Art & Culture October 28, 2020 3 This Day in History (October 28) Best Director Award Goes to Today is Wednesday; 7th of the Iranian month of Aban 1399 solar hijri; corresponding to 11th of the Islamic month of Rabi Awwal 1442 lunar hijri; and October 28, 2020, of the Christian Gregorian Calendar. 1051 solar years ago, on this day in 969 AD, Byzantine general Michael Iranian Film in U.S. Bourtzes seized part of the fortifications of the Muslim Syrian city of Antakiyya (Antioch) and three days later completed the conquest of the entire A short synopsis of the short city by driving away the Abbasid forces. It had been liberated by Muslims film reads, “A woman aborts three centuries and 31 years earlier in 637 from the yoke of the Eastern Roman Empire. In 1084 Antakiyya and its surroundings were retaken by Muslims her fetus because she distrusts under Sulaiman ibn Qutulmish Seljuqi who had rebelled against his overlord her husband. She has mental Malik Shah I of the -based Great Seljuq Empire. In 1094, two years problems and has different nar- after the death of Malik Shah, Antakiyya was lost by Qilij-Arsalan Seljuqi ibn rations of her life in her mind.” Sulaiman to the Crusader invaders from Europe, who held it under fluctuating Made by Hojjat Gholami, fortunes for the next 174 years until May 1268 when it was liberated Sultan cast members of the short film Zahir od-Din Baibars of the Mamluk Dynasty of Egypt-. Ever since, Antakiyya, which in 1937 was illegally transferred to by the French includes Negar Hassanzadeh, occupiers of Syria, has been part of the Muslim World. Hadi Ahmadi, Milad Bangi, 870 lunar years ago, on this day in 572 AH, Qilij Arsalan II, the Seljuqid Ghazaleh Toudeh-Zaeem, Ar- Sultan of Roum defeated Byzantine Emperor Manuel Komnenos at the Battle man Mir-Abdolhaq, and Sepehr of Myriokephalon. The defeat marked the end of Byzantine attempts to recover Ansari. the Anatolian plateau, which was now lost to the Turks forever and today forms The Reading Film Festival the center of the Republic of Turkey. Qilij Arslan died in 1192 after a reign of presents films that promote con- 36 years. He promoted Persian culture and was succeeded by Kaykhosrow. 528 solar years ago, on this day in 1492 AD, Christopher Columbus landed on versation about racial issues. the eastern coast of Cuba with the help of Muslim navigators from Spain who The festival hosts films from were familiar with the sea routes of the Atlantic Ocean to what later became independent filmmakers from known as the American continent. The Spanish slaughtered and enslaved the around the world, including local people of Cuba and plundered its natural resources. The Cubans deeply student films, shorts, documen- resented colonial rule, which centuries later was replaced by US imperialism, taries and feature films. following Spain’s defeat in the 1898-1902 war. Cuba became truly independent in 1959 under Fidel Castro, who started a revolution in 1956 to end the US The event also includes panel exploitation of his country. discussions and Q&A sessions 504 solar years ago, on this day in 1516 AD, the Battle of Khan Yunis occurred with filmmaker. in Gaza, resulting in the defeat of the Turkic Mamluk (Slave) Dynasty of The latest edition of the festi- Egypt-Syria by Sinan Pasha, the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Sultan Selim I. (IFILM) -- Iranian er’s Dreams’ has grabbed the edition of the Reading Film Fes- val took place on October 8-11, 489 solar years ago, on this day in 1531 AD, in the Battle of Amba Sel, Imam short flick ‘I Dream My Moth- Best Director Award at the 2020 tival in the U.S. 2020. Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi of the Adal Sultanate of the Horn of Africa again defeated the army of Lebna Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia. The southern part of Ethiopia fell under Muslim control. 393 solar years ago, on this day in 1627 AD, the 4th Moghul Emperor of Award-Winning ‘Malakout’ Crowned Best Animation the Northern Subcontinent and Eastern Afghanistan, Noor od-Din “Jahangir” (World Grasper), died in Lahore in what is now Pakistan, after a reign of 22 years, during which he ruled mostly with the assistance of his Iranian wife, at Horror Festival Noor Jahan, the daughter of the minister, Mirza Ghiyas Beg Tehrani E’temad TEHRAN (MNA) – Iranian ano player who tries to bring od-Dowla. 316 solar years ago, on this day in 1704 AD, English philosopher-physician, short animated film ‘Malakout’ his wife back to life but the John Locke, died at the age of 72. He spent over 20 years developing the ideas (Divinity) has won a prize at deal awakens the devil inside he published in 1690 in his most significant work “Essay Concerning Human 2020 HorrorFest International him. Understanding”, which analysed the nature of human reason, and promoted experimentation as the basis of knowledge. He established primary qualities in the United States. Malakout has attended 121 (solidity, extension, number) as distinct from secondary qualities identified by Directed by Farnoosh Abedi, international festival, manag- the sense organs (colour, sound). Thus the world is otherwise silent and without colour. Locke recognised that science is made possible when the primary world Malakout won the award at the ing to grab 27 awards so far. mechanically affects the sense organs, thereby creating ideas that faithfully ‘Best Animated’ section of the The Annual international represent reality. event, which was held online film festival took place in St. 274 solar years ago, on this day in 1746 AD, the Peruvian cities of Lima and Callao were demolished by a severe earthquake that claimed 18,000 victims, due to the coronavirus pan- George, UT from Thursday, in addition to leaving thousands of people homeless. demic. October 22nd thru Saturday, 186 solar years ago, on this day in 1834 AD, the Battle of Pinjarra was fought in the Swan River Colony in present-day Pinjarra, Western Australia, resulting The animation is about a pi- October 24th. in the cold-blooded massacre of 40 Aborigines by British soldiers. 149 lunar years ago, on this day in 1293 AH, the great scholar and bibliographer, Grand Ayatollah Sheikh Mohammad Mohsin, popular as Aqa Bozorg Tehrani, was born in Tehran. The masterpiece that Aqa Bozorg produced in almost 30 volumes, titled “adh-Dhari’a ila Tasaneef ash-Shi’a”, Exercise May Stall became a major contribution to Islamic scholarship. He also compiled a biographical encyclopedia of Shi’a Muslim scholars as a companion to “adh- Cancer Growth Dhari’a”, titled “Tabaqaat A’laam ash-Shi’a”, but each section, pertaining to the scholars of a given century, also has a separate title. He passed away in STOCKHOLM (Dispatches) The researchers also trans- in 1389 AH at the age of 96 and was laid to rest in his own library. -- People with cancer who exer- ferred cytotoxic T cells from 102 solar years ago, on this day in 1918 AD, following the end of World War cise generally have a better prog- trained to untrained mice with 1, Czechoslovakia was founded as one of the successor states of the Austro- Hungarian Empire as per the Treaty of Versailles. nosis than inactive patients. tumors, which improved their 94 solar years ago, on this day in 1926 AD, prominent leader of ’s Prior research has shown that prospects compared with those Constitutional Movement, Ayatollah Seyyed Hassan Modarres, escaped physical activity can prevent who got cells from untrained an assassination attempt against him by Reza Khan of the British installed Pahlavi regime. Two years later, the Ayatollah, who in 1925 had unsuccessfully unhealth as well as improve animals. opposed the dissolution of the Qajarid dynasty, was arrested along with his the prognosis of several dis- family and friends and exiled to Khaf and then to , where in 1937 he eases including various forms was fatally poisoned on the orders of Reza Khan and achieved martyrdom at of cancer. Exactly how exer- the age of 67. Ayatollah Modarres was among the teachers of the Father of the Islamic Revolution, Imam Khomeini (RA), and his portrait is depicted on the cise exerts its protective effects obverse of the Iranian 100 rials banknote. against cancer is, however, still 88 lunar years ago, on this day in 1354 AH, the prominent scholar and one of unknown, especially when it the renowned lecturers of the Najaf seminary, Ayatollah Seyyed Hassan Sadr passed away. He groomed many scholars, and wrote several books, including comes to the biological mech- “Ta’sees ash-Shi’a”, “Role of Shi’a Scholars in Development of Islamic anisms. One plausible expla- Sciences”, “The Shi’a Muslims and Promotion of Islamic Arts”, and a nation is that physical activity refutation of the absurd viewpoints of the pseudo Syrian scholar Ibn Taimiyya. activates the immune system 73 solar years ago, on this day in 1948 AD, during the first war of the usurper state of Israel against Arabs, Zionist troops mass murdered the residents of ad- and thereby bolsters the body’s Dawayima Village in occupied Palestine. The attack on the village’s mosque ability to prevent and inhibit alone, martyred 75 Muslims in the state of prayer. The Zionists also slaughtered cancer growth. 35 Palestinian families, who had sought shelter in a cave, outside this village. They then razed to the ground the entire village. In 1984, when UN officials In this study, researchers at asked Israel’s representative at the General Assembly about the incidents, he Karolinska Institutet expanded even denied the existence of such a village in a bid to conceal the crimes of on this hypothesis by examin- the Zionist entity. ing how the immune system’s 58 solar years ago, on this day in 1962 AD, on the orders of Soviet Leader, Nikita Khrushchev, who agreed to call back ships carrying atomic weapons, cytotoxic T cells, that is white the Cuban missile crisis ended. Cuba lies around 90 kilometers from the US blood cells specialized in kill- soil and constantly exposed to US pressures. ing cancer cells, respond to ex- 47 solar years ago, on this day in 1873 AD, the prominent literary figure and rather controversial author of Egypt, Dr. Taha Hussein, died at the age ercise. of 84. He authored several books such as “History of Arabic Literature” “Ibn They divided mice with can- Khaldoun’s Philosophy” and “al-Fitnat-al-Kubra” – The Great Sedition that cer into two groups and let one deals with the sorry state of affairs of the caliphate after the passing away of group exercise regularly in a Prophet Mohammad (blessings of God upon him and his progeny). He also wrote “Hafez and Shawqi”, which is a comparison between two great poets spinning wheel while the oth- of the Persian and Arabic language – Iran’s Khwaja Hafez Shirazi and Egypt’s er remained inactive. The re- Poet Laureate, Ahmad Shawqi. sult showed that cancer growth 40 solar years ago, on this day in 1980 AD, Iranian scholar and poet, Hojjat al- Hussain-Ali Rashed, passed away at the age of 75. His works include slowed and mortality decreased The harvest season for saffron, known as ‘red gold’, has kicked off in North Khorasan province. This “Fazilat-hai Rashed”, “Two Philosophers of the East and West”, and in the trained animals compared province is one of the hubs for producing the most expensive spice in the world. “Collection of Rashed’s Discourses”. with the untrained. Courtesy of Mehr News Agency