Master Ebrahim Pourdavoud and Iranology’, a book by literary researcher Houshang Abbasi, 62, has been brought out by Tehran-based Avaye Kelar Publications.
Art And Culture
A 1,500-year-old stone tablet with the earliest known chiseled inscription of the Ten Commandments was sold at a US auction on Wednesday for $850,000.
The two-foot (61 cm) square slab of…
Veteran actor, writer and theater director Jafar Vali, 83, is staging a play about the last day of two old men.
‘Whisper in My Sound Ear’ was scheduled for November and December, but…
The Iranian movie ‘Cyanide’ directed by Behrouz Shoaibi has started screening in Vancouver since November 16.
The political drama has been received well by the public in Iran and taken in…
The Persian translation of the children’s book ‘The Neverending Story’ has been reprinted for the fourth time in Iran.
A fantasy novel written by the German author Michael Ende (1929-1995…
Two Iranian documentaries produced by the Documentary and Experimental Film Center (DEFC) in Tehran have won awards at two European festivals in the Czech Republic and Italy.
Edvard Munch’s ‘Girls on the Bridge’ sold for $54.5 million in New York Monday, the second-highest auction price paid for a work by the Norwegian painter, Sotheby’s said.
The 1902 painting…
The famous Iranian actor and director of cinema and theater, Masoud Rayegan, is staging a play on HIV prevention in the provinces.
Famous Indian actress Deepika Padukone’s pictures as what appears to be a slum-dweller, with acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Majid Majidi are breaking the internet and the actress says the details…
‘Democracy after Democratization,’ a book criticizing the conservative democracy in South Korea, is to be debated today, November 17, at Tehran’s Baharan Institute of Cultural Studies.
In…
Why was the 12th century Persian poet Khaqani Shirvani, considered a philosopher himself, at odds with philosophers and philosophy?
The question will be answered today, November 16, by the…
Niavaran Cultural Center in upscale northern Tehran will host two great musicians from Europe mid-December.
According to tiwall.com, the highly acclaimed German cellist Anja Lechner and the…
'The Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them' sequel will star Johnny Depp as the infamous dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald. Director David Yates has confirmed that the actor, famed for his quirky…
An adaptation of the drama 'Twelve Angry Men' written by the American film and TV writer Reginald Rose (1920-2002) is on stage at Paliz Theater in Tehran.
Titled 'Twelve', the play is…
The Research Committee of the Iranian Library and Information Science Association (ILISA) will hold its fourth meeting on 'Research Approaches in Information Literacy' on November 19.
The ban on Indian films and media in Pakistan has turned out to be a good omen for other markets, as all local cinemas are set to screen Iranian and Turkish films.
The move is aimed at…
To protect publishing rights and prevent illegal copying, printing and distribution of books, a working group has been be convened in cooperation with Tehran Publishers and Booksellers Association…
An Iranian graphic designer has won an award at the Eighth International Triennial of Stage Posters in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Mehdi Fatehi, 34, one of the five Iranian graphic designers competing…
'Kalat Claimed' a play written by Iranian film and theater director, screenwriter and playwright Bahram Beyzai is now available in English.
The play was translated into English by Iranian…
Mermaid, an environmental feature film on the Persian Gulf will have its public screening four years after the idea was first conceived.
“For a long time I’ve been defending my first…
The Iranian movie ‘Life and a Day’ written and directed by Saeed Roostaee won an award for the best feature film at the 22nd Geneva International Film Festival Tous Ecrans in Switzerland, at the…
Homeless people were the guests of honor on Saturday night at a special benefit concert in the Vatican conducted by Oscar winning Italian composer Ennio Morricone.
Shirin Art Gallery will take part in the eighth Abu Dhabi Art, a fair to be held in the UAE capital of Abu Dhabi, November 16-19.
‘Nonverbal Communications’, a book by master of communication and media management Professor Ali Akbar Farhangi has been published by the Tehran-based Meydanchi Publication.
Farhangi’s…
ExpoHalal Spain 2016 was a two-day exhibition of food, tourism and lifestyle held in Madrid, November 10-11, where the Iranian Working Group for Organizing Fashion and Clothing and the Institute…
