'Horse's Teeth'

June 28, 2021 Robert Frost (American poet) Poetry is what gets lost in translation. 8Arts & Culture License Holder: Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) Managing Director: Touraj Shiralilou Bint al-Huda collection of books Editor-in-Chief: Kambakhsh Khalaji Editorial Dept. Tel: +98 21 88755761-2 Editorial Dept. Fax: +98 21 88761869 published in English Subscription Dept. Tel: +98 21 88748800 ICPI Publisher: +98 21 88548892, 5 Advertising Dept. Tel & Email: +98 21 88500617 - [email protected] Website: www.irandaily.ir newspaper.irandaily.ir Email: [email protected] Printing House: Iran Cultural & Press Institute Address: Iran Cultural & Press Institute, #208 Khorramshahr Avenue Tehran-Iran Iran Daily has no responsibility whatsoever for the advertisements and promotional material printed in the newspaper. Iran’s ‘Horse’s Teeth’ PRESS TV The International Association of Muslim University Professors to be screened (IAOMUP) released ‘Bint al-Huda Collection: All Novels and Short Stories’. The book is the most complete collection of literary works of martyr Aminah Haider al-Sadr in English. The collection is a compilation of four novels and 24 short stories in Canada written by the famous Muslim author popularly known as Bint al- Huda, Press TV reported. he Iranian short film, ‘Horse’s Mahsa Bayat, Seyyed Ahmad Bint al-Huda played a significant role in creating Islamic aware- Teeth,’ is to compete at the 21st Mousavi-Rad, Peyman Shalbafan, Zah- ness among the Muslim women of Iraq from the late 1950s to 1980. TNickel Independent Film Festi- ra Sheikhzadeh and Hossein Jamei are She was the sister of the great Islamic scholar, philosopher and Is- val in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Cana- among the cast of the film. lamic economic specialist of Iraq, Ayatullah Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr. da, slated for July 19-25. The festival celebrates independent In 1980, Sadr and his sister were arrested and after three days of Written and directed by Roya Nejad- films and provides an opportunity for inhumane torture, they were murdered in cold blood by the tyranni- shojaee, the short film tells the story of the audience to watch such shorts and cal Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein. a young couple who, on their wedding features. Bint al-Huda’s body was secretly buried and the whereabouts of anniversary, are trying to fulfill a previ- The event hosts films that are chal- her grave remain unknown to this day. However, her memory will ous promise they made; but one of them lenging and engaging and offer a new live on in the hearts of lovers of humanity and justice. is trying to stop it, ifilmtv.com reported. perspective to viewers. ifilmtv.com The publishers hope that the release of the book will lead to a long- lasting memory of her dedication to Islamic culture and serve as a reli- able source to those who would love to read Islamic novels and stories. Film critic: Majidi’s commitment to most vulnerable Iranian vocalist Rezaei’s album ‘Molke Del’ released stands unwavering By Carlos Aguilar* personified by a young girl clandes- tinely selling goods on the subway Arts & Culture Desk Master director Majid Majidi, a po- to support her family. etic voice for the marginalized in Though affecting and humbly A new music album titled ‘Molke his native Iran, tells of his subjects’ breathtaking, ‘Sun Children’ doesn’t Del,’ featuring the works of the Ira- hardship and dignity with deeply bargain in condescending pity. Ma- nian vocalist Gholamreza Rezaei felt compassion in a body of work jidi’s characters have agency, even and Barafshan Ensemble. almost entirely dedicated to disad- if often at the mercy of their ado- According to ISNA, in this al- vantaged youth. From his Oscar- lescence. They cry tears of anger bum Hadi Montazeri cooperated nominated ‘Children of Heaven’ to and exhaustion, but also swim in a on kamancheh (spiked fiddle), Ha- his most recent gem of social real- fountain or play soccer, as if to re- man Khalili on tar (Iranian long- ism, ‘Sun Children,’ his commit- mind themselves they are still just necked lute family instrument), ment to the most vulnerable stands children. Mehdi Valizadeh on ney (end- unwavering. Those fleeting instances of juve- blown flute), Farima Movafaqi on In Majidi’s latest, freckled 12-year- nile enjoyment make the film’s final kamancheh, Marjan Ragheb on ISNA old Ali (Rouhollah Zamani), a jack- stroke all the more painful. Once santour (stringed instrument of This album has been produced of-all-trades, legal and otherwise, has the dust settles in Ali’s underground the hammered dulcimer), Vahid with the recording of Yaser Fallah- rarely known kindness. Never able to strandreleasing.com search, the most valuable riches — Rabiepour on daf (Iranian frame pour, mix master of Hami Haqiqi, let his guard down in the grit of Teh- ciates, all suffering precarious conditions packs in the air as they climb a wall, fast- the hope for a future and adults who drum) and dayereh (medium-sized graphics of Mehdi Taqehchian and ran, Ali intently acts tough to survive. But and forced labor, must enroll and slowly paced chases, or freed pigeons flying genuinely care — have already been pil- frame drum with jingles), Mehdi the photos of Mehdi Mohammad- there’s desperation in his startled eyes and carve their way to the prize. Inside, Mr. over clear skies. laged. Daryabari on tar, Chakad Feshara- Khani in Pajvak Music Studio of pleading voice. Zamani’s heart-wrenching Rafiei (Javad Ezati), a dedicated teacher Fortunately, Majidi doesn’t take the ex- ki on kamancheh, Soheilollah Da- Tehran’s Art Bureau. performance, one of the best in any film who worries for Ali, tries to prevent the pected path a Western production would * Originally from Mexico City, Carlos dian on zarb (goblet drum), Farzad The album consists of nine this year, exudes the hurt of a boy without Sun School’s impending eviction from with this premise, but rather demands we Aguilar is a film critic based in Los Angeles Mousavi on tar and Hojjat Fara- tracks whose songs and composi- a father and whose mother is in a mental in- the building. grapple with the unfairness of the world whose work has appeared in the Los Angeles jian on oud (short-neck lute-type), tions are in dastgah-e chahargah (a stitution. Majidi and cinematographer Hooman through these boys’ eyes. Some might get Times, The New York Times, the Wrap and ISNA wrote. musical modal system in tradition- When a local criminal tasks him with Behmanesh dot the drama with arresting an exit, the vast majority won’t. As in his IndieWire. He is a member of the Los Angeles The pieces were made by promi- al music and one of the seven dast- digging up a treasure buried near a school imagery, soaked in a sunlit glow, such as film ‘Baran,’ the experience of Afghan Film Critics Association. This article was first nent composer Khalili. gah of Persian music.) for street children, he and his young asso- one of the students throwing their back- refugees also concerns him here, and is published in the Los Angeles Times. ‘Be not solitary, be not idle’: Secrets of 400-year-old self-help book unlocked Admired by everyone from John In some ways, the text is like “an “The purpose of the edition is to “habit”’ used to have a technical page edition will open up the master- Milton to Nick Cave, ‘The Anatomy early modern self-help book”, said make it accessible, not just to schol- sense when applied to the physical piece to new readers, but also satisfy of Melancholy’ has always been a Gowland. “The idea is that when you ars, but to the general reader who is body. “When Burton uses it, it means the yearnings of existing enthusiasts, text that dazzled and confounded its read this, you’ll come across parts – interested in this kind of book,” Gow- ‘physical condition or constitution’. who surprised publishers in recent readers in equal measure. Burton says – you will recognise. land said. “All the obscure terms and This is essential for the literal under- years by ensuring earlier reprints Now, exactly 400 years after it was And when you see something about archaic and obsolete language has standing of the text in various plac- sold “extremely well”. “The number published, an academic has painstak- yourself, that’s when he thinks you been glossed systematically for the es,” he said. of emails I’ve had from people, who ingly traced the meaning of thousands should pay attention and implement first time, to allow you to read and Other riddles that have now been love the book, asking when it’s com- of its sphinxlike allusions, enigmatic the kind of remedies being presented. understand Burton’s words properly, solved include what Burton meant ing out and getting impatient… It’s references and arcane quotations, al- There’s a kind of therapeutic aspect to as they were originally intended.” when he cryptically advised his read- got this random fan base of people lowing Robert Burton’s famous text the text, a pre-modern notion of self- For example, scholars have typi- ers: “Don’t crush the basil.” “Pre- who really love it,” he said. to be fully understood for the very knowledge.” cally claimed that Burton and his viously, scholars thought it meant Many of the remedies for melan- first time, theguardian.com reported. Over the centuries its legion of ad- contemporaries believed melancholy ‘don’t make scorpions’. But why choly discussed in the book – from Angus Gowland of University Col- mirers has included literary figures was caused internally by black bile would you say that?” Gowland traced the importance of talking to friends, lege London told the Observer there such as Samuel Johnson, John Keats, in the human body.

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