Experts Answer to Oral History Questions

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How long after the event, should the narrators memories be recorded?

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.

A report on the weekly questions of the Oral History website

A year of non-stop questioning

A year has passed since the weekly questions and answers of the Oral History website. From 11 October 2025 to 11 October 2026, every week a question about an issue in oral history was raised by some experienced and knowledgeable figures who answered them from their own perspective. A year of continuous questioning, scientific research and efforts to open new horizons in the path of oral history should ...

Encountering Oral History from a Theatrical Perspective

According to the Iranian Oral History website, the sixth session of “Now; Oral History and Today Sessions” entitled “Encountering Oral History and Theater” was held with a speech by Amir Safaipour, a writer and researcher of dramatic literature, in the Firoozeh Hall of the Isfahan’s Arts Center. In the first part of the session, Safaipour reviewed the basics of theater and said: Today’s session is about oral history.

Memories of Mrs. Jumay Ahmed Karoufi

Jumay Ahmed Karoufi, the wife of the martyr Sheikh Ibrahim Yaqoob Zakzaky, was a guest on the 290th Shab Khatira (Night of Memories) program (May 2018). Mrs. Jumay is a Shiite fighter in Nigeria whose three children are missing and whose two adopted children, who were actually her sister’s children, were martyred. She has a master’s degree in communications and library science and is the author of several books, a director and a teacher.

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