No. 434    |    14 April 2020
   

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An Editor in Chief Who Was Teacher

The first day I met Mr. Ahad Gudarziani, it was intended that I bring name and titles of Iranian Oral History Website in Arabic for him to see whether they are correct. We decided to establish the third language of the website that it was delayed. He worked in a glass room next to the elevator in the third floor of Hozeh Honari, the room which was quiet and calm like himself.

From Rey to Sham

The book “From Rey to Sham” is an incomplete oral history narration of the martyr of the Defender of Shrine Sardar (Brigadier General) Ahmad Gholami. It has been published by the Center for Sacred Defense Documents and Research with the attempt of Ali Mojdehi and under the scientific and content supervision of Yadollah Izadi. The introduction says, “The work is the result of 18 sessions of Ali Mojdehi interview with Sardar Ahmad Gholami, a war commander.

Those, who do not make attempt, do not feel comfortable

Unfortunately, Iranian people, these days, have an uninvited stranger and gust, which has caused their suffering and sadness; it is an in interloper that sometimes results in death. This ominous gust tries to influence the spring and push away the happiness and flourishing. That is why, the first days of New Year have a different color and smell. On the one hand, pain, fever and shortness of breathiness, and on the other hand,

Oral History Requires Alignment with Documents

Even in oral history, it is not uncommon for scholars to view oral history as a complement to document-based research. That is to say, oral history has been based on oral evidence, and it is true about memories too. Dr. Nurai said:" Oral history only fulfills part of the expectation for showing past". See the book The Aspects of Historical Islamic Revolution. Here we have to refer to a few references to ...

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SABAH (5)

Memoirs of Sabah Vatankhah

Interviewed and Compiled by Fatemeh Doustkami

Translated by Natalie Haghverdian

Published by Soore Mehr Publishing Co.

Persian Version 2019

 

I spent the summer holiday of my fourth grade in a village called “Chaman Bid” in Bojnurd. Uncle Gholam brought our belongings with his bus to the village. Our belongings were decreasing in number. Every time we were moving, my mom donated one piece to our friends and relatives to make the hassle of moving easier. I had reached to an age when I did not like these moving and continuous trips. I could not have permanent friends because we had to say goodbye after a while. This bothered me a lot.


 
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