Praiseworthy works of Jalal Award announced

The closing ceremony of the 5th Jalal Ale Ahmad Award was held on Wednesday, November 21, 2012 at the Research Center of Culture, Arts and Architecture in Tehran. IBNA: The closing ceremony of the award was held in the presence of the Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, Mohammad Husseini, and honored praiseworthy works in fiction, literary criticism and historiography. Winners would receive 110 gold coins and praiseworthy works get 25 gold coins as an award. The 5th edition had no winners.

Memories of 80 navy martyrs to be published

The second volume of a book entitled as From Tribe of the Blues by Jalal Mousavi is being prepared for publication. The volume encompasses memories of almost 80 martyrs of the Army in the naval force. IBNA: The book will be published by Naval Force’s publication center. The first volume was published in 2005, said Mousavi in an interview with IBNA. As he said, the book is halfway to completion and almost half of its required interview and research studies have finished.

Articles of History of Majlis conference to be released

Director of the document’s center of the Majlis library said that the articles of the 3rd History of Majlis Conference will be released. IBNA: Ali Tatari said: “The articles of the 3rd History of Majlis Conference are supposed to be released. The specialized conference was held in May by the Majlis library. He added: “65 articles were submitted to the conference’s secretariat of which 25 were finally approved.” The works have been edited and they will be released as a book by next month, he said.

27th print-run of Hussein; Red Mind released

Hussein; the Red Mind is the title of a book entailing three interviews with prominent researcher and analyst Hasan Rahimpour on the 9th, 10th and 11th of Muharram. The 27th reprint of the book has been recently published in Iran. IBNA: The book provides an analysis of Imam Hussein’s uprising and his martyrdom in the land of Karbala on 10 October 680 CE. Three interviews by Hasan Rahimpour (Azghadi) are included in the volume, which consider Ashoura and Imam Hussein’s martyrdom from different angles.

Christian: Da conveys valuable experience

A Christian inmate said she might not have been ended up in the prison had she accessed Da before. IBNA: According to Soreye Mehr Publishing Institute, a ceremony was held at the detention center of Rey City, Tehran, in the presence of figures like Zahra Husseini, narrator of Da, Merila Zarei, artists and a number of other influential women in Iran. The ceremony was held on the occasion of the world’s day of books, and was themed at praising winners of the final round of the book reading contest among social activists and inmates of the prison.

Klezmer Punks, Gangsta Rabbis: An Oral History of JDub Records

Ten years ago, JDub Records was a collegiate pipe dream. By 2006, it was the single coolest thing in Jewish popular culture. Five years later, JDub Records ceased to exist. Even if you’ve never heard of JDub Records, you may have heard of the Hasidic reggae-rapper Matisyahu, their flagship artist. But the story is bigger than him. It’s the story of a scrappy start-up that broke all the rules, revolutionizing Jewish music over eight years and thirty-six albums. It’s the story of the savvy innovators and radical artists who shook up Jewish popular culture at the dawn of a new millennium.

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