Art & Culture November 29, 2018 3 This Day in History Iran Hosts WTO Center of (November 29)

Today is Thursday; 8th of the Iranian month of Azar 1397 solar hijri; corresponding to 21st of the Islamic month of Rabi al-Awwal 1440 lunar hijri; and November 29, 2018, of the Christian Gregorian Calendar. Tourism, Handicrafts 1115 solar years ago, on this day in 903 AD, Hussain ibn Hamdan at-Taghlibi, as commander of the Abbasid army under Mohammad ibn Sulayman al-Kateb, played the leading role in the crushing defeat of the at the Battle of , fought some 24 km from the he said. city of the same name in . The leadership of the Qarmatians (a deviationist cult which According to Mahmoudian, the offer was made based desecrated the holy Ka’ba and resorted to brute measures to achieve its goals like modern-day on a deep belief in strong bonds between the two areas Takfiri terrorists), especially Yahya ibn Zikrwaiyh known as Saheb ash-Shama – Man with the and also Iran’s capacities as the third largest producer of Mole – was captured and later executed in . This weakened the Qarmatian presence handicrafts in the world. in northern Syria, which was finally eradicated after the suppression of another revolt in 906. More importantly, it paved the way for the Abbasid attack on the Tulunid dynasty and the He went on to say that the proposal was raised and reincorporation of its domains in southern Syria and Egypt into the . Hussain discussed extensively among the member states and ibn Hamdan, who established himself and his family as the leader of the Arabs and Kurds of finally approved unanimously. the Jazira (northern Iraq, northeastern Syria and southeastern Turkey), leading his troops to The offer, he added, was aimed at deepening the bonds successful campaigns against the Qarmatians, Dulafids and , was a staunch follower of the Ahl al-Bayt of Prophet Mohammad (SAWA). He later became governor of the Jibal area between tourism and handicrafts to open new horizons in central Iran, where from his bases in Qom and Kashan, he subdued all sedition. As uncle for both industries in today’s world. of the future famous Shi’a Muslim emirs of and Mosul – Sayf od-Dowla and Nasser According to the Iranian official, as the first phase od-Dowla – he used his administrative and military qualities to enhance the position of the of the project to establish the new centre, the Islamic Hamdanid family at the court of the Abbasid caliphs, who later treacherously murdered him. Republic is planning to hold a conference on tourism The Hamdanid Dynasty, which ruled for 115 years, patronizing ulema and scientists, such as al-Farabi, and promoting the culture of the Ahl al-Bayt, were a bulwark against the Byzantine and handicrafts next year. bid to infiltrate the Muslim world. The conference is to be attended by the representatives 987 solar years ago, on this day in 1031 AD, al-Qader-Billah, the 25th self-styled caliph of of the WTO member states to prepare the ground for the usurper Abbasid regime, died at the age of 87 after a reign of 40 years and was succeeded further exchange of knowhow and experiences in the by his son al-Qa’em. Named Ahmed, he was the son of Tumna, a concubine of al-Muttaqi, who mentioned areas. had ruled for 4 years before being deposed and blinded in 944 by the powerful Turkic guards. Recalled to Baghdad from banishment by the powerful Iranian Buwaiyhid ruler Baha od-Dowla He also said efforts are underway to set forth new Daylami, he was placed in the position of his deposed cousin, at-Ta’i-Lillah, but turned out TEHRAN (IFP)- Iran is to host a new center affiliated (ICHTO) said the center is to be established at the plans and develop various roadmaps to make the project to be an ingrate by scheming with Mahmoud Ghazni, the Turkic sultan of eastern Iran, and with the World Tourism Organization linking tourism Islamic Republic’s suggestion. operational. fanning sectarian flames in Iraq by favouring the Hanbali sect and denouncing the Hanafis, the demands and handicrafts supplies, says a high-ranking “During the recent visit of Zurab Pololikashvili, the To this end, the Islamic Republic is involved in direct Mu’tazalis, and the Ismaili rulers of Egypt. Qader-Billah also tried unsuccessfully to suppress tourism official. Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization, negotiations with the World Tourism Organization the Shi’a Muslims and Islamic rituals. 498 solar years ago, on this day in 1520 AD, Spanish sailor, Ferdinand Magellan, in his Pouya Mahmoudian, a deputy head of Iran’s Cultural to Iran, we offered to establish a new center charged which will officially announce Iran as the host of the voyages around the South American landmass passed through the strait. Known today as the Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization with linking tourism demands and handicrafts supplies,” new center at the end of its upcoming meeting, he added. Strait of Magellan, it links the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean. 406 solar years ago, on this day in 612 AD, the Battle of Swally, off the coast of Suvali, a village near the city of Surat, Gujarat, India, ended in victory for four English East India Company galleons over four Portuguese naus and 26 barks. This relatively small naval Cinema Vérité Annoucnes Nominees battle, which went unnoticed by the powerful Moghal Empire, is historically important for TEHRAN (IFILM)- The Iran the names of the nominees for its 12th the emerging European colonialists, since it marked the beginning of the end of Portugal’s International Documentary Film annual event. commercial monopoly over India, and the ascent of the English East India Company’s presence in India. This battle convinced the East India Company to establish a small navy to safeguard its Festival (Cinema Verite) has revealed After reviewing about 4000 commercial interests from other European powers, and eventually establish British hegemony documentaries from 100 countries, over the Subcontinent a century and a half later. Cinema Verite’s selection committee 205 solar years ago, on this day in 1813 AD, the discovery of Iodine – a new substance has nominated 26 films from 20 – was announced at the French Institute by Nicolas Clement. In 1811, Bernard Courtois had Screen Time countries and five continents from observed violet crystals with a metallic lustre that condensed from the vapour rising from the mother liquor of seaweed ash being leeched in sulfuric acid at his family’s saltpetre business in across the world for screening and Dijon. Although he made a preliminary investigation of this substance, he lacked the resources Can Disrupt competition in this year’s Film to fully research it. For this he turned to C.B. Desormes and Nicolas Clement. They suspected Festival. directed by Vincent F?rster from the (2018) directed by Nicolas Philibert the substance was similar to chlorine, but confirmation of its nature as an element was made Sleep The following films are divided UK. from France, ‘A Thousand Girls Like independently by Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac. into three categories of Short, Mid-Length Documentaries (40- Me’ (2018) directed by Sahra Mani 197 lunar years ago, on this day in 1243 AH, the Iranian city of Erivan and the khanate of Mid-Length, and Full-Length 70’): from France, ‘Nine Month’s War’ the same name in the Caucasus, was occupied by Russia after stiff resistance by the governor ‘The Limits of Work’ (2017) (2018) directed by L?szl? Csuja Hussain Qoli Khan Qajar, during the two-year war that led to the signing of the humiliating Documentaries: Turkmenchay Treaty by the inefficient ruler Fath Ali Shah Qajar, resulting in the detachment Short Documentaries (-40’): directed by Apolena Rychl?kov? from Hungary & Qatar, ‘Rush Hour’ from the Persian Empire of what are now the Caucasus republics of Armenia and Azerbaijan, ‘Avashesh’ (2018) directed from Czech Republic, ‘Marceline. (2018) directed by Luciana Kaplan along with Nakhichevan. Erivan was renamed Yerevan and became the centre of the Russian by Akshata Dalvi from India, A Woman. ‘A Century’ (2018) from Mexico, ‘Alicia’ (2017) directed oblast of Armenia. For more than two millenniums, most of the Caucasus, including Daghestan directed by Cordelia Dvorak from by Maaja Ooms from Netherlands, and the eastern section of Georgia were part of the various Persian Empires. In 1501, Shah ‘Leocadia’s Dream’ (2017) directed Ismail, the Founder of the Safavid Empire, had liberated Erivan from the Aq Qoyounlu Turks. by Krzysztof Nowicki from Poland, France & Netherlands, ‘Ragu Rai, an ‘Rough Remote Rumble’ (2018) In 1736, in the waning years of the Safavid Dynasty, the area was designated as Khanate of ‘I’m Victor’ (2018) directed by Inna Unframed Portrait’ (2017) directed directed by Jorge Lopez Navarrete Erivan and corresponded to most of present-day central Armenia, most of the Igdır Province and Tsgoeva from Russia, ‘Finding a by Avani Rai from India, Norway & from Spain, ‘Angels are Made of LOS ANGELES (Dispatches)- of Kagızman district of the Kars Province of present-day Turkey, and the Sharur and Sadarak Woman’ (2017) directed by Sergey Finland, ‘Iron Khan’ (2017) directed Light’ (2018) directed by James districts of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic. At the time of the Russian occupation, over Researchers of Salk Institute have Nikolaev from Russia, ‘Lulu: The by Nasser Hassan Khanday from Longley from US, Denmark, & 80 percent population of Erivan was Muslim – made up of Persians, Azeris, and Kurds – while pinpointed how certain cells in the Armenian Christians numbered only 15,000 or less than 20% of the population. The Russians Pearl Boxer’ (2018) directed by India, ‘The Mount of Ants’ (2017) Norway, ‘Facing the Dragon’ (2018) eye process ambient light and reset forced the majority of Muslims to leave and replaced them with Christians and Armenians in Asimwe John Bibagamba from directed by Riccardo Palladino from directed by Sedika Mojadidi from our internal clocks, the daily cycles the city and the countryside in order to change the demography of the region. Ḥussain Qoli Tanzania, ‘Doctor’ (2017) directed Italy, ‘Alganesh’ (2018) directed by the US, and ‘Sharkwater: Extinction’ Khan Qajar, who was known for his bravery, honesty and justice, refused to make any deal of physiological processes known as by Yavuz ?çer from Turkey, ‘Frog Lia & Marianna Beltrami from Italy, (2018) directed by Rob Stewart from with the Russian occupiers, as is evident by Russia’s anger as demonstrated in Article XII of the circadian rhythm. When these Hunters’ (2018) directed by Batuhan and ‘Meerim’ (2018) directed by the US. the Turkmenchay Treaty, which specifically deprived him and his brother of the right to sell or cells are exposed to artificial light exchange their property in Erevan, a right granted to all others. Kurt from Turkey, ‘Lumière’ (2017) Aleksandra Rechkalova from Russia. The 12th annual Cinema Verite late into the night, our internal 154 solar years ago, on this day in 1864 AD, US forces led by Colonel John Chivington directed by Hristina Belousova & Full-Length Documentaries (70+’): Film Festival will be held from clocks can get confused, resulting in of the Colorado militia attacked and destroyed a peaceful village of Cheyenne and Arapaho Dante Rustav from Uzbekistan, ‘From Music into Silence’ (2018) December 9-16, 2018. The festival’s Amerindians, massacring and mutilating at least 163 defenceless people, about two-thirds of a host of health issues. and ‘Some of These Days’ (2018) directed by Farshid Akhlaghi from motto this year will be ‘The truth is whom were women and children. This was part of the genocide of the original inhabitants by The results may help lead to Australia, ‘Each and Every Moment’ the best guide’ by Imam Ali (AS). the European Anglo-Saxon occupiers of North America. new treatments for migraines, 146 solar years ago, on this day in 1872 AD, as part of the US-Amerindian Wars, the Modoc War began with the Battle of Lost River. The skirmish, which was fought near the Lost River insomnia, jet lag and circadian along the California-Oregon border, was the result of an attempt by the US 1st Cavalry Regiment rhythm disorders, which have to force a band of the Modoc tribe to relocate to the Klamath Reservation. In the subsequent been tied to cognitive dysfunction, war, Amerindian Captain Jack of the Modoc and 53 warriors bravely held off over 1000 white cancer, obesity, insulin resistance, US soldiers for 7 months. metabolic syndrome and more. 133 solar years ago, on this day in 1885 AD, the Third Anglo-Burmese War ended with the end of the Burmese monarchy after battles lasting 22 days, although sporadic resistance and The backs of our eyes contain insurgency continued till 1887. It was the final of three wars fought in the 19th century between a sensory membrane called the the Burmese and the British colonialists. The war saw the loss of sovereignty of an independent retina, whose innermost layer Burma under the Konbaung Dynasty, whose rule had already been reduced to the territory contains a tiny subpopulation of known as Upper Burma – the region of Lower Burma having been annexed by the British in 1853, as a result of the Second Anglo-Burmese War. Following the war, Burma came under light-sensitive cells that operate the rule of the British Raj as a province of India. From 1937 the British governed Burma as a like pixels in a digital camera. When separate colony. After World War II Burma achieved independence as a republic in 1948. these cells are exposed to ongoing 71 solar years ago, on this day in 1947 AD, during the First Indochina War, French colonialist light, a protein called melanopsin forces, as part of their bid to re-establish control over Vietnam, carried out a cowardly massacre continually regenerates within of civilians at My Trach village in Quang Bình Province. The French burnt down 326 houses, raped many women before killing them, and murdered over 300 civilian residents, of which them, signaling levels of ambient 170 were women and 157 children. The victims were lined up and killed with machine gun light directly to the brain to fire. Every year, 29 November is mourned in Vietnam as “Hatred Date” of the residents in this regulate consciousness, sleep and village. alertness. Melanopsin plays a 71 solar years ago, on this day in 1947 AD, the UN General Assembly, in an unjust move, pivotal role in synchronizing our voted with a narrow majority on division of into two separate states: Arab and Jewish. This unfair and illogical decision was adopted under pressure of Western regimes. The Islamic internal clock after 10 minutes city of Bayt al-Moqaddas was declared an international enclave. Palestinians refused to accept of illumination and, under bright the division of their homeland, but Britain, which had occupied Palestine, worked in tandem light, suppresses the hormone with the illegal Zionist settlers from Europe, and on May 15, 1948, while leaving Palestine, melatonin, responsible for handed power to the Zionists, who resorted to terrorism to set up the illegal state called Israel. regulating sleep. 24 solar years ago, on this day in 1994 AD, Source of Emulation, Grand Ayatollah Sheikh Mohammad Ali Araki, passed away at the age of 103. Born in Arak, he learned Islamic sciences The Salk researchers used under prominent ulema, such as Grand Ayatollah Abdul-Karim Haeri, and Grand Ayatollah molecular tools to turn on Seyyed Mohammad Taqi Khwansari. For several decades he taught at the Qom Seminary, production of melanopsin in retinal presenting the most complicated topics in simple form. He was a supporter of the Islamic cells in mice. They discovered that Revolution and greatly respected Imam Khomeini (RA). 22 solar years ago, on this day in 1996 AD, a UN court sentenced Bosnian Serb army soldier some of these cells have the ability Drazen Erdemovic to 10 years in prison for his role in the massacre of 1,200 Muslims. The to sustain light responses when Serbs massacred tens of thousands of Muslims during the civil war in the Balkans as Europe exposed to repeated long pulses The 8th international exhibition of entertainment industry and amusement parks has been inaugrated at chose to ignore the genocide of its native Muslim population. of light, while others become Shahre Aftab International Exhibition Center in Tehran. (Courtesy: IRIB English Radio – http://parstoday.com/en) desensitized. Courtesy: Mehr News Agency