Art & Culture JANUARY 6, 2016 3 This Day in History Fajr Names Main Section Films January 6 Today is Wednesday; 16th of the Iranian month of Dey 1394 solar hijri; corresponding to 25th of the Islamic month of Rabi al-Awwal 1437 lunar hijri; and January 6, 2016, of the Christian Gregorian Calendar. Barcode by Mostafa Kiaei Today is Christmas, according to the Eastern Orthodox Churches and the Oriental Sound and Fury by Houman Orthodox Churches using the Julian Calendar, and made up of the countries of Greece, Seyyedi Cyprus, Russia, Armenia, Georgia, Belarus, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, Macedonia, Eritrea, and Ethiopia, as well as the Istanbul-based Church of Turkey, the Daughter by Seyyed Reza Copts of Egypt, the Assyrians and Chaldeans of Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and the Mirkarimi Syriac Christians of Kerala in India – all of which are opposed to the authority of the Coquetry by Seyyed Jalal Vatican and the Catholic Pope. It marks Epiphany, or the day that the three wise men of Dehghani the East, known as Magi or the Magians of Iran, came with gifts of Gold, Incense and Myrrh, for the infant Prophet Jesus (AS). Scandal 2 by Masoud 1352 solar years ago, on this day in 664 AD, the notorious Omayyad partisan and Dehnamaki governor of Egypt, Amr ibn al-Aas, died at the age of around 90 in a state of acute Spare by Borzo Niknejhad mental agony while recalling his crimes against Islam and humanity, including how he had tried to cheat the Prophet of Islam’s righteous heir, Imam Ali (AS), of the caliphate Cyanide by Behrouz Shoeibi by declaring the rebel Mu’awiyya ibn Abu Sufyan as the caliph. Born out of wedlock in We Will Not Get Used To by Mecca to a morally-loose slave-girl, named Layla bint Harmalah and called “Nabigha”, Ebrahim Ebrahimian his paternity was open to doubt in those freewheeling days of Jahiliyya because of the Where Are My Shoes by polyandrous relations of his mother with at least five persons at the same time including Abu Sufyan and Aas ibn Wa’el. Although Amr greatly resembled the stingy miser Abu Kiomars Pourahmad Sufyan, his mother by openly citing the issue of maintenance claimed that the rather Lantouri by Reza Dormishian generous Aas had fathered her illegitimate child. With the advent of Islam, Amr showed Malaria by Parviz Shahbazi bitter hostility toward Prophet Mohammad (SAWA), and when the latter migrated to Medina, he was involved in almost all the battles imposed upon Muslims by the pagan Nafas (Breath) by Narges Arabs of Mecca. Earlier, when a batch of persecuted Muslims led by the Prophet’s cousin, Abyar Ja’far ibn Abu Taleb, sought asylum in Abyssinia he led an unsuccessful mission to the Blind Spot by Mehdi court of the Christian king, Negus, for the handover of the refugees. In 8 AH, two years Golestaneh before the passing away of the Prophet and shortly before the surrender of Mecca to the Muslims, Amr, sensing the end of the days of paganism, came to Medina – along with Happened Midnight by Tina that other avowed enemy of Islam, Khaled bin Waleed – to pretend conversion to Islam, Pakravan although none of his deeds ever support his claim to be a Muslim. After the Prophet, Inversion by Behnam when the neo-Muslim Arab armies swept in different directions, he led the attack on Behzadi the Byzantine province of Egypt. When Mu’awiyyah consolidated power in Syria, he joined him as advisor in Damascus and was the evil mind in most of the plots against 7-Month Old by Hatef the Prophet’s divinely-decreed successor, Imam Ali ibn Abi Taleb (AS), including the Ali Moradkhani, deputy-Minister of Culture for Artistic Affairs has attended a ceremony on Tuesday to unveil the official Alimardani hoisting of copies of the holy Qur’an on spear-points during the War of Siffeen in order Iran holds the international to deceive Muslims and evade a definite defeat. Earlier during the battle, to escape poster of the 34th Fajr Intl. Film Festival. certain death from the flashing blade of Imam Ali (AS), Amr while fleeing, shamelessly Fajr film, theater, music, visual disrobed himself, making the Imam turn away from such an abhorred sight. In 38 AH, he TEHRAN (MNA) – The The complete list of the Last? by Farzad Motamen arts and poetry festivals each again attacked Egypt and seized it by brutally martyring the legally appointed governor, selection board for the 34th films: Here Comes the Dragon by year to mark the anniversary of Mohammad ibn Abu Bakr. Thus at the time of his agonizing death, he admitted that he Fajr International Film Festival Wooden Lollipop by Hossein Mani Haghighi the 1979 Islamic Revolution. felt as if the Mountain of Redhwa was hanging upon his neck and he was being dragged through the eye of a needle for his sins and crimes against Islam and humanity. has released the list of films Farahbakhsh Bodyguard by Ebrahim The 34th Fajr International 1132 solar years ago, on this day in 884 AD, the founder of the Alawid state in chosen for the main section Mina by Kamal Tabrizi Hatamikia Film Festival is slated for Tabaristan, Hassan Ibn Zayd, known as “Da’i al-Kabeer” (Elder Missionary) and “Da’i titled ‘Soda-ye Simorgh’. When Did You See Sahar Born by Mohsen Abdulvahab February 1-11 in Tehran. il-al-Haq” (Inviter to Truth), passed away in Amol, Mazandaran, after a twenty-year reign. He was 6th in line of descent from Imam Hasan Mojtaba (AS), the elder grandson and 2nd Infallible Heir of Prophet Mohammad (SAWA), and was invited by the people of northern Iran to lead them against the usurper Abbasid regime. He enlightened the people with the teachings of the Prophet’s Ahl al-Bayt, and was known for his resolute Indonesian Professors resistance against the Abbasids and their regional agents. Historians have praised Educational Theatre for Students him as a just and equitable ruler, possessing rare energy as a sincerely religious man, Visit Imam Reza TEHRAN (IRNA) – Tehran’s the learning process are beyond epic poem, Shahnameh (The Book well educated, and a patron of letters. Hassan was succeeded by his younger brother, Mohammad, who was known as “Da’i as-Sagheer” (Younger Missionary), who during Library and Museum elementary schools will soon include doubt, said Ali Yadollahi, one of of Kings). his 16 year-rule, until martyrdom while fighting the invading Samanid forces, continued educational programs on student the directors, who has worked “There is no subject or age bar his brother’s enlightened policies and rebuilt the holy shrines in Karbala and Najaf. TEHRAN(ABNA) - A number theatre to both identify young talent on several concepts of Persian for indirect education and training 1001 lunar years ago, on this day in 436 AH, the great scholar and jurisprudent, of Indonesian university professors in the performing arts as well as language grammar for 6th through performance,” Yadollahi Seyyed Ali Ibn Hussain, popularly known as Sharif Murtaza, passed away at the age attended in the Razavi Holy Shrine and of 81 in his hometown Baghdad. He was born in a family descended on both sides boost learning. graders of elementary school, said. Identifying and improving from Prophet Mohammad (SAWA) – his father Hussain was 5th in line of descent from visited the central library and museum The Theatre Production Center in the form of a show on ‘Seven students’ weak points would be Imam Musa al-Kazem (AS), while his mother, Fatema (a scion of the family that had of Astan Quds Razavi. at the Institute for the Intellectual Quests of Rostam’ (Haft-Khan- more feasible if education experts carved out an independent state in Tabaristan on the Caspian Sea coast of Iran) – was The group of Indonesian university Imam Zain al-Abedin’s (AS) descendent. It was she who entrusted her two sons, as Development of Children and e-Rostam). and theatre artists collaborate students, to the great scholar, Sheikh Mufid, who on her insistence had written one of his professors, lecturing in Islamic Young Adults (IIDCYA) has The ‘Seven Labors of Rostam’ closely. famous books “Ahkam an-Nisa” or jurisprudential rules for women. Sharif Murtaza’s sciences and philosophy, attended invited 16 directors in performing is a series of acts carried out by About 45 performances are vast knowledge earned him the title of ‘Alam al-Huda’ (Banner of Guidance). He wrote in the Holy Shrine of Imam Reza arts to hold educational shows in the greatest of the Iranian heroes, planned in the selected schools, some 66 books and treatises on a variety of topics such as theology, jurisprudence, (A’) along with two officials of Qur’anic sciences, grammar, literature, and poetry. This leading Mujtahed served for 16 elementary schools in the capital Rostam, and immortalized by the Financial Tribune reported. 30 years as the Chief Judge of Baghdad, and was highly respected by all, including Tehran al-Mustafa International and under 16 different programs. celebrated poet Ferdowsi (940- More shows are planned in Sunni Muslims. Acknowledged as the greatest scholar of his era, during the rule of University. The effects of visual senses in 1018 AD) in his world renowned cooperation with school authorities. the Iranian Buwaiyhid Dynasty over Iraq-Iran-Oman, he groomed many outstanding These Shi’ite and Sunni pilgrims ulema, including the famous Iranian scholar Shaikh at-Ta’efa Tusi – the founder of paid a visit of the central library the celebrated Islamic Seminary of Najaf. Sharif Murtaza was the elder brother of the equally prominent, Sharif Radhi, the compiler of the famous book “Nahj al-Balagha” and different museums of Astan – the collection of the sermons, letters and maxims of the Commander of the Faithful, Quds Razavi including visual Tehran Waterfall to Equip With Eco-Friendly Imam Ali (AS). His books include “al-Intisar”, “ash-Shafi”, “at-Tanzih al-Anbiyya”, arts, aquatics, astrology, dishes, “al-Ghurar wa’d-Durar” and “Zakhirat al-Usul al-Fiqh”, as well as a Diwan containing Energy Resources over 20,000 of his Arabic verses. and Razavi Holy Shrine history 898 solar years ago, on this day in 1118 AD, the Spanish Muslim city of Zaragoza and treasuries and made familiar with TEHRAN (Tehran.ir) - District system) in the parks of Tehran’s maintain hot water all over the year. the province of the same name, now called Aragon, was occupied by Alfonso the Battler, a peerless collection of Iranian 22 will equip Tehran Waterfall with western neighborhoods. Solar water heating is the conversion thereby ending 414 years of glorious Islamic rule. Founded by the Romans as Caesar- culture and history. Augusta, the city was captured by the Goths, who lost it to the Muslims in 714, and Solar Water Heater systems to spread Equipping more than 40 parks of sunlight into renewable energy for was called Saraqusta in Arabic. It grew to become the biggest Muslim city of Northern Hussein al-Kaff, leader of the the use of renewable energies in order in Tehran with SWH systems, water heating using a solar thermal Spain. It became a hotbed of political intrigue. In 774, its governor, Hussain Ibn Yahya Indonesian group recounted the to reduce pollution. will result in an %80 cut in fuel collector. SWH systems comprise al-Ansari declared Hispania to be a province of the Abbasid caliphate, prompting the goal of this scientific trip to Iran as Omayyads of Cordoba to launch an abortive attack. Hussain resisted till 788 and in Previously, District 5 had set up 43 consumption. The eco-friendly various technologies that are used the meantime in 777, beat back an attempt by Charlemagne of France to besiege it. passing a 20-day course in Tehran Solar Water Heater systems (SWH alternative energy sources also worldwide increasingly. The area changed hands several times among the various Muslim factions. In 884 it al-Mustafa University and said was sold by Mohammad Ibn Lubb Ibn Qasi to the Christian Raymond of Pallars, but regarding the central museum, was immediately retaken by the Muslims. In 886 the Banu Tujibi family was appointed “Collecting and preserving these to govern it, and after over a century of increasing its economic and military might it declared it as an independent Taifa or emirate. In 1038, Zaragoza was seized by Banu works with such an ancientness Houd, whose ruler, Abdul-Malik Imad od-Dowla, made the mistake of allying himself was amazing and interesting for all with the Castilian Christians against the al-Morawid Muslim dynasty. The treachery members of the group.” proved fatal and in 1118 with the help of mercenaries, Alfonso seized Zaragoza and “The magnitude and extent of ended Muslim rule. The magnificent al-Jaferia Palace, built by Ja’far al-Muqtadir, serves as the regional parliament today. museums of Astan Quds Razavi 535 solar years ago, on this day in 1481 AD, Ahmed Ibn Kuchuk, the Khan of the marks the Iran ancient civilization Great Horde from 1465 was killed by the Siberian Ibak Khan and the Nogay tribe at the and culture and authorities’ attempt mouth of the River Donets. He seized power from his elder brother Mahmoud and in 1472, entered into alliance with the Polish king Casimir IV against Ivan III of Russia. and attention of this center to culture”, In 1480, following Russia’s refusal to recognize him as overlord, he launched a military he remarked. campaign against Moscow. Referring to the elegant burial 525 solar years ago, on this day in 1492 AD, Christian occupiers of the Spanish chamber and golden inscriptions put Muslim emirate of Gharnata (Granada), led by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, entered the magnificent Islamic fortress complex of “al-Hamra” (“The Red” in Arabic on show in the museum of Razavi and mispronounced ‘Alhambra’ by the Europeans). It is today a UNESCO World Holy Shrine history, he said, “Display Heritage Site, and the inspiration for many songs and stories. Spanish Muslim poets of old objects of the Holy Shrine in described it as “a pearl set in emeralds,” in allusion to the colour of its buildings and the woods around them. The palace complex was designed with the mountainous site this place is really impressive and in mind and many forms of technology were considered. The park, which is overgrown admirable.” with wildflowers and grass in the spring, was planted by the Muslims of Spain with Leader of the Indonesian group roses, oranges and myrtles. Completed by the Nasrid Sultans Yusuf I and Mohammad viewed the handwritten works of the V, a century before the fall of Granada to a mercenary force of Christian invaders from different parts of Europe, the al-Hamra is a reflection of the culture of the last centuries of central library amazingly exquisite Islamic Spain. Among the architectural beauties of this vast complex which for centuries and added, “This cultural place holds was neglected and damaged by the Christians, before its modern restoration are the a very beautiful architecture and Royal Complex, the Court of Lions, the Court of Myrtles, and the Hall of Ambassadors assigning such a big area to a library – each structure, marveled for its grand design of slender horse shoe arches, columns, arabesques, and dazzling Arabic calligraphy. is remarkable.” 10 solar years ago, on this day in 2006 AD, in yet another case of racism, Afro Referring to the active presence of the American teenager, 14-year old Martin Lee Anderson died a day after he was brutally youth in the central library of Razavi beaten at a juvenile detention boot camp in Florida by white US officers. Videotape showed that he was punched and kicked. In May 2007 the Florida state legislature agreed Holy Shine, he said, “That the Iranian to pay Anderson’s family $5 million to settle civil claims, but a few months later, an all- young generation attends to studying white jury acquitted 8 former boot camp workers of manslaughter, despite undeniable and research is very pleasing since Daroghe (Sheriff) historic house – Mashhad - Razavi Khorasan Province – Iran evidence. by such people the Islamic Iranian (Courtesy: IRIB English Radio – http://english.irib.ir) Courtesy: Tasnim civilization continues to grow.”