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Iran and Central Asia: a Cultural Perspective1
Iran and Central Asia: A Cultural Perspective1 Davood Kiani One of the most important tools utilized by states to maximize their impact in foreign affairs is public diplomacy and to this extent, public diplomacy is considered a source of soft power. The robust use of public diplomacy can enhance and reinforce the soft power of countries. Central Asia is among the regions that have an ever increasing relevance to regional and international affairs in the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Union, and is currently considered a critical subsystem for our country. The foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran towards this region is, on one hand, built on the foundation of converging factors in political, economic, and cultural arenas and looking towards opportunities for influence and cooperation. On the other hand, considering the divergent components, it also faces challenges and threats, the sum of which continues to effect the orientation of Iranian foreign policy towards the region. This article will study Iranian public diplomacy in this region and examine the opportunities and challenges, as well as, provide and proper model for a successful public diplomacy in the region of Central Asia, while taking into account the Islamic Republic of Iran’s tools and potential. Keywords: Public diplomacy, foreign affairs, Central Asia, Islamic Republic of Iran 1 This article is based on “Cultural Policies of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Central Asia” a research funded by Islamic Azad University, Qum Branch Assistant Professor, Islamic Azad University of Qom ([email protected]) (Received: 20 January 2014 Accepted: 5 June 2014) Iranian Review of Foreign Affairs, Vol. -
Transformation from Tent to Room: Room of Traditional Turkish House
IJASOS- International E-Journal of Advances in Social Sciences, Vol. III, Issue 9, December 2017 TRANSFORMATION FROM TENT TO ROOM: ROOM OF TRADITIONAL TURKISH HOUSE Deniz Demirarslan Ass.Prof Dr.,Kocaeli University, TURKEY, [email protected] Abstract The room has a function of nucleus in the formation of Turkish House which has an important place in the sense of traditional residence features in the world and the planning of this residence begins with room. Therefore, this residence is a phenomenon that develops from inner space through outer space. The formation of the room of traditional Turkish house is influenced by various elements. On top of them there come the requirements of nomads and Turkish-Islamic life style. The effects of these are clearly observed in the architectural design and decoration of the room which is shaped by the features of traditional life and bestows its design characteristics from nomad tent. Before immigrating to Anatolia from 11th century A.D., Turks have lived mostly a nomadic life in Middle Asia. Therefore, just like in other Middle Asia cultures; Turks have lived in temporary shelters. After settling in Anatolia and before that after accepting Islam; Turks have started to lead a sedentary life and formed a new living culture with the effect of various Anatolian civilizations, notably the Byzantines. In this way, a type of residence which is built in Anatolia, Balkans and Caucasus in the period of Ottoman Empire has emerged. The room of this type of house which lasted from 15th century to the second half of 19th century forms the nucleus of design. -
MESA ANNUAL MEETING 2015 Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, Denver, CO November 21-24, 2015
MESA ANNUAL MEETING 2015 Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, Denver, CO November 21-24, 2015 The following listing of CMES- and Harvard-affiliated speakers was compiled from the MESA Program that was posted in September. Please note that there may have been updates since this time that we were unable to include. For the most current information on times and locations of these panels, visit: https://mesana.org/mymesa/meeting_program.php Pages i.-iii Harvard affiliate listing with session times Pages 9-50 MESA program with Harvard affiliate names highlighted Harvard Affiliate Listing with day(s)/time(s) of MESA sessions Harvard Faculty: . Bayoumi, Soha (Lecturer, History of Science) – Sun, 11-1 . Cammett, Melani (Professor of Government)—Sat, 5:30-7:30 pm; Mon, 5-7 . Dundar Akarca, Halit (Davis Center Visiting Professor)—Sun 8:30-10:30 . Fahmy, Khaled (Shawwaf Visiting Professor in Modern Middle East History)—Sat, 5:30-7:30 . Granara, William (CMES Director, Professor of Arabic, NELC) – Sun, 11-1 . Sullivan, Nevenka Korica (Senior Preceptor NELC, CASA Director)– Sun, 11-1 . Mottahedeh, Roy (Gurney Professor of History) – Sun, 2-4 . Ragab, Ahmed (HDS; Richard T. Watson Assistant Professor of Science and Religion) – Mon, 5-7 Harvard Students: . Agsar Alibhai, Ali (NELC) – Sun, 2-4; Mon, 11-1 . Andani, Khalil (Divinity, NELC) – Mon, 5-7 . Anderson, Paul (NELC) – Mon, 5-7 . Arslan, C. Ceyhun (NELC) – Sun, 4:30-6:30; Mon, 11-1 . Ben Ismail, Youssef (NELC) – Mon, 8:30-10:30 . Blecker, Allison (NELC) – Sun, 11-1 . Elston, Mary (NELC) – Mon, 8:30-10:30 . Gurbuzel, Aslihan (History/MES) – Sun, 11-1 . -
Official General Report on Northern Iraq (April 2000) Contents Page
Official general report on Northern Iraq (April 2000) Contents Page 1. Introduction 4 2. Information on the country 6 2.1. Basic facts 6 2.1.1. Country and people 6 2.1.2. History 8 2.2. System of government 17 2.3. Political developments 20 2.3.1. Internal relations 20 2.3.2. External forces 31 2.4. Security situation 36 2.5. Social and economic situation 48 2.6. Conclusions 53 3. Human rights 55 3.1. Safeguards 55 3.1.1. Constitution 55 3.1.2. Other national legislation 55 3.1.3. Conventions 56 3.2. Monitoring 56 3.3. Respect and violations 58 3.3.1. Freedom of opinion 58 3.3.2. Freedom of association and of assembly 59 3.3.3. Freedom of religion 60 3.3.4. Freedom of movement 73 3.3.5. Judicial process 83 3.3.6. Arrest and detention 84 3.3.7. Maltreatment and torture 87 3.3.8. Extra-judicial executions and murders 87 10804/00 dre/LG/mc 2 DG H I EN 3.3.9. Death penalty 87 3.4. Position of specific groups 88 3.4.1. Turkmens 88 3.4.2. Staff of international organisations 91 3.4.3. Conscripts, deserters and servicemen 96 3.4.4. Independent intellectuals and journalists 98 3.4.5. Prominent political activists 99 3.4.6. Fayli Kurds 99 3.4.7. Women 101 3.4.8. Orphaned minors 104 3.5. Summary 104 4. Refugees and displaced persons 106 4.1. Motives 106 4.2. -
Turkmen of Iraq
Turkmen of Iraq By Mofak Salman Kerkuklu 1 Mofak Salman Kerkuklu Turkmen of Iraq Dublin –Ireland- 2007 2 The Author Mofak Salman Kerkuklu graduated in England with a BSc Honours in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Oxford Brookes University and completed MSc’s in both Medical Electronic and Physics at London University and a MSc in Computing Science and Information Technology at South Bank University. He is also a qualified Charter Engineer from the Institution of Engineers of Ireland. Mr. Mofak Salman is an author of a book “ Brief History of Iraqi Turkmen”. He is the Turkmeneli Party representative for both Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom. He has written a large number of articles that were published in various newspapers. 3 Purpose and Scope This book was written with two clear objectives. Firstly, to make an assessment of the current position of Turkmen in Iraq, and secondly, to draw the world’s attention to the situation of the Turkmen. This book would not have been written without the support of Turkmen all over the world. I wish to reveal to the world the political situation and suffering of the Iraqi Turkmen under the Iraqi regime, and to expose Iraqi Kurdish bandits and reveal their premeditated plan to change the demography of the Turkmen-populated area. I would like to dedicate this book to every Turkmen who has been detained in Iraqi prisons; to Turkmen who died under torture in Iraqi prisons; to all Turkmen whose sons and daughters were executed by the Iraqi regime; to all Turkmen who fought and died without seeing a free Turkmen homeland; and to the Turkmen City of Kerkuk, which is a bastion of cultural and political life for the Turkmen resisting the Kurdish occupation. -
La Discapacidad Visual En El Cine Iraní
UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS DE LA INFORMACIÓN TESIS DOCTORAL La discapacidad visual en el cine iraní MEMORIA PARA OPTAR AL GRADO DE DOCTOR PRESENTADA POR Zahra Razi Directora Isabel Martín Sánchez . Madrid Ed. electrónica 2019 © Zahra Razi, 2019 UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID Facultad de Ciencias de la Información Departamento de Periodismo y Comunicación global TESIS DOCTORAL La discapacidad visual en el cine iraní MEMORIA PARA OPTAR AL GRADO DE DOCTOR Autora: Zahra Razi Directora: Dra. Isabel Martín Sánchez Madrid, 2018 I Agradecimientos En primer lugar quiero agradecer de manera destacada a mi directora, Dra. Isabel Martín Sánchez, la confianza que ha mostrado en esta investigación desde el principio, el apoyo constante durante el desarrollo de la tesis y el intenso trabajo en los últimos meses para concluir este trabajo de investigación. Le agradezco la confianza, apoyo y dedicación de tiempo a mis profesores: Dra. María Antonia Paz, Dr. Francisco García García, Dr. Bernardino Herrera León, Dr. Joaquín Aguirre Romero, Dr. Vicente Baca Lagos y Dr. Emilio Carlos García por haber compartido conmigo sus conocimientos y sobre todo su amistad. Además, quiero agradecer a la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, la posibilidad que me ofreció de realizar, entre 2012 y 2014, el Máster en Comunicación Social, cuyo trabajo final es el embrión de esta tesis doctoral en 2018, que me abrió la puerta a una realidad social, hasta entonces conocida pero no explorada, como es el mundo de la discapacidad visual en el cine iraní. A Ana Crespo, por ser parte de mi vida académica, gracias por su apoyo, comprensión y sobre todo amistad y dedicación de tiempo. -
The Fatimid Caliphate General Editor: Farhad Daftary Diversity of Traditions
'lltc Jnslitutc of lsmaili Studies Ismaili Heritage Series, 14 The Fatimid Caliphate General Editor: Farhad Daftary Diversity of Traditions Previously published titles: I. Paul E. Walker, Abu Ya'qub al-SijistiinI: Intellectual Missionary (1996) 2. Heinz Halm, The Fatimids and their Traditions of Learning ( 1997) 3. Paul E. Walker, Jjamfd al-Din al-Kirmani: Ismaili Thought in the Age ofal-l:iiikim (1999) 4. Alice C. Hunsberger, Nasir Khusraw, The Ruby of Badakhshan: A Portrait of the Persian Poet, Traveller and Philosopher (2000) 5. Farouk Mitha, Al-Ghazalf and the Ismailis: A Debate in Medieval Islam (2001) Edited by 6. Ali S. Asani, Ecstasy and Enlightenment: The Ismaili Devotional Literature of South Asia (2002) Farhad Daftary and Shainool Jiwa 7. Paul E. Walker, Exploring an Islamic Empire: Fatimid History and its Sources (2002) 8. Nadia Eboo Jamal, Surviving the Mongols: Nizari Quhistani and the Continuity ofIsmaili Tradition in Persia (2002) 9. Verena Klemm, Memoirs of a Mission: The Ismaili Scholar; States man and Poet al-Mu'ayyad fi'l-Din al-Shfriizi (2003) 10. Peter Willey, Eagle's Nest: Ismaili Castles in Iran and Syria (2005) 11. Sumaiya A. Hamdani, Between Revolution and State: The Path to Fatimid Statehood (2006) 12. Farhad Daftary, Ismailis in Medieval Muslim Societies (2005) 13. Farhad Daftary, ed., A Modern History of the Ismailis (2011) I.B.Tauris Publishers LONDON • NEW YORK in association with The Institute oflsmaili Studies LONDON 1111 '1111' 1'itti111icl <: 11lifih111t· soun;cs and fanciful accounts of medieval times. 'lhus legends and misconceptions have continued to surround the Ismailis through the 20th century. -
Fluoride Concentration of Drinking-Water of Qom, Iran
Iranian Journal of Health Sciences 2016; 4(1): 37-44 http://jhs.mazums.ac.ir Original Article Fluoride Concentration of Drinking-Water of Qom, Iran Ahmad Reza Yari 1 *Shahram Nazari 1 Amir Hossein Mahvi 2 Gharib Majidi 1, Soudabeh Alizadeh Matboo 3 Mehdi Fazlzadeh 3 1- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran 2- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 3- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran *[email protected] (Received: 4 Jul 2015; Revised: 22 Oct 2015; Accepted: 27 Dec 2015) Abstract Background and Purpose: Fluoride is a natural element essential for human nutrition due to its benefits for dental enamel. It is well-documented that standard amounts of fluoride in drinking- water can decrease the rate of dental caries. This study was conducted with the aim of measuring fluoride concentration of drinking-water supplies and urban distribution system in Qom, Iran. Materials and Methods: Results were subsequently compared against national and international standards. All sources of drinking-water of rural and urban areas were examined. To measure fluoride, the standard SPADNS method and a DR/4000s spectrophotometer were used . Results: Results showed that the mean of fluoride concentration in rural areas, mainly supplied with groundwater sources, was 0.41 mg/L, that of the urban distribution system 0.82 mg/L, that of Ali-Abad station 0.11 mg/L, and that of the private water desalination system 0.24 mg/L. -
Path(S) of Remembrance: Memory, Pilgrimage, and Transmission in a Transatlantic Sufi Community”
“Path(s) of Remembrance: Memory, Pilgrimage, and Transmission in a Transatlantic Sufi Community” By Jaison Carter A dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology in the Graduate Division of the University of California, Berkeley Committee in charge: Professor Mariane Ferme, Chair Professor Charles Hirschkind Professor Stefania Pandolfo Professor Ula Y. Taylor Spring 2018 Abstract “Path(s) of Remembrance: Memory, Pilgrimage, and Transmission in a Transatlantic Sufi Community” by Jaison Carter Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology University of California, Berkeley Professor Mariane Ferme, Chair The Mustafawiyya Tariqa is a regional spiritual network that exists for the purpose of assisting Muslim practitioners in heightening their level of devotion and knowledges through Sufism. Though it was founded in 1966 in Senegal, it has since expanded to other locations in West and North Africa, Europe, and North America. In 1994, protegé of the Tariqa’s founder and its most charismatic figure, Shaykh Arona Rashid Faye al-Faqir, relocated from West Africa to the United States to found a satellite community in Moncks Corner, South Carolina. This location, named Masjidul Muhajjirun wal Ansar, serves as a refuge for traveling learners and place of worship in which a community of mostly African-descended Muslims engage in a tradition of remembrance through which techniques of spiritual care and healing are activated. This dissertation analyzes the physical and spiritual trajectories of African-descended Muslims through an ethnographic study of their healing practices, migrations, and exchanges in South Carolina and in Senegal. By attending to manner in which the Mustafawiyya engage in various kinds of embodied religious devotions, forms of indebtedness, and networks within which diasporic solidarities emerge, this project explores the dispensations and transmissions of knowledge to Sufi practitioners across the Atlantic that play a part in shared notions of Black Muslimness. -
Koel Chatterjee Phd Thesis
Bollywood Shakespeares from Gulzar to Bhardwaj: Adapting, Assimilating and Culturalizing the Bard Koel Chatterjee PhD Thesis 10 October, 2017 I, Koel Chatterjee, hereby declare that this thesis and the work presented in it is entirely my own. Where I have consulted the work of others, this is always clearly stated. Signed: Date: 10th October, 2017 Acknowledgements This thesis would not have been possible without the patience and guidance of my supervisor Dr Deana Rankin. Without her ability to keep me focused despite my never-ending projects and her continuous support during my many illnesses throughout these last five years, this thesis would still be a work in progress. I would also like to thank Dr. Ewan Fernie who inspired me to work on Shakespeare and Bollywood during my MA at Royal Holloway and Dr. Christie Carson who encouraged me to pursue a PhD after six years of being away from academia, as well as Poonam Trivedi, whose work on Filmi Shakespeares inspired my research. I thank Dr. Varsha Panjwani for mentoring me through the last three years, for the words of encouragement and support every time I doubted myself, and for the stimulating discussions that helped shape this thesis. Last but not the least, I thank my family: my grandfather Dr Somesh Chandra Bhattacharya, who made it possible for me to follow my dreams; my mother Manasi Chatterjee, who taught me to work harder when the going got tough; my sister, Payel Chatterjee, for forcing me to watch countless terrible Bollywood films; and my father, Bidyut Behari Chatterjee, whose impromptu recitations of Shakespeare to underline a thought or an emotion have led me inevitably to becoming a Shakespeare scholar. -
Female Silences, Turkey's Crises
Female Silences, Turkey’s Crises Female Silences, Turkey’s Crises: Gender, Nation and Past in the New Cinema of Turkey By Özlem Güçlü Female Silences, Turkey’s Crises: Gender, Nation and Past in the New Cinema of Turkey By Özlem Güçlü This book first published 2016 Cambridge Scholars Publishing Lady Stephenson Library, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 2PA, UK British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Copyright © 2016 by Özlem Güçlü All rights for this book reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner. ISBN (10): 1-4438-9436-2 ISBN (13): 978-1-4438-9436-4 To Serhan Şeşen (1982-2008) and Onur Bayraktar (1979-2010) TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Figures .......................................................................................... viii Acknowledgements ..................................................................................... ix Notes on Translations ................................................................................. xi Introduction ................................................................................................. 1 And Silence Enters the Scene Chapter One ............................................................................................... 30 New Cinema of Turkey and the Novelty of Silence Chapter Two ............................................................................................. -
SALA 2017 Beyond the Postcolonial?
SALA 2017 Beyond the Postcolonial?: Meaning-Making and South Asian Studies in the 21st Century The 17th Annual Conference of the South Asian Literary Association Wyndham Philadelphia Historic District Hotel (400 Arch Street) in Philadelphia, PA January 2-4, 2016 Abstracts and Biographies Krishanu Adhikari, University of Hyderabad “Indian Campus and the Problematics of Caste: A Study of Select Indian Campus Novels in English” Campus Fiction as a distinct subgenre of fiction rose into prominence in the West during 1950s, which following the words of Raymond Williams can be stated as a kind of emergent cultural form. In a similar vein, Indian academia has also contributed to the ‘palimpsestic’ growth of a similar kind of fiction, written in English on Indian campuses, since 1950s, which has hitherto remained unheeded in the existing body of criticism on Indian English Fiction. Unlike their western counterpart, Indian Campus Novels, since their inception, tend to depict a picture of the campus which actively participates in the formation of the constitutive narrative of the ‘political’ in larger socio-political order of post-independence India. This paper would attempt to study Srividya Natarajan’s No Onions Nor Garlic (2006) and M. K. Naik’s Corridors of Knowledge (2008), so as to probe how these two novels manifest two different discursive traces of approaches, concerning the deep rooted problematics of Indian Caste system in two different Indian university campuses, located in culturally/geographically two different spaces in post-independence India. While Natarajan questions the prevailing Brahminical hegemony in The Chennai University, M. K. Naik on the other hand highlights the slow downfall of Indian academia due to its over-inclusive nature.