Art & Culture September 8, 2018 3 This Day in History Iran Films Line Up to (September 8)

Today is Saturday; 17th of the Iranian month of Shahrivar 1397 solar hijri; corresponding to 27th of the Islamic month of Zi’l-Hijjah 1439 lunar hijri; and September 8, 2018, of the Christian Gregorian Calendar. Compete in India 1401 solar years ago, on this day in 617 AD, in the Battle of Huoyi, a Sui Dynasty TEHRAN (IFILM)-A line up of Iran The other flicks attending the event army was defeated by Li Yuan, opening the path to his capture of the imperial capital movies has been selected to compete at have also been screened at national Chang’an and the eventual establishment of the Tang Dynasty. 1307 lunar years ago, on this day in 132 AH, on this day in 750 AD, the 13th and 2018 edition of Jagran Film Festival in and International festivals. ‘Mazar-e last self-styled caliph of the usurper Omayyad regime, Marwan II, titled “al-Hemar” India. Sharif’, for example, has attended (or the Donkey), was caught and killed in Egypt at the age of 62 after a 6-year rule The roll includes the likes of and won the best film award from while fleeing through Syria, Palestine, and North Africa, following defeat in the Battle “Where Are My Shoes” by Kioumars Phoenix Film Festival in Melbourne of Zab on the banks of the river of the same name in northern Iraq at the hands of the Pourahmad, “The Stunt Man” city of Australia. Abbasids on January 25 the same year. Thus ended the 91-year Godless rule of the by Kioumars Samadi-Tari and The 9th edition of Jagran Film Omayyads established in 41AH on the seizure of the Islamic realm by Mu’awiyah ibn Abdolhassan Barzideh’s “Mazar-e Festival is being held in 18 cities of Abu Sufyan through a dubious treaty imposed upon Imam Hasan Mojtaba (AS), the elder grandson of Prophet Mohammad (SAWA). Prior to the decisive Battle of Zab, Sharif” as well as two of Ebrahim India which lasts three months. the hated Omayyads had suffered a series of defeats all the way from Iran to Iraq by Hatamikia’s movies “Bodyguard” The festival saw July opening in the combined forces of the Abbasids, Shi’ite Muslims, and Iranians. At Zab, Marwan and “The Color Purple”. New and on its tour it goes assembled a vast army made up of many veterans of earlier Omayyad campaigns against “Bodyguard” by Ebrahim to , , , the Byzantine Empire, but the zeal of the opponents demoralized his forces and they Hatamikia has won several awards , Patna, Dehradun, Ranchi, fled in the face of determined attack. Marwan escaped the battlefield and was relentless from national and International , Bhopal, Indore, pursued by the Abbasids, who cornered him in Abusir in Nile delta and executed him. Marwan had ruled for 6 years from Damascus after being governor of Armenia and festivals including the Best Actor Gorakhpur, , Ludhiana, Hisar, Azarbaijan for 12 years during which he terrorized the people of the Caucasus and award at 34th Fajr Film Festival in , Raipur and finally on devastated cities in Georgia. A still from “Where Are My Shoes” by Kioumars Pourahmad. Iran. September 20 it will end in Mumbai. 1219 lunar years ago, on this day in 220 AH, Ali al-Uraidhi, the son of Imam Ja’far Sadeq (AS), passed away at the ripe old age of a hundred years. He lived in an area called Uraidh, some 6 km from Medina, hence his epithet al-Uraidhi. He was a great scholar and transmitter of Hadith from his father, brother Imam Musa Kazem (AS) and nephew Imam Reza (AS). Once when he was preaching in the mosque, Imam Mohammad at- Sharif Researchers Develop Robot for Patients Taqi (AS), who was still beardless boy entered, and on seeing him, he quickly sprang to his feet without adjusting the cloak and without wearing the slipper he came forward to greet him. When his companions chided him for behaving in such respectable manner With Spinal Cord Injuries to a boy who was the grandson of his brother, he replied that since God has granted the Divine Trust of imamate to the young boy it is incumbent upon all others to hold him in TEHRAN (IFP)-A group of Iranian support of the Electronic Industries Fund. centers (occupational therapy and reverence. Both Shi’a and Sunni scholars have transmitted hadith from Ali al-Uraidhi, researchers have optimized a wearable He says the robot could be used for physiotherapy), and for exercises, and there is a compilation known as “Musnad Ali ibn Ja’far” attributed to him. robot to present a new method for the patients who for various reasons have especially those which increase range 883 solar years ago, on this day in 1134 AD, Alfonso the Battler, the king of Navarre empowerment of patients with spinal cord been unable to move their elbow and of motion, strength, and accelerate in Spain, died at the age of 61 after a reign of 30 years, during which he seized from and wrist injuries as well as those who wrist joints or have a limited range of recovery.” Spanish Muslims the city of Zaragoza and the province of the same name, with the help of mercenaries from France and other parts of Europe. He was notorious for his have suffered ischemic stroke. motion. The researcher further noted that he wars against both Muslims and fellow Christians. Known in Arabic as Saraqusta, the Scientists at Sharif University of The designer of the robot emphasized has designed the robot in two forms: region which had witnessed 414 years of glorious Islamic rule, was renamed Aragon Technology say this wearable robot, that it will stimulate the nerves, prevent “Exo Passive and Active” for wrists and by Alfonso. equipped with a motion-detection the involved muscles from becoming elbows, and “two-channel biofeedback” 748 lunar years ago, on this day in 691 AH, the world-acclaimed Persian poet of Iran, system, allows patients to move their lazy and, over time, increase the devices. and treatment.” Shaikh Moslehoddin Sa’di, passed away in his hometown Shiraz. Sa’di performed the hands with damage to the function of movement range of elbows and wrists. “Two-channel biofeedback is a device Physiotherapy and rehabilitation pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina. Even during his travels he composed beautiful Persian their upper limb. He also mentioned that the product that distinguishes skeletal muscle from centres, hospitals, veterans and the and Arabic poems. On return to his hometown, Shiraz, he composed his two famous masterpieces, the “Bustan” or the Orchard and the “Golestan” or the Rose Garden. The Esmaeil Mohammadi, a graduate will be available in both “wearable” and the muscles which begin to contract, and disabled, people with cervical spinal poems in Bustan speak of such topics as justice, love, kindness, modesty, contentment, of biomechanics at Sharif University “desktop” models. shows them to the user at high speed and cord injuries, and people who have education, repentance, and prayers. The next year he completed the “Golestan”, which of Technology, who is the initiator of “This product is available for research precision. In addition to being small and suffered strokes, accident and fracture is in prose, and also contains his Arabic and Persian poems, in addition to moral and this project, says they have succeeded and scientific inquiries in all universities, portable, this biofeedback device will are the main customers of this product, social anecdotes in 8 chapters. His collection of poems also includes odes and quatrains. in implementing this project with the research centers, rehabilitation also help the therapist in the diagnosis he added. The tomb of Sa’di in Shiraz is a frequently visited site. 638 solar years ago, on this day in 1380 AD, the Battle of Kulikovo was won by an alliance of Russian principalities under command of Prince Dmitri of Moscow against a Mongol-Tatar army of the Golden Horde Muslims led by Mamai, the regent for the More Daytime Sleepiness Linked With More Alzheimer’s Risk immature Khan Mohammad Bolak, who was killed in the fray. Mamai fled to Crimea where he was assassinated. The victory did not end the vassalage of the Russian WASHINGTON (Dispatches)- plaques and related brain changes principalities to the Golden Horde and enabled the rise of Toktamysh as the Great Analysis of data captured during are thought to negatively affect Khan who would win battles as far as Lithuania until his defeat by the fearsome Turkic conqueror, Amir Timur. a long-term study of aging adults sleep. 354 solar years ago, on this day in 1664 AD, after a period of hostilities, the Dutch shows that those who report being But this new study adds to formally surrendered to English soldiers the whole of New Netherlands including the very sleepy during the day were growing evidence that poor sleep city of New Amsterdam founded in 1625 on Manhattan Island in North America. The nearly three times more likely than might actually contribute to British soon renamed New Amsterdam as New York and the New Netherlands as New those who didn’t to have brain Alzheimer’s disease development, York State, as part of the New England colonies. 258 solar years ago, on this day in 1760 AD the greater part of New France that spanned deposits of beta amyloid, a protein Spira adds. This suggests that what is now Canada and the US, from Newfoundland to the Rocky Mountains and from that’s a hallmark for Alzheimer’s sleep quality could be a risk factor Hudson Bay to the Gulf of Mexico, was surrendered by Governor Vaudreuil to a British disease, years later. that’s modifiable by targeting invasion force at Montreal. The finding adds to a growing disorders that affect sleep, such 85 solar years ago, on this day in 1933 AD, Faisal I, the imported king of Iraq, died body of evidence that poor quality as obstructive sleep apnea and at the age of 50 in Baghdad and was succeeded by his son, Ghazi. Faisal, the son of Sharif Hussain, the British agent of Hejaz, was installed as king against the wishes of sleep could encourage this form of insomnia, as well as social- and the Iraqi people, after the British suppressed the popular revolution led by Ayatollah dementia to develop, suggesting individual-level factors, such as Mohammad Taqi Shirazi and Ayatollah Kashef al-Gheta. Earlier in 1920, Faisal had that getting adequate nighttime sleep loss due to work or binge- been installed as King of Syria in Damascus, but was forced to flee after only four sleep could be a way to help watching TV shows. months in power. For his younger brother, Abdullah, the British carved out a new prevent Alzheimer’s disease. country called Jordan from Greater Syria and placed him as king. In 1958, the hated Iraqi monarchy was overthrown by General Abdul-Karim Qassim and Faisal II was “Factors like diet, exercise and caught and killed while fleeing. cognitive activity have been 77 solar years ago, on this day in 1941 AD, German Nazi troops besieged the So- widely recognized as important viet city of Leningrad (present day St. Petersburg), but met with stiff resistance for potential targets for Alzheimer’s two years and four months that forced Adolf Hitler in January 1944 to lift the siege disease prevention, but sleep during which almost a million people died, mainly because of food shortage and diseases. The Russian resistance turned the tide of the Second World War against hasn’t quite risen to that status the Germans. -- although that may well be 74 solar years ago, on this day in 1944 AD, eminent Iranian writer, Houshang changing,” says Adam P. Spira, Moradi Kermani, best known for children’s and young-adult fiction, was born at PhD, associate professor in the Sirch, a village in Kerman Province. Department of Mental Health at 40 solar years ago, on this day in 1978 AD, the Shah’s despotic regime brutally attacked a massive rally in Tehran on Friday, the weekly holiday, killing as many as the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg four thousand defenseless men, women, and children. The day is known as Black School of Public Health. Spira led Friday or the Day of Martyrs. The Father of the Islamic Revolution, Imam Khomeini the study with collaborators from (RA) from his exile in holy Najaf in Iraq, sent a message of condolences to the the National Institute on Aging people of Tehran, saying: “This is the path of the Commander of the Faithful, Imam (NIA), the Bloomberg School and Ali (AS), and of his son, the Martyr of Karbala, Imam Husain (AS). The Iranian nation should be assured that, sooner or later, victory is yours.” Johns Hopkins Medicine. 23 solar years ago, on this day in 1995 AD, Safa Abdul-Aziz Khulusi, Iraqi The study used data from the historian, novelist, poet, lexicographer, journalist and broadcaster, passed away Baltimore Longitudinal Study of at the age of 78. He is also remembered for his theories on Arabic grammar, on Aging (BLSA), a long-term study Shakespeare, as well as his role in Islamic education and his work on the poetry started by the NIA in 1958 that of al-Mutanabbi. In Oxford in 1972, he became one of the editors of the “Concise Oxford English-Arabic Dictionary of Current Usage”. In his book “Islam Our followed the health of thousands Choice”, first published in 1961, Khulusi set out a collection of personal accounts of volunteers as they age. from individuals who converted to Islam from other religions. Researchers have long known September 8: is marked as International Literacy Day, following the decision that sleep disturbances are taken by UNESCO on November 17, 1965. Its aim is to highlight the importance common in patients diagnosed of literacy to individuals, communities and societies. On International Literacy Day each year, UNESCO reminds the international community of the status of literacy with Alzheimer’s disease -- and adult learning globally. Celebrations take place around the world. Some 775 caregiver stress from being up with million adults lack minimum literacy skills; one in five adults is still not literate and patients at night is a leading reason two-thirds of them are women; 60.7 million children are out-of-school and many for Alzheimer’s disease patients to Dammam is a percussive instrument from the southern parts of Iran which is played on both ends with more attend irregularly or drop out. be placed in long-term care, Spira sticks or hands. Dammam is mainly used in Muharram mourning rituals in southern parts of Iran. Courtesy: Mehr News Agency (Courtesy: IRIB English Radio – http://parstoday.com/en) explains. Growing beta-amyloid