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Persian version of “Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit” republished

TEHRAN -- A Persian version of British philosopher Robert Stern’s book “Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit” has recently been republished.

 

The book is about “The Phenomenology of Spirit”, German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel’s first book and most important and widely discussed philosophical work. 

 

Mohammad-Mehdi Aradebili is the translator of book whose first edition was published by Qoqnus Publications in 2002.

 

 

Iran holds poetry night in Basra

TEHRAN -- A number of Iranian and Iraqi poets came together in the southeastern Iraqi city of Basra on Thursday night to hold a poetry session.

 

Abbas Hazbawi, Qasem ibn Rashid, Ali Yari, Fazel Mohseni and Afshin Ala were among the poets that attended the session.

 

The meeting was jointly organized by the organizers of the Fajr International Poetry Festival and the Iranian cultural attaché’s office in Baghdad.

 

 

Kiarostami’s master class cancelled at Arvand filmfest

TEHRAN -- Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami’s master class at the 52nd Arvand Regional Short Film Festival was cancelled due to his illness, the organizers announced on Thursday.

 

Kiarostami was scheduled to discuss making short films in the class, which was planned for February 21.

 

The organizers replaced Kiarostami with his friend, writer Habib Ahmadzadeh. 

 

 

Bekiroglu’s “Pomegranate Tree” hits Iranian bookstores 

TEHRAN -- A Persian version of Turkish novelist Nazan Bekiroglu’s “The Pomegranate Tree” (“Nar Agaci”) has recently been published in Iran. 

 

Published by Puyandeh, the book was translated into Persian by Maryam Tabatabaiiha. 

 

The book’s story is set in Trabzon, Tabriz, Tbilisi, Batumi and Istanbul. It tells a richly imaginative tale of conflict and destiny using finely crafted characters and dexterous language against a backdrop of historical detail.

 

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