Book Review

The Years of Shame

The Years of Shame is the title of the book of memoirs of the people of Ali Qali neighborhood of Isfahan from the time of the discovery of the hijab, the prohibition of the homily and the famine, which researches and interviews were conducted by Hajar Safaiyeh, Narges Loqmanian, Faeze Darehgzani, Rasul Ahmadi and Mehdi Tajiani, and it was written by Faezeh Darehgezani. At first, the reader quickly realizes that this book has an innovative structure both in terms of form and content.

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We also fought

Mohammad Mehdi Rahimi, whose familiarity with several active women of Mallard seems to have encouraged him to collect their memories, is the author of the book. The number of interviewees is not known, but the narratives of 13 women have been published in 66 episodes. Apparently, the number of interviewees was more than this, and the author of the book, Narjes Tavakoli Leshkajani, selected narratives that had a story line and compiled them with historical categories.

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Minoochehr

Mirmah Publications founded by a group of doctors and supported by Irans National Elites Foundation, it has published narratives of life of some doctors. One of these doctors is Manoochehr Davaei. Based on his name, the book is called Minoochehr [(in Persian it means someone who has a heavenly face)]. Javad Kamvar Bakhshayesh is the scholar and editor of this book; according to the introduction, the book is result of 12 hours of video interviews with Doctor Davaei ...

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“History Watcher”

In the middle six months of 1981 (1360 SH), a group of the political office of IRGC headed to the fronts in order to record events which were related to commanding the war; some the narrators died a martyr. Sayyid Mohammad Eshaghi was one of those narrators who in the year 1980, after being active for a time in Rasht Basij, joined IRGC and after that he narrated the war for 4 years, he died a martyr in January 19, 1987.

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“The Route of Malek”

Hossein Malek Afzali, one of the greats of Iranian health field, was born in 1939 in Ardakan, Yazd. During his childhood years, he and his family migrated to Tehran and then to Qom. At the end of the 6th grade, despite his fathers opposition, with the support of his mother and relatives, he studied in high school and then entered the medical school of Tehran University.

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Still Roaring

Narration of the chequered life of disabled war veteran Seyyed Ali Akbar Mustafavi

"His performance was so effective that I appointed him at the head of the combat organization. He did everything in those few days. He is not only a skilled shooter at the national level, but also at the world level, he has been one of the best ones of CENTO competitions. Maybe he did not even think that one day he would use this expertise to destroy his enemies... Their captivity strengthened his faith and loyalty to the system".

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The Wound of Cold Rocks

Memoirs of Gholam Hassan Nejat Bakhsh of Kurdestan and west of the country

In the introduction of his book, the author of "The Wound of Cold Rocks" quotes the above sentence from Fidel Castro – the leader of Cuban independence. Because in his opinion, the expression of such a sentence by someone who is a seasoned guerrilla in every sense and gained the independence of his nation through this method of war, shows the prominence of the work of our combatants in the western regions and Kurdestan.

An Overview of the Book “Forsan”

Oral History of the Ear Cutters in Ilam

"Forsan" has a simple and almost faded cover that looks yellow and is designed using a photo in the appendices; According to the caption, when we carefully stare at its pale components, gradually, we see a group of operation intelligence guys and a number of warriors — some standing and some sitting — appear in front of us as if from the mists of the time. In the opening statement of the acknowledgement, ...

A Reading of the Book: “Guy of the Mall”

Memoir by Hamid Ghasemi

“I woke up with the sound of gunshots. I looked and saw they were Iraqis! They were very close to us. The guys were shooting. We knew if we acted late, we would be massacred. I shot at the Iraqis. My magazine became empty. At the same time, I saw an Iraqi coming up from the fort! He had a big and well-trained body; I was terrified! I was confused. ...

A Short Review of the Book “Literature of I”

A Way to Comprehend Autobiographies and Personal Narratives

Seemingly simple lines between the two main and sub-titles of the book turn into an eloquent design on the cover in which the three excerpts on the back of the cover express the same content in a clear and explicit way. The shortest and of course the most general description is in the first two or three lines: “Literature of I (Adabiat-e Man) is a comprehensive book about the genres of ‘life’ ...