling an oral history text?

We asked several researchers and activists in the field of oral history to express their views on oral history questions. The names of each participant are listed at the beginning of their answers, and the text of all answers will be published on this portal by the end of the week.

The Story of the First Sacred Defense Book Award

An Interview with Mohammad-Qasem Foroughi Jahromi

The Oral History website conducted a two-hour interview in October-November 2025 with Mohammad-Qasem Foroughi Jahromi regarding the process of establishing the “First Selection of the Best Sacred Defense Book” award. Shortly after he began his work at the Foundation for the Preservation of Sacred Defense Works and Values, he had proposed the idea of holding this award to Engineer Mehdi Chamran, the then...

Rahim Afshar's Memories

Rahim Afshar, a fighter in the Holy Defense and narrator of the book Sayeh-ye Tak (Shadow of the Vine), was a guest on the 284th Night of Remembrance program (October 2017). He spoke about the enemy's attack on the anniversary of the founding of the Iraqi Baath Party. Nabavi said: "O humble servant, I am the memory of eleven people from the group of personnel who entered the 120 mm mortar unit in 1983 ...

Oral History Weekly Magazine Aims and Regulations
Oral History Weekly Magazine wishes to create a suitable place for thoughts and idea development; Its main field would be “Oral History” and subjects as telling & writing memoirs, writing diaries, travelogues, chronologies, and all other subfields of history which are presented in the form of news, articles, reports, notes, interviews and memoirs can be included. There is no limitation on the length of would-be-sent materials.
Mentioning the name, academic background and email is necessary. Articles with complete references and bibliography are more credited and an abstract would quite helpful.
Weekly is not about to publish any material consisting insults and libels about other people or anything that brings anxiety to public opinion. Weekly can edit and translate the received materials.
The published articles and materials are only the writer’s ideas and Oral History Weekly Magazine has no responsibility about their content.