Dec. 14, 2020 Seán O’Casey (Irish dramatist) All the world’s a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed.

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License Holder: Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) Editor-in-Chief: Kambakhsh Khalaji Webinar to review coronavirus Editorial Dept. Tel: +98 21 88755761-2 Editorial Dept. Fax: +98 21 88761869 Subscription Dept. Tel: +98 21 88748800 consequences on Persian language ICPI Publisher: +98 21 88548892, 5 Advertising Dept. Tel & Email: +98 21 88500617 - [email protected] Website: www.irandailyonline.ir Arts & Culture Desk newspaper.irandaily.ir Email: [email protected] A two-day international webinar will be held from December Printing House: Cultural & Press Institute 25-26 in Iran focusing on the consequences of the coronavirus outbreak on Persian language education and development. Address: Iran Cultural & Press Institute, #208 Khorramshahr Avenue Tehran-Iran Organized by the Sa’di Foundation and Allameh Tabataba’i Iran Daily has no responsibility whatsoever for the advertisements and promotional material printed in the newspaper. University, the webinar will host 30 Persian language instruc- tors to non-Persian speakers around the world, according to ISNA. Sistan and Baluchestan provinc- Head of Allameh Tabataba’i University, Hossein Salimi, es has long been the priority of the head of Sa’di Foundation, Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel, Iran, Pakistan discuss expansion of Iran-Pakistan trade and cultural and a number of literary figures will attend the virtual pro- ties. gram. Apart from focusing on en- The effects of the coronavirus on Persian language classes, hanced border cooperation, the the effects of the coronavirus on the educational planning sys- media, cultural ties two countries that fight against tem in the field of Persian language and literature, the effects n a meeting between the con- ist based in Balochistan and a miscreants, smuggling, human of the coronavirus on the measurement of Persian language sul general of the Islamic Re- correspondent for the English- and drug trafficking, should also skills of foreign students, new methods and strategies of Per- Ipublic of Iran in Quetta, the language Dawn newspaper, told look towards cultural and media sian language teaching in the coronavirus period, problems of capital of Pakistan’s Balochistan, IRNA. cooperation to further strength- Persian language learners in virtual learning, and solutions to Hassan Darvishvand, and the “But this cooperation should en bilateral relations. solve them as well as efficient features, platforms and soft- president of Quetta Press Club, be developed at the provincial The media and culture coop- ware for teaching Persian language to non-Persian speakers Raza-ur-Rehman, both sides dis- levels as well,” he said. eration, especially at the pro- are among the subjects supposed to be discussed in the pro- cussed ways to strengthen media He added, “The provinces of vincial level, can be very con- gram. and cultural ties. Balochistan and Sistan and Bal- structive in promoting common Both sides emphasized the uchestan are the real centers of interests, that is, in strengthen- important role of the media in development related to common ing relations and opening further developing Iran-Pakistan rela- borders, trade, security, so the opportunities for the two sides. Trauma of plague caused Shakespeare tions and called for identifying need to facilitate the activities Iran and Pakistan have long areas for cooperation between of the media on both sides of the remained sympathetic, religious the two countries in the cultural IRNA border is inevitable.” and friendly neighbors; there- to change ‘King Lear’ finale Consul general of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Quetta, the capital of Pakistan’s and media sectors, IRNA re- Balochistan, Hassan Darvishvand (L), and president of Quetta Press Club, The Pakistani journalist fore, media cooperation of the ported. Raza-ur-Rehman, discuss ways to strengthen media and cultural ties. stressed the need for the govern- two brotherly Muslim countries, The ravages of the plague are the believes. He argues that Shake- Rehman said that the opening ment’s support for promoting especially the exchange of cul- true source of the dark sorrow driv- speare’s experience of the plague of the gates of media and cul- tural cooperation. the two border provinces, but media cooperation between Iran tural delegations, would further ing Shakespeare’s later work, a was so powerful and immersive he tural cooperation between the Secretary-General of Quet- increasing media interactions and Pakistan. cement ties. leading authority on the playwright had no need to name it repeatedly two border provinces of Iran and ta Press Club Zafar Baloch can help further strengthen these Iran and Pakistan have long In addition to the common has claimed – and were even be- in his work. As a result, Shake- Pakistan would help overcome stressed the need to strengthen ties. been willing to expand coopera- historical and cultural features hind his decision to change the tra- spearean scholars and directors common challenges. public relations between Iran’s “In recent years, we have wit- tion in all spheres; enhanced cul- of the two countries, they face ditional ending of the ‘King Lear’ have often failed to spot the grow- The meeting was widely cov- Sistan and Baluchestan and Pak- nessed an exchange of delega- tural and media relations have similar challenges, so the resi- story for his own play. ing effect it had. ered by the print and electronic istan’s Balochistan provinces. tions at the governmental level, proven to be a major step in this dents of two neighboring border According to the artistic director “Looking in the register of bap- media in Pakistan’s Balochistan He said although there are or perhaps limited to Tehran regard. provinces can increase coopera- of the Royal Shakespeare Com- tism in Stratford for 1564, when Province, welcoming both sides’ many commonalities between and Islamabad,” Ali Raza Rind, Cooperation between Paki- tion in the field of media to deal pany, Greg Doran, the national Shakespeare was born, you can see desire to increase media and cul- Iran and Pakistan, especially a prominent Pakistani journal- stan’s Balochistan and Iran’s with common challenges. trauma behind this masterpiece has the name of an 11-year-old weav- always been hiding in plain sight, er’s apprentice, and by a note of the Guardian wrote. his death it says ‘hic incipit pestis’, Russian documentary ‘Froth’ to be screened at Cinéma Vérité

The Russian documentary ‘Froth’ is In the meantime, several expert work- slated to be screened in the World’s Best shops, master talks as well as master section of the 14th Iran International classes will be held in this international Documentary Film Festival, known as cinematic event. Cinéma Vérité, which is scheduled to be The national competition section organized totally online from December comprises the short, mid-length and 15 to 22 in Tehran. feature-length documentaries. Directed by Ilya Povolotsky, a The international section of this edi- 33-year-old Russian documentarian nar- tion will be held in non-competition rates customs and everyday life on the format due to the spread of the corona- coast of the Barents Sea, irandocfest.ir virus. shakespeare.folger.edu reported. The international section of the festi- After researching in Stratford- Latin for ‘here begins the plague’. From the Barents Sea, a chill wind midff.com val also enjoys numerous non-compe- upon-Avon during lockdown, We know that 200 people soon seems to blow constantly across a semi- are slowly but surely being consumed an steadfastly runs a weather station. tition sections such Special Displays, Doran is now convinced he has died in the town, about six percent deserted town at the edge of the world. by the elements. Meanwhile, Dima, a The film also has participated in In- Mirror of a Festival, Portrait, Perspec- been guilty of ignoring the crucial of the population then.” Nevertheless, a little community holds young poacher, flouts as many rules as ternational Documentary Film Festival tive of One Country Documentary Cin- impact of widespread bereavement Doran also cites the words of out here. In a flawlessly filmed portrait he can, but gives friendly directions to Amsterdam and was honored in Thes- ema, Chile Documentary Cinema, Mas- on some of the greatest plays. Thomas Dekker, the pamphleteer of this extraordinary place, the theme lost tourists and reads lovingly to his saloniki Documentary Film Festival in ters of 2020 as well as 13 Editions & 13 “There is a big change in tone who chronicled the plague that lat- linking the residents is their determina- little daughter. Ferryman Alexander Greece. Films. in his later work. Academics have er hit London, while Shakespeare tion to chart their own course. is locked in a silent generational battle The festival has several sections in- According to the director of the speculated that this was to do was living there. Dekker described Bardak was a marine, but his garri- with his teenage daughter Masha; her cluding National, International, and festival, Mohammad Hamidi-Moqad- with political unrest and change, how “churches were pestered with son broke up and his comrades sought a eyes are on the outside world. Further Martyr Avini Prize, Entrepreneurship dam, so far, 894 films have been sub- the wake of the gunpowder plot, coffins”. better life elsewhere. He stayed behind along, a little team of ships from the Documentary Competition, Coronavirus mitted to the different sections of the but experiencing the pandemic “If you went out and you were among the many empty buildings that Second World War turns up, and a wom- Special Section and commemorations. event. this year has made it clearer to displaying the sores, or buboes as me what lies behind it,” said they called them, you could actual- Doran. “Shakespeare just could ly be hanged,” said Doran. “There no longer write straightforward were warders who went around comedies, or give a happy ending checking.” to Lear.” The devastation repeatedly vis- Italian Giffoni event to host Iran’s ‘Children of the Night’ The Bard casts a huge shadow ited on England by the bubonic on world culture, but personally plague into the beginning of the The Iranian documentary, ‘Children accompanied boys, aged between 13 the audience to find empathy for mur- he remains a mysterious figure. 17th century would also have of the Night,’ is scheduled to take and 15, have formed a de facto fam- derers who believe that pity is an un- There is little surviving documen- been professionally devastating part in the Giffoni Film Festival in ily. But these children, from Pakistan forgivable weakness.” tation, or even contemporary an- for Shakespeare. Theaters then, as from December 26-30. originally, are not just the victims The documentary had its national ecdote, to fill out the picture of the now, were closed down and actors The 83-minute film, directed by Beh- of war — they are some of its most premiere at the 13th edition of Ciné- man behind the most influential and playwrights had no work. Even rouz Nouranipour, will be screened at ruthless perpetrators, vulnerable kids ma Vérité film festival in Iran. poetry and theater in the English afterwards, touring troupes from the Documentary Competition section weaponized by Daesh in madrassas The Giffoni Film Festival is one of language. London were regarded as poten- of the 50th edition of the Italian festi- which churn out “bombs of anger”. the most well-known children’s film But evidence found in the ar- tially infected. val, ifilmtv.com reported. Through exceptional access and re- festivals in the world. It takes place in chives of Shakespeare ‘Birthplace According to Screen Daily, “In a search, Behrouz Nouranipour’s chill- the small Italian town of Giffoni Valle Trust,’ where church registers Read the full article on: refugee camp in Hatay, southeast of ing documentary paints a portrait of Piana in , , are held, is persuasive, Doran Irandailyonline.ir/News/278080.html Turkey, in 2017, a small gang of un- children conditioned to kill and asks close to and . khabargozarisaba.com

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