When our people use the word “’Eyd (celebration)” alone, they mean “Nowruz”. Undoubtedly Nowruz is the oldest most persistent and beautiful Iranian ceremony which is celebrated now from Tibet to Crimea. Nowruz is the unifying link of a great nation whose multi-thousand years of history has a big share in the world’s heritage of civilization, literature, art and culture. We congratulate this great celebration to all Iranians, particularly our readers and wish a happy new Persian year for all of them.
The year we put behind, with all its ups and downs, was a fruitful year for Iranian Oral History. A big number of published books in the fields of Memoirs and holding numerous workshops for reviewing books and teaching oral history techniques, all together show that oral history is getting publicized among people particularly the ones who concern about culture. Iranian Oral History Website was also a part of this process which could succeed in publishing near to the Two hundredth issue despite all the shortcomings. We will begin the new Persian year by our 199th issue (April 8th 2013).
I may thank all my hardworking colleagues and wish them a happy new year with more success, knowledge and happiness beside us.
Mohammad Karimi
Editor
