Bottom Up History

The title of Staughton Lynd’s new book, “Doing History from the Bottom Up,” not only defines the purpose and sets the direction; it lays down a challenge. Lynd uses the present continuous form of the verb “do,” which commonly means “to perform or carry out,” and which indicates that there is really no beginning nor end. Lynd challenges us to act rather than ideate, and he demands that the action proceed from the primary source; that is, the “bottom.”

A Diary of Iran and Transoxiana (beyond the (Oxus) river)

Mr. “Ka ge aki Oeba” who his pen name is “Ka ko e” had published his reports about his endless interesting traveling and visiting to different countries and regions throughout the world.

Naval Commandos in Khurramshahr: Unheard Stories

Soureh Mehr Publications has published "Naval Commandos in Khurramshahr", the first work published by a naval commando of the first Iranian division to withstand Iraq's assaults on the city of Khurramshahr before its capture in 1980. The stories were never published before.

Three Women of Herat

Afghanistan had not experienced the tumult of communists’ presence, when Veronica and her husband, John Baily entered Herat after 8 months of residence in Iran and learning Persian. Baily went to Herat to study ethnomusicology for Queens University of Ireland. At first, Veronica had no decision but to accompany her husband.

Memories of a Newsboy

"Memories of a Newsboy" encompasses the memories of Iran's oldest newsman alive. Born in 1928 in a village in the northern Mazandaran Province, Mohammad Ebrahim Ranjbar emigrated to Tehran at the age of 9 in 1937. He stepped into the news selling business soon after he entered the Iranian capital with support from two friends who resided near his place.

A Trip to Burnt Island

Oral History Weekly had the honor to publish for the first time the itinerary of Hedayatollah Behboudi in the cyberspace. The audience followed the itinerary from the weekly issue 132 to 146 in fifteen parts in two English and Persian languages. Since the itineraries are considered a branch of oral history, it can be said that the itinerary had created a variation during its publication.

An introduction to Oral history of Iranian Architecture

The book “An Introduction to Oral History of Iranian Architecture” has been released by Rowzaneh Publications and will soon be distributed in book stores. It has been written by Seyedeh Mitra Hashemi, and Mehrdad Qayoumi Bid’hendi has written an introduction in the beginning of the book.

Deylamghani’s Letter of Division

Major general Mohammad Deylamghani was born in 1920 in an old neighborhood of Mashhad. He started his education in Shargh and Onsori schools and continued it in Shah Reza high school. He then entered the military high school of Mashhad. He entered the officer’s college in 1940 after his interest and was trained for engineering corps. He was dispatched to Mashhad in 1945.

Two New Books in History

“The Memories of Unruliness Era” (parts of Taghi Makinejad’s life, one of the 53 activists of Iran Tudeh Party) by Yusuf Niknam and “The Social Ideas of Muslim Intellectuals” by Taghi Azad Armaki was published. Iran Book News Agency (IBNA) – “A look at Taghi Makinejad’s life”, “Memories and Notes of Taghi Makinejad”, “An Interview with Taghi Makinejad”, “Ceaseless (examples of his ideas and books)” and “Photos and Documents” are chapters of this book of 212 pages by Yusuf Niknam.

What I didn't know about Tiananmen Square

Rowena Xiaoqing He’s new book 'Tiananmen Exiles' offers fresh insight into the challenges that exiled Chinese student leaders faced after they escaped from China. As a reporter I covered the Beijing massacre of 1989 and then studied the issue for years afterward. I was beginning to think that I had nothing more to learn about it.