Revayat Fath to present 25 titles at FIBF

Revayat Fath Publications has planned to attended the 65th Frankfurt International Book Fair to present 25 titles on the Islamic Revolution and Sacred Defense. IBNA: Speaking with IBNA, manager of the publications Mohammad Hussein Karimipour said the titles are published by Saghi and Revayate Fath publications in Persian, Arabic and English. This will be the third presence of the institute at the exhibit to introduce its publications, the Islamic-Iranian resistance model and its activities.

Iran to attend Moscow Book Fair

Iran will be participating in the Moscow International Book Fair displaying more than 300 books focusing on religion, Quran, research, art, literature, music and poetry. IBNA: The managing director of Iranian Cultural Fairs Institute (ICFI) Mohammad Azimi said that the book fair will take place on September 4-9, 2013. More than 300 book titles have been chosen for the fair which will focus on different subjects including religion, Quran, research, art, literature, poetry and music, Iranian studies, literature, Sacred Defense and resistance.

Sarajevo to laud Mahmoud Dowlatabadi

The Sixth Biennial Convention of the Association for the Study of Persianate Societies (ASPS) in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina will pay tribute to veteran Iranian writer Mahmoud Dowlatabadi. IBNA: The Association for the Study of Persianate Societies (ASPS) is an organization for researchers and scholars interested in the culture and civilization of the Persian-speaking societies and related areas in the Iranian civilizational area. The Association's biennial conference has been held in India, Pakistan, Georgia and Armenia since its inauguration in Tajikistan in 2002. Eight regional branches give the ASPS an international presence.

Panos London closes its doors after 26 years

Panos London, home to an international programme of oral testimony activities, is to close after twenty-six years of communications for development work around the world. The international network of Panos institutes (Southern Africa, Eastern Africa, West Africa, Asia, Caribbean and Europe) will continue the work to amplify the voices of those most affected by poverty and exclusion around the world. Olivia Bennett, founder of the oral testimony programme, and Siobhan Warrington, current advisor of participatory communications work at Panos London, report on twenty years of international oral testimony projects:

Everest students to release civil rights history book

WESTON — D.C. Everest Area School District students involved in an oral history club will unveil their 23rd professionally published book next week. About 60 students spent time during more than two years interviewing hundreds of people across the country who were involved in the civil rights movement to create the book, titled “The Nation’s Longest Struggle: Looking Back on the Modern Civil Rights Movement.” Everest social studies coordinator Paul Aleckson began the Oral History Project club 15 years ago as a way for students to build upon what they learned in eighth- and 10th-grade U.S. History classes.

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