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Minister of Culture appreciates IRIB chief
Minister of Culture appreciates IRIB chief

Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Sayyid Muhammad Husseini has penned an appreciatory letter to Ezzatollah Zarqami, chief of the national airwaves (IRIB) to acknowledge his organization's programs in publicizing and promoting the 23 rd Tehran International Book Fair.   According to Hamid Qobadi, an advisor to the Minister in cultural affairs, Husseini has also appreciated the staffs of the organization for a diligent coverage they accorded to the major cultural event.   The Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance ...

2010-06-06 08:30
182 lawmakers appreciate Culture Ministry over major bookselling event
182 lawmakers appreciate Culture Ministry over major bookselling event

182 Iranian lawmakers signed to an appreciatory letter Wednesday addressed to the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance to acknowledge the ministry's diligent efforts in organizing and staging of the 23 rd edition of Tehran International Book Fair.   The Members of Parliaments also voiced their readiness to follow up the problems facing the industry.   "Hereby, we appreciated a high diligence exercised by the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance and other bodies in staging of the major cultural ...

2010-06-06 08:30
Panel appeals for NGO-driven supervision over children's literary publications
Panel appeals for NGO-driven supervision over children's literary publications

A panel discussion on "critical approaches to children literature" in the 23 rd Tehran book fair was told that non-state associations or bodies might serve a more effective supervision on children literary publications and reduce risk of taste-based opinions.   The panel discussion was staged Wednesday, May 12 in a marquee assigned to children and youngsters' affairs in the 23 rd edition of Tehran International Book Fair, according to pres office of House of Authors, the association in charge of ...

2010-05-23 08:30
Panel discusses data search methods in virtual space
Panel discusses data search methods in virtual space

An expert in librarianship and information work told a panel discussion on data search in virtual space on Wednesday May 12 that nowadays, an ability to search and retrieve data from the Internet has become a vital component of social life.   The matter of discussion was "systematic search of data by use of data search process model" and the venue of panel discussion was the pavilion of House of Authors in the 23 rd edition of Tehran International Book ...

2010-05-23 08:30
Persian, second most spoken and written language in Asia – Panel told
Persian, second most spoken and written language in Asia – Panel told

Nasib Goyushov, an Azeri professor in Persian language told a panel discussion on "challenges faced by Persian language overseas" that Persian has been second most used language of science and culture across a land extended from Asia Minor to Indian.   The panel discussion was staged on Wednesday May 12 in the pavilion of House of Authors in the 23 rd edition of Tehran International Book Fair in a marquee assigned to showcase Iran's Publication Records. The panel was joined ...

2010-05-23 08:30
Panel urges new mechanism for protection of theses' intellectual property
Panel urges new mechanism for protection of theses' intellectual property

Panelists urged on Tuesday May 11 for development of effective procedures for identification of true owner of an intellectual property, university dissertations in particular.   The panel discussion was staged in the pavilion of House of International Authors in the 23 rd edition of Tehran International Book Fair.   It was joined by Sayyid Abbas Husseini Nik, member of managing board of University Publishers Association, Sayyid Hasan Mirhusseini, secretary of Intellectual Property Council, Ahmad Ali Mohsenzadeh, director general of legal ...

2010-05-23 08:30
Iranian illustrators embracing western standards – Panelists lament
Iranian illustrators embracing western standards – Panelists lament

Veteran Iranian illustrator, Muhammad-Ali Bani-Asadi, suggested in a panel discussion on "Iranian illustration in world" that a removal of domestic illustration festivals coupled with influence of related western festivals have altogether caused Iranian illustrators to adapt western styles, dealing a major blow to the Iranian art.   The panel discussion was staged on Tuesday, May 11 in the pavilion of House of Children and Youngsters Authors in the 23 rd edition of Tehran International Book Fair and was joined by ...

2010-05-23 08:30
Panel reviews Persian reference in children's theater
Panel reviews Persian reference in children's theater

A book review panel for new title "An Introduction to Children's Theater in Iran" hailed the book as methodically well-structured and a collection of hands-on experience in the field of children's theater.   The review panel was staged on Wednesday, May 12 in a book review pavilion called 'Pavilion of Appointment' in the 23 rd edition of Tehran International Book Fair.   The panel was joined by two distinguished critics and theater researchers, Shirin Bozorgmehr and Manuchehr Akbarlu, and the ...

2010-05-18 08:30
Cultural delegate briefs audience on business of publishing in Austria
Cultural delegate briefs audience on business of publishing in Austria

Sara Shokuhbin, representative of the cultural association of the Austrian embassy in the 23 rd Tehran Book Fair briefed an audience of visitors Thursday May 23 on the book publishing royalties in Austrian book market and the rest of the European Union.   The audience had gathered in the House of Authors pavilion in the fairground for marking an Austrian Cultural day, according to the House's press office.   Shokuhbin, whose father is Iranian, runs a section of children books ...

2010-05-18 08:30
We have failed to live up to status of Iranian scientists – Panelist laments
We have failed to live up to status of Iranian scientists – Panelist laments

A panelists lamented during a panel discussion on "culture and civilization of Iran and Islam" last Wednesday, May 12 that contemporary Iranian publishing corps has failed to live up to the high status of older generations of Iranian scholars and scientists.   The panel discussion was staged in a pavilion of Iran House of Authors in the 23 rd edition of Tehran International Book Fair and was joined by two researchers in humanities, Qolam-Hussein Rahimi and Farid Qasemi.   Rahimi ...

2010-05-18 08:30
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