Nov.12, 2020 T. S. Eliot (American-British poet) 12 Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood. License Holder: Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) Scholar: Afghan graduates in Iran Editor-in-Chief: Kambakhsh Khalaji Editorial Dept. Tel: +98 21 88755761-2 Editorial Dept. Fax: +98 21 88761869 valuable assets for cultural, Subscription Dept. Tel: +98 21 88748800 ICPI Publisher: +98 21 88548892, 5 academic activities Advertising Dept. Tel & Email: +98 21 88500617 - [email protected] Website: www.irandailyonline.ir newspaper.irandaily.ir An Afghan scholar conducting research in scientific and cul- Email: [email protected] tural fields Mohammad-Ali Rezvani said that Afghan mi- Printing House: Iran Cultural & Press Institute grants graduated from Iranian universities are considered to be valuable assets for media, cultural, academic and research Address: Iran Cultural & Press Institute, #208 Khorramshahr Avenue Tehran-Iran activities in Afghanistan. Iran Daily has no responsibility whatsoever for the advertisements and promotional material printed in the newspaper. Iran’s ‘A Trivial Thing’ wins Met museum board will have two leaders for the first time major award in US Avalonia At a time when cultural institutions around the United States are wrestling with the challenges of the pandem- ranian short film ‘A Trivial Thing’ gar- ic, including limited attendance, as well as issues of nered the Best Iranian Short Film award at racial equity, the Metropolitan Museum of Art for the IRNA Ithe fifth edition of the Avalonia Festival in first time elected two trustees to jointly lead the board, He said that a large number of Afghan migrants have now the US. one of whom will be its first woman chair. returned to their homeland and are now active in their fields of Directed by Morteza Sabz-Qaba, the short Hamilton (Tony) E. James, the executive vice chair- study, IRNA wrote. film narrates the story of a young man who man of the investment firm Blackstone, and Candace Many Afghan migrants, who studied at Iranian universities, wishes to become an actor and play on theater K. Beinecke, the senior partner at the law firm Hughes are now teaching at different Afghan universities, Rezvani said. stages, ifilmtv.com reported. Hubbard & Reed, will succeed Daniel Brodsky starting Iran has provided an equal chance for Afghan migrants liv- Also written by Sabz-Qaba, the short film’s Jan. 12. Mr. Brodsky’s third three-year term was set to ing in Iran to study at Iranian schools and universities, it still cast includes Majid Ardalan and Ali Qassemi. expire in September but was extended because of the seems we have not gone far enough. The 12-minute short has already participat- pandemic, nytimes.com reported. Although it is useful but more has to be done yet, he said, ed in a number of global film events, including emphasizing the need for further efforts by Iran and Afghani- the Kanyakumari International Film Festival stan to introduce a scientific and cultural diplomacy between in India, the Merida Film Festival in Mexico, the two countries. the Lift-Off International Film Festival in the Iran and Afghanistan need cultural and scientific diplomacy UK, the 4th Venice Film Festival, the Alter to develop ties to the level the two neighboring countries with do Chao Film Festival in Brazil, St. Louis In- longstanding amity deserve. ternational Film Festival in the US, and 1904 Afghanistan has been grappling with civil war and foreign Deaf Film Festival in the US. invasion over the recent decades. The instability and unrest in The Avalonia Festival is a space for interna- Afghanistan has significantly affected the scientific and cul- tional films to compete and for filmmakers to tural output of the country, which requires further cooperation share their views with the world. between Iran and Afghanistan as two neighbors with common The festival is named in honor of a conti- civilization and cultural affinities. nent lost in the mists of time, as if dissipated Iran and Afghanistan signed a cultural agreement in 2016 by magic; thus we are here to celebrate the based on which they were expected to open their own cultural unique art of the world of creation. It started centers in Tehran and Kabul. The agreement, however, still re- as a “Short Films Etc.” festival in 2017 at Rho- mains on paper after years. dywood Studios in Providence, Rhode Island, USA (venue for Avalonia Film Fest I & Film Fest II). ISNA NEW YORK TIMES Persian poet Nima Yooshij’s residence to turn into poetry and literature house “These are exceptionally challenging times,” Mr. Brodsky said, “and the opportunity to have two leaders Arts & Culture Desk storing the building to its former was born Ali Esfandiari. He with strong yet different experiences is a win-win for glory and turn it into a cultural gained great acclaim for making the museum.” The residence of acclaimed Ira- place. Iranian verse more accessible The pair will be taking over stewardship of the mu- nian poet Nima Yooshij will turn The house’s ceiling and attic and freer in form and subject seum at a time when the Met has projected a $150 mil- into a poetry and literature house are under renovation and its col- matter. lion revenue loss through June resulting from the virus in June 2021, said the head of Teh- umns and yard will be restored, Born on November 11, 1897 in outbreak. To address this deficit, the museum has re- ran Landscaping Organization. he said. Yoosh, a village in Iran’s north- duced programming, made executive pay cuts, reduced Barzin Zarghami added the Great attempts will be made to ern province of Mazandaran, staff cuts and raised about $25 million from trustees for residence in northern Tehran was keep the historical value of the Nima rose to fame because of an emergency fund. purchased from a private owner building, adding that restoration ushering in a movement in Per- Beinecke, a trustee since 2010, has served as chair- on April 10, 2019 after 19 years of such buildings is done jointly sian poetry called ‘ ew Poetry’ or man of the museum’s legal committee since 2011, and of negotiations, borna.news re- with the Ministry of Cultural ‘She’r-e Nimaei’. was co-chair of the search committee that recommend- ported. Heritage, Tourism and Handi- Nima died of pneumonia at his ed the Met’s current director, Max Hollein. Mr. James, The owner had abandoned the crafts. house in Tehran in 1960. This who also joined the board in 2010, has been chair of house for several years. How- Known as the father of mod- famous poet was laid to rest in the museum’s finance committee since 2014. ever, the municipality began re- ern Persian poetry, Nima Yooshij Yoosh. tehranpicture.ir Literary puzzle solved for just third time in almost 100 years One of the world’s most literary flects little credit on somebody,” Torquemada Puzzle Book, and away the most difficult puzzle or something, swap three cards, a risky venture, and one pep- puzzles – a murder mystery in wrote Powys Mathers at the Shandy Hall curator Patrick I’ve ever attempted”. move one back, and potter off pered with possible pitfalls,” which all the pages are out of or- time. “The author assures his Wildgust embarked on a mission “The first time I opened the again. 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He himself set out to solve who enjoyed Tristram Shandy Powys Mathers, who was known re-order them correctly for them- year. It warned, however, that own home for months on end, Cain’s Jawbone first by typing might enjoy a game of glori- as Torquemada. First published selves.” the competition was not “for with nowhere to go and no one to out the entire novel, making a ous disorder, tortuous puns and in 1934, it invites the reader to Just two readers managed to the faint-hearted”, and that the see. Unfortunately, the universe note of every literary reference spoonerisms.” reorder the book’s 100 pages – solve the puzzle in the 1930s, puzzle was “phenomenally dif- heard me,” Finnemore said. he could find. This didn’t work. Finnemore and Wildgust have there are more than 32m possible S. Sydney-Turner and W. S. ficult”. “It took me about four months Then he searched libraries for agreed to keep the solution “a combinations – and solve the Kennedy, both of whom won John Finnemore, British com- – not continuously, but I had it copies of the book to see if any closely guarded secret, so the murders within, according to the £25. edy writer and creator of ‘Radio spread out on the spare bed, and contained markings to help him.