Nicholls seeking veterans to record war stories

Nicholls State University is looking for Louisiana veterans willing to tell their stories as part of an oral-history project.

Revolution literature should not be neglected

All experts attending a session to assess the growth of Persian literature under the Islamic Revolution maintained that the literature still lacks many of the features it requires to be recognized in the society.

World Prize for the Book of the Year names winners

Concurrent with the 29th edition of Iran's Book of the Year Award, the winners of the 19th World Prize for the Book of the Year of the Islamic Republic of Iran were announced in which 24 foreign books were picked up.

Air Force s Role in Islamic Revolution

In the unveiling ceremony of the Role of the Air Force in the Islamic Revolution, head of the Islamic Revolution documents center said that the obedience of the air force to Imam Khomeini was memorable and unexpected for the Shah's regime.

Mandelas book hits Iranian bookshelves

Conversations with Myself by Nelson Mandela has been rendered into Persian by Ali Akbar Abdolrashidi. Etelaat publication center has released the book in the Iranian market.

Local educators participate in national oral history project

Eight-year-old Harleé Patrick's wide, frightened eyes caught the heart of her teacher as she walked into class at T.C. Walker Elementary School in Gloucester.

Franco’s Spain revealed from the inside out

Martha Heard of Albuquerque will chat about her long-running oral-history project in a talk titled “Revolution Within a Civil War” at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, at the National Hispanic Cultural Center.

$225,000 grant to sustain Flight 93 oral history project

The Friends of Flight 93 National Memorial has received a $225,000 grant from The Heinz Endowments to sustain the Flight 93 Oral History and Documentation Project directed by the National Park Service for the next three years.

Shapur Bakhtiars Memoir to be discussed on radio

Saye-Roshan radio program will discuss Shapur Bakhtiars Memoir. The book contains his interview with Harvard University Center for Middle Eastern Studies.

Teamed memory telling shields Sacred Defense from distortion

Head of Sacred Defense Values and Relics Preservation and Publication Foundation said the center is seriously considering expansion of teamed memory telling.
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Book Review

The Hidden Camp

The Hidden Camp narrates the autobiographical memoirs of Mohammad Hassan Mirzaei, recounting his experiences from managing Iraqi POW camps to enduring captivity in Iranian POW camps. This work, rewritten and compiled by Meysam Gholampour, was published in the summer of 2024 by Mirath-e Ahl-e Qalam Publications in collaboration with the Damavand Martyrs Foundation.
Book review

That Side of the Wall

Seizure of US embassy as narrated by Habibollah Bitaraf
Habibollah Bitaraf was one of three first ideologues of the seizure of the US embay and a member of the coordination council of the den of the espionage. He who was studying Civil Engineering in Technical Faculty of Tehran University at that time has first-hand memoirs about the event.

Oral history education should not rely on individuals

Today, training is considered by the oral history experts as a key issue. According to Dr. “Ali Tattari”, oral history education needs to be processed in universities so that, by approving regulations and guidelines, the education of this science does not rely on individuals and does not suffer from a crisis with the slightest change in the country's political and economic climate.

Filming the crime of Shah's agents in morgue

On that day [9th of Dey 1357 in Mashhad – December 30, 1978], the whole city was in chaos; the hospitals, the shops, and in addition to these, the movie theatre was burning in fire. Even, I heard that some people had gone and set fire some centers such as "Iran-America Society" or the ones connected to the foreigners. The clashes continued till almost sunset.