Oral History News for Tir 1403 (June 21 – July 21, 2024)
Translated by M.B. Khoshnevisan
2024-8-7
According to Iranian Oral History website, "News of the Month" is the title of a series of reports on this website. The reports take a glance at the news related to the topic of the site in written and virtual media. What follows is the news for June-July 2024.
* In a meeting with "Mohammad Reza Ghasemi", the head of Semnan Agricultural Jihad Organization on June 23, the Director General of the Foundation for Preservation of Sacred Defense Works in Semnan emphasized the necessity of compiling the oral history of the jihadists of Semnan province.
* The book "Women Don't Become Clergies" which is the fictional biography of Fatemeh Seyed Khamooshi (Tahaee), and written by Azam Azimi, was published by Behnasher Publications (Astan Quds Razavi) in 1000 copies and at the price of 60 thousand Tomans.
* The person in charge of the website and treasury of the Isfahan Municipal History Museum said that the museum's treasure of documents included documents, donated works and objects, images and photos, videos, oral history and urban geographical maps related to Isfahan Municipality since its establishment (1286 solar hijri) until now, adding that the approach of this museum is to create a digital archive and treasure of urban management documents.
*A meeting for reviewing and criticizing the book "The Morning of Sham; A narrative of the Syrian crisis, the memories of Dr. Hossein Amirabdollahian" was held on Sunday, June 23, 2024 at the Park-e Shahr Central Library. The book is the result of compilations by Mohammad Mohsen Mus'hafi, Ali Asghar Mohammadi and Saeed Fakhrzadeh. Soorah Mehr Publications published this book in 2021.
*During a visit to the National Library of Yazd Province, the Justice Chief of Yazd province emphasized the verification of oral history as a heritage of future generations and away from bias, adding, “We should preserve and protect the written heritage and oral history of the country just like the architectural heritage.
* The Secretary of the International Congress of Martyrs Defending the Shrine and the Resistance Front said: The activities of this congress in the field of authorship have resulted in the publication of 57 books on the topics of Martyr Soleimani, commanders, biographies, wives of martyrs, notes, research and oral history.
* The oral history book "Curved Sparks of Fire in IRGC" was unveiled on the sidelines of the national conference of professors of the science and education of holy defense and resistance at the National Museum of the Islamic Revolution and Holy Defense. |Curved Sparks of Fire in IRGC: Oral History of the Formation of the IRGC Artillery”, has been written by Abbas Heydari Moghaddam and published by Sarv Publications affiliated with the Holy Defense Museum of Tehran, with 400 pages in 1403.
*The head of the Center for Documents and Research of Holy Defense said: The center is conducting a review of the oral histories of 400 commanders of the Holy Defense era who are still alive.
*The second edition of the book "Legal Issues of Oral History Interviews" authored by Peymaneh Salehi in 378 pages was published by Iranian National Library and at the price of 270,000 Tomans.
*The head of the Art Center of the Islamic Revolution in Sistan and Baluchistan Province said, “A workshop on writing narratives and oral history titled "Promise of Pen 3" was held in Zahedan for two days attended by 30 art students”.
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