Two books at a glance
The untold stories of commander and memoirs about commander
The victory of the Islamic revolution, struggle against anti-revolutionary forces and then the Iraqi imposed war against Iran each of which cover stories and events some of which have become public and have been talked about, but very little or even nothing has been talked about some others.Looking at the narration; "My house is here"
The reality of war from an eyewitness
War is a grim story. There is no different where it is occurred in the world, it is bitter and painful anyway. Common people enter unintentionally from an everyday life to living in a state of war. Some people continue their life and some ones involve themselves in war. Not only as a fighter, but also as common people who feel the consequences of the war wholeheartedly.Experiences and Reflections in Oral History by Morteza Rasoulipoor
Essential book for formulating oral history
Formulating experiences and reflections in a didactic work
As it is appeared from its title, the book is a didactic one. This book "Experiences and Reflections in Oral History'' examines activities or in other words, levels related to oral history such as epistemological basics, finding subject, framing questions, interviews technics, demodulation, processing and setting. It begins with author introduction and ''finding subject and preparing for interview '' is one of its primary chapters.SHOOTING UNDER FIRE: The World of the War Photographer
Assembled by Peter Howe, SHOOTING UNDER FIRE: The World of the War Photographer brings together the works of 10 extraordinary photographers, this master's class on war photography and includes more than 150 b&w and color photos, annotated with descriptions of their subjects and with very personal reflections from practitioners like magazine contract photographers James Nachtwey (Time) and Ron Haviv (Newsweek) about the nature of their work.About the Mostoufi Dead-end
Kerman in Mirza Mostafakhan Mostoufi Kermani’s look
An old, faded and rusty plaque has been set on the part of a wall. It contains the name of alley: ‘Mostoufi Dead-end’. On the other part of the wall the same name has been written with chalk. The picture of this brick wall along with the writing on it has formed the cover of a book, whose name is the same: Mostoufi Dead-endBook Review:
Wisdom and Politics
"Parts of Dr. Nasr's memories are not well-substantiated"
"Wisdom and Politics" is an oral history account of prominent Iranian philosopher and thinker Dr. Hussein Nasr's memories of the Pahlavi regime and the Islamic Revolution.Publication of the first issue of Oral History Journal in Iran
Attention to oral history, carelessness to the press techniques
‘Oral History journal’ is one of those publications which is realized as a specialized one, as soon as you take it in hand. Setting the contents together, how they are expressed and even the number of pages which is dedicated to each topic, displays it very well.From the State Look at August 18 coup to the Relation Between Land Reforms & the US
Review: Ardeshir Zahedi Memoirs
In the book’s preface, Ardeshir Zahedi says, “History is written from different viewpoints and those who are born after a historic period, have the right to get familiar with it beyond a narration and interpretation in order to judge better.”Hijab Discarding from Providing the Grounds to Implementation and Consequences
The book’s cover has been illustrated with fading images of school girls. The image shows Reza Shah was visiting a school and following up Hijab discarding. The book has also been allocated to this subject “Hijab discarding”.Infiltrator
Reviewing and studying the book “Korr-e Kermashan” by Masoumeh Jawaheri
One of the most mysterious periods of the Islamic Republic system was that of confronting this newly-established system with the hypocrites and anti-revolutionary groups which had grown like mushrooms in different parts of the country and committed many crimes....
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The Arab People Committee
Another event that happened in Khuzestan Province and I followed up was the Arab People Committee. One day, we were informed that the Arabs had set up a committee special for themselves. At that time, I had less information about the Arab People , but knew well that dividing the people into Arab and non-Arab was a harmful measure.Kak-e Khak
The book “Kak-e Khak” is the narration of Mohammad Reza Ahmadi (Haj Habib), a commander in Kurdistan fronts. It has been published by Sarv-e Sorkh Publications in 500 copies in spring of 1400 (2022) and in 574 pages. Fatemeh Ghanbari has edited the book and the interview was conducted with the cooperation of Hossein Zahmatkesh.Is oral history the words of people who have not been seen?
Some are of the view that oral history is useful because it is the words of people who have not been seen. It is meant by people who have not been seen, those who have not had any title or position. If we look at oral history from this point of view, it will be objected why the oral memories of famous people such as revolutionary leaders or war commanders are compiled.Daily Notes of a Mother
Memories of Ashraf-al Sadat SistaniThey bring Javad's body in front of the house. His mother comes forward and says to lay him down and recite Ziarat Warith. His uncle recites Ziarat and then tells take him to the mosque which is in the middle of the street and pray the funeral prayer (Ṣalāt al-Janāzah) so that those who do not know what the funeral prayer is to learn it.
