Soroush releases The Days

Soroush Publishing Company has published the Days, prominent Egyptian writer Taha Hussein’s autobiography, in Persian in Iran. IBNA: The book is rendered into Persian by the late Hussein Khadiv Jam. It encompasses Hussein’s life events since his childhood. Considered by many as one of the greatest historical documents on contemporary history, the original version of the book is published in three volumes with Hussein as its main character. The book begins with Hussein’s childhood and his blindness and the difficulties that it brought him in the society.

2nd Int'l Book of Resistance Festival calls for submissions

The call for the 2nd International Book of Resistance Festival (Shahid Avini Literary Prize) is released. The festival is going to assess all submitted publications in 2011 and 2012 and award the superiors. IBNA: Revayat Fath Publishing Institute will hold the second International Book of Resistance Festival to award Shahid Avini Literary Prize to the best literary work of the past two years. Promotion of culture, language and literature of resistance, propagation of religious, national and revolutionary values, commemoration of eminent writers and researchers in this field, encouragement of upcoming young researchers, and elevation of international procedures involving Islamic Resistance at both qualitative and quantitative levels are the main goals of this festival.

Iran to launch virtual digital library network

Secretary general of the Foundation of Public Libraries announced that the first compressive digital library network in Iran will be run by the end of the current year. IBNA: Speaking with IBNA, Mansour Vaezi stated that Persian ebooks will be made available in the network of digital libraries of the foundation. He expressed hope that the network will be operational by the end of the current year in Persian calendar. He went on to say that the network will be equipped with audio books for the visually handicapped.

'Invisible' Filipino history in Annapolis documented by UMD researchers

Filipinos have been an invisible minority in Annapolis, Maryland for more than a century. Now, researchers at the University of Maryland are using oral histories as a way to flesh out their life and times – documenting the incredible challenges they faced – and successes they celebrated. After the Spanish-American War, the Philippines became a U.S. territory. Filipinos were brought to Annapolis – home of the Naval Academy – to serve as desk interns, fire fighters, construction laborers, messmen and stewards. In many cases, the Naval Academy replaced African Americans with Filipinos leading to increased racial tensions.

Photo exhibit in Whiteville celebrates lives of rural African-Americans

What began as an oral history project by the Lower Bladen/Columbus Historical Society has become an exhibition celebrating African-American life in rural Columbus and Bladen counties. The North Carolina Museum of Forestry is hosting the photography exhibit, "Flashback: Community Life Through the Lens of Mack Munn, 1940-1960." An agent for the Shaw Mutual Burial Association, Munn was better known for taking a camera everywhere he went. "He didn't want to miss a picture," said Harry Warren, director of the museum. "He would show up for everything - birthdays, any celebrations - and he always told folks they didn't have to buy anything. And, of course, they always wanted to buy his pictures."

ORAL HISTORY in GREECE

Riki Van Boeschoten, Associate Professor of Oral History and Social Anthropology at the University of Thessaly, Greece reports on three current oral history projects in Greece that she is supervising. ‘The Hania Oral History Centre was set up in 2009 in the town of Hania, Crete, with the cooperation of the local government, the University of Salonica and an enthusiastic team of twenty volunteers. ‘The ultimate aim of the project is to create a museum of oral history which will also function as a research centre and oral history archive. The first set of oral histories was presented in December 2010 to the town’s citizens where people could watch and listen to all the interviews.

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