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Dialogues between Henry Corbin, Allameh Tabatabaii published in Italian

TEHRAN -- “Shia in Islam: Dialogues with Henry Corbin” (“Islam sciita: dialoghi con Henry Corbin”), Allameh Mohammad-Hossein Tabatabaii’s book that contains his dialogues and correspondence with French philosopher and Orientalist professor Henry Corbin has been published in Italian.

 

The book was translated into Italian by Alireza Jalali and Mona Rezvan, edited by Iman Mansub-Basiri and the Ahlul-Bayt World Assembly, and published by the Iranian cultural attaché’s office in Rome.

 

Allameh Tabatabaii and Corbin were in contact for twenty years. The communication started in 1958 and continued until Corbin’s death in 1978.

 

IIDO director selected for Council for Inspection of Films   

TEHRAN -- Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Ali Jannati selected Islamic Ideology Dissemination Organization (IIDO) Director Hojjatoleslam Mehdi Khamushi as a member of the Council for Inspection of Films, the ministry announced on Saturday.

 

Iranian films must obtain approval of the council to premiere. 

 

Iraq plans to set up cultural center in Tehran

Iraqi Minister of Culture Faryad Rawandozi has said that his country plans to establish a cultural center in Tehran.

 

He announced the plan during a visit with Iranian Ambassador Hassan Danaifar to Baghdad, giving no details about it, the Persian service of IRAN reported on Sunday.

 

In addition, no date was mentioned for the meeting. 

 

“Today” wins award at Tallinn festival

TEHRAN -- Iranian filmmaker Reza Mirkarimi’s social drama “Today” received the FIPRESCI Jury Award at the 18th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, which was held in Estonia from November 14 to 30.

 

The film won the award “for the way it manages to achieve big dramatic and political resonance out of a deceitfully simple story,” the jury said in its statement during the closing ceremony of the festival on Saturday evening.

 

The film, which is about a Tehran taxi driver, who becomes the impromptu protector of a desperate young pregnant woman after he rushes her to hospital, is Iran’s submission for the best foreign language film category at the 88th Academy Awards in 2015.

 

“The Fish and I” collects awards at Spanish festival

TEHRAN – Iranian filmmaker Babak Habibifar’s “The Fish and I” has won two awards at the 15th International Short Film Festival in Soria, Spain.

 

The movie, which tells the story of a blind man who tries to save the life of a fish, won best film award at the festival.

 

It also received the first of three Mediterranean Diet Awards, which are presented to films promoting health education for adults and schoolchildren. In addition, organizers honored the film with a special mention.

 

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