Art & Culture February 3, 2018 3 This Day in History (February 3) Fajr Film Festival Opens in Today is Saturday; 14th of the Iranian month of Bahman 1396 solar hijri; corresponding to 16th of the Islamic month of Jamadi al-Awwal 1439 lunar hijri; and February 3, 2018, Time’, ‘Bomb, A Romantic’ and of the Christian Gregorian Calendar. ‘Lottery’ were the movies that were 1101 lunar years ago, on this day in 338 AH Ali ibn Buyeh Daylami, titled Emad ad- warmly received by the audiences at Dowlah, the founder of the Buwaiyhid dynasty of -Iraq-Oman, died. He first entered the public screenings of the first day the services of the Iranian Samanid dynasty of in Central Asia under Nasr II, of the festival. and later joined Maakaan, who ruled Gorgan and Rayy as a governor of the Samanids. He managed to occupy a high position and gained army commissions for his two younger This edition of the Fajr Film Festival brothers, Hassan and Ahmad. When Maakaan rebelled against the Samanids by seizing will also premiere “At Damascus Khorasan, and was attacked by the Ziyarid prince, Ali, along with his brothers, Time” and “Emperor of Hell” that both switched sides. Ali was granted rule over . When warned of Mardavij’s plan to recount stories on Daesh extremism. eliminate him, Ali and his Daylamite troops moved against the heretical Khurramites, Due to the theme running through and on gaining control of the region, took control of from the Abbasid governor Yaqut. Mardavij’s appearance forced him to abandon Isfahan, but he now took Arrajan, their stories, both movies have been between Fars and Khuzestan, and after a series of battles, entered . Mardavij’s predicted to take center stage at the murder followed by collapse of Ziyarid control of central Iran, enabled Ali to retake festival. Isfahan through his brother Hassan, while the youngest brother Ahmad took control of “At Damascus Time” directed by . Ali next sent Ahmad to Khuzestan, from where he entered Iraq, and finally . The Abbasid caliph conferred upon him the title of Mo’iz ad-Dowla, while Ali Ebrahim Hatamikia tells the story of and Hassan were given the titles of Emad ad-Dowla and Rokn ad-Dowla, respectively. an Iranian pilot and his son as copilot The Buwaiyhid dynasty ruled Iran, Iraq and Oman for 110 years, and were patrons who are seized by the Daesh forces of learning and literature, both Arabic and Persian. They encouraged development of in Syria when are in the country science and technology, and built many architectural monuments, including hospitals, to deliver a cargo of humanitarian bridges, dams, mosques, and the holy shrines of the Infallible Imams. 779 lunar years ago, on this day in 660 AH, famous scholar, Izz od-Din Abdul- relief supplies to people in a war-torn Aziz Ibn Abdus-Salaam, passed away in Cairo at the age of 83. Born in Damascus, his region. expertise in Islamic jurisprudence made him the Friday Prayer Leader of the Omayyad Directed by Parviz Sheikhtadi, Mosque, from where he delivered scathing sermons forbidding the selling of weaponry “Emperor of Hell” reveals the key role to the Crusaders with whom the Ayyubid ruler of Syria was openly dealing, despite the that Arab muftis played in the rise of fact that these arms were being used against Muslims. As a result, he was dismissed and Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Seyed Abbas Salehi made a speech at the ceremony. left for Egypt where he settled down. the radicalism of Daesh. 858 solar years ago, on this day in 1160 AD, the self-styled holy Roman emperor, Hatamikia has previously made Frederick Barbarossa of Germany, barbarically hurtled prisoners, including children, TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The 36th under the supervision of Iranian Iranian Minister of Culture and “Glass Agency”, “In the Color of at the Italian city of Crema, forcing it to surrender. The siege was marked by several edition of the Fajr Film Festival opened cinematographer Ebrahim Islamic Guidance Seyed Abbas Salehi Purple” and several other acclaimed episodes of brutality against fellow Christians by the Germans, who hung Cremaschi in the Iranian capital of Tehran on Darooqezadeh. made a speech at the ceremony. prisoners to siege machines, resulting in bloody manslaughter. Barbarossa, who on the movies that were mostly on the instructions of Pope Urban III had assembled a huge anti-Muslim army of crusaders Thursday with many cultural and Since 2015, the festival has Late Iranian filmmaker Ali Moallem 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war and the in alliance with the kings of France and England, and marched overland towards Syria cinematic figures in attendance. been held in two separate national was honored during the inauguration repercussions the event had in Iranian through the Byzantine Empire; miserably drowned in River Saleph (Goksu Nehri) in The 36th edition of the Fajr Film and international categories. The ceremony in the presence of his society. what is now Turkey, without reaching Palestine. Barbarossa and his horse were struck by Festival started its work yesterday international section will be held in family. It is being held at Tehran’s divine wrath and swept away to a terrible death that aborted the 3rd European crusade and will last until February 10 April. ‘Confiscation’, ‘In the Levant against Muslims. His leaderless army lost heart and fled, and many Christian knights, iconic Milad Tower. afraid of the prospect of fighting Muslims, committed suicide. 641 solar years ago, on this day in 1377 AD, some 5,000 people of the Italian city of Cesena were slaughtered by troops of Pope Gregory XI for refusing to follow the irrational laws of the Catholic Church. The various Christian sects have a long bloody Bacterial Duo Linked to Colon Cancer history of internecine warfare. 567 solar years ago, on this day in 1451 AD, the 6th Ottoman Sultan, Murad II, died WASHINGTON (Dispatches) - A second study in mice published the formation of malignant tumors. The Science findings describe after a reign of almost three decades during which he expanded the Turkish Empire into Patients with an inherited form of colon concurrently by a Johns Hopkins Together, these findings could lead to a process in which these bacteria Europe, defeating the Christian coalition of the holy Roman Empire, Poland and Serbia- Hungary. He was, however, unsuccessful in the east in Anatolia (modern Turkey) against cancer harbor two bacterial species that Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for new ways to more effectively screen for invade the protective mucus layer fellow Turkic rulers, especially the forces of the Iran-based Empire of Shahrokh (son collaborate to encourage development Cancer Immunotherapy research team and ultimately prevent colon cancer, a of the colon and collude to create a of the central Asian conqueror, Amir Timur). Murad was succeeded by his son, Sultan of the disease, and the same species have shows a possible mechanism behind disease that kills more than 50,000 microenvironment -- complete with Mohammad II, who exterminated the Byzantine or Eastern Roman Empire and liberated been found in people who develop a how one of these species spurs a people each year in the U.S. and is on nutrients and everything the bacteria Constantinople which he renamed Islambol (Istanbul). On entering the city, he recited the Persian couplet of the famous Iranian poet, Shaikh Mosleh od-Din Sa’di: sporadic form of colon cancer, a research specific type of immune response, the rise among younger adults age 20 need to survive -- that induces chronic “The spider weaves the curtains in the palace of the Caesars; team finds. promoting -- instead of inhibiting -- to 50. inflammation and subsequent DNA The owl calls the watches in the towers of Afrasiyab.” damage that supports tumor formation. 509 solar years ago, on this day in 1509 AD, the Battle of Diu off the coast of Gujarat, These findings suggest a change in took place between the Portuguese marauders assisted by the Raja of Cochin, and a the standard of care for people who coalition of navies of the Sultan of Gujarat, the Mamluk ruler of Egypt, the Ottoman Key Protein Helps Bones That Won’t Heal Sultan, and the Zamorin of Calicut, resulting in a stalemate, at the end of which, the carry both types of bacteria. “More Portuguese admiral, Francisco de Almeida, treacherously slaughtered the unsuspecting WASHINGTON (Dispatches) to a biomaterial and delivering it human use of those proteins. frequent colon cancer screening than Egyptians and Indians in the most barbaric way. This happened despite Gujaratt’s release - A powerful protein inside the to a bone injury site, we could BMPs, by comparison, are the currently recommended once every of the well-treated Portuguese prisoners taken in the victorious Battle of Chaul a year body helps naturally repair bone enhance healing,” Hankenson soluble, so they can migrate from 10 years should be considered,” says earlier. For some 40 years, the Portuguese and the Gujarat-Egyptian-Ottoman coalition Drew Pardoll, M.D., Ph.D., director of fought seesaw battles off the Indian coast. The “Mirat-e Sikandari”, a Persian history of injuries. Increasing it in some says. the site of delivery and settle the Indian Muslim Kingdom of Gujarat details some of these battles. Among its heroes patients could jump-start the The results affirm that hunch: elsewhere in the body, triggering the Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for were Amir Hussain al-Kurdi, the Egyptian governor of Jeddah, Malik Ayaz of Gujarat, process, a new rodent study finds. Rodents that received Jagged-1, other cells that aren’t supposed to Cancer Immunotherapy. Ultimately, who was a Russian convert to Islam, and Bayram Pasha the Ottoman. When a patient breaks a bone, applied via wet collagen sponge, form bone. once better understood, administering 139 solar years ago, on this day in 1879 AD, the first usable incandescent filament there’s a possibility the fracture saw improvements to skull and Because the body produces drugs or vaccines to prevent electric light bulb was demonstrated to an audience of 700 by its inventor Joseph Wilson colonization of the bacteria in the colon, Swan in in England. He established the world’s first electric light bulb factory and later won’t heal properly or quickly -- femoral bone injuries. Jagged-1 on its own, this potential his bulbs were used to light up Mosley Street in the Newcastle city centre, the first street even with the aid of pins, plates Rodents treated with BMPs, new therapy would require a and potentially even probiotics to chase in the world to be lit by electric light. or a cast. by contrast, also benefited but synthetic version of the ligand to the bugs from the colon, are preventive 79 solar years ago, on this day in 1939 AD, Akbar Adibi, Iranian scientist and father And use of another restorative developed the same problematic be produced and administered to measures that could be explored to of electronics in Iran, was born. After obtaining masters in Electrical Engineering he interrupt the cancer-promoting process. worked at Alestom Power Plant and taught at Tehran University. In 1973 he left for the tactic known as bone bone hypertrophy associated with a patient. US, where he obtained two Master of Science degrees – the first in Microprocessor- morphogenetic proteins, or based Computer Systems and the second in Solid State and Semiconductor Device. He BMPs, is increasingly less likely. completed his PhD in 1977 on Barrier Solar Cells. On return to Iran he resumed his job Designed to promote spinal of lecturer at Tehran Polytechnic, which after victory of Islamic Revolution became the fusion and bone repair more than Amir Kabir University. His notable achievements are: Creation of Iran’s first Solar Cell in 1978, over 100 articles in Iranian and international journals, full professorship in 1995, a decade ago, these molecules can title of “The Most Recognized and Elite University Professor of Iran” in 1996, and being overperform, causing excessive named the “Father of Electronics and VLSI in Iran”. He was involved in many projects, or misdirected bone growth, namely; the design and implementation of a 32 channel PCM system, the design and studies have shown. construction of a DSP-based high voltage network protection system, and the design of a DCS-based control, until his death in 2000. Adibi authored several books such as But because bone-healing “Pulse Techniques”, “Theory and Technology of Semiconductor Devices”, and “Digital biological research has often been Electronics”. He believed that electronics and VLSI technology could help Iran lower its limited, few other options exist. dependency on oil. “Novel therapies have gone 75 solar years ago, on this day in 1943 AD, during World War 2, one of the bloodiest underdeveloped because of battles in history, the over 6-month long Battle of Stalingrad, ended in victory for the Soviet Union and surrender of 110,000 German troops. The combined casualties were this assumption that bones heal almost two million. without problem,” says Kurt 52 solar years ago, on this day in 1966 AD, the first-ever landing on the moon occurred Hankenson, D.V.M., Ph.D., a when the unmanned Soviet Luna 9 spacecraft safely landed three days after its takeoff professor of orthopaedic surgery from Earth. at Michigan Medicine. “The 46 solar years ago, on this day in 1972 AD, a 7-day blizzard struck northwestern Iran and killed at least 4,000 people, making it the deadliest snowstorm in history. There were reality is there’s a huge number no survivors in Kakkan, and near the border with Turkey. Sheklab Village and its 100 of fractures that occur each year inhabitants were buried. that don’t heal very well.” 39 solar years ago, on this day in 1979 AD, Imam Khomeini (RA), set he would set The divide recently inspired up an interim revolutionary government to set the stage for referendum after drafting of Hankenson and a team of Islamic Iran’s Constitution. Meanwhile, 35,000 US left Iran soil and 10,000 remaining would soon leave. scientists from other institutions 12 solar years ago, on this day in 2006 AD, the Muslim world erupted in anger at the to examine a new therapeutic sacrilegious cartoons re-published in Europe. In Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, approach. Malaysia, Palestine, and Pakistan, demonstrators called for boycott of European goods. Their method: deliver The flag of Denmark, where the insulting cartoons first appeared was burned. 11 solar years ago, on this day in 2007 AD, Takfiri terrorists detonated a truck bomb additional Jagged-1 -- a potent Sadr City, martyring over 150 Muslims and injuring over 350 others. Created by Saudi osteoinductive protein known Arabia and the Zionist entity, with the blessings of the US, the Takfiri goal is to tarnish to activate the Notch signaling the image of Islam. pathway that regulates bone 9 solar years ago, on this day in 2009 AD, the Islamic Republic of Iran successfully healing -- at the spot of a bone launched into orbit a missile carrying “Omid” (hope in Persian), its first domestically- made satellite. injury. Ghadaki and Behnam Houses are two historical buildings located in Tabriz which are built side-by-side. Both “We’ve hypothesized for many were built in the Zand era and renovated in the Qajar Period. years that by binding the Jagged-1 Courtesy: Tasnim News Agency (Courtesy: IRIB English Radio – http://parstoday.com/en)