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TEHRAN -- Fatemeh Motamed-Arya said on Tuesday that she will join in the Eighth Seen: Sarpanah, a charity auction which has been organized by some Iranian cineastes to raise funds for the construction of shelters for homeless people in the country.
In a press release published on some Persian news websites, Motamed-Arya added that she will donate the Crystal Simorgh for best actress that she received for her role in “Gilaneh” at the Fajr International Film Festival in 2005 to the charity auction.
“I present the dearest award I have ever received to the women and men of my homeland who are deprived of a home,” she stated.
“I present my award to this charity, because I think this social movement, like any other movement in the four corners of the world, is of an humanitarian origin and causes people with any belief and any financial asset to unite for a great social event,” she added.
The charity auction was initiated by director Rakhshan Bani-Etemad on March 6 when she announced her plan to sell the award she won for “Tales” at the 8th Asia Pacific Screen Awards in 2014 during an international auction to raise funds for homeless women.
The auction will be organized during spring by the Toloo Bi-neshanha Society, a Tehran-based charity institute that prepares food for homeless people
Actors Reza Kianian, Parviz Parastuii, Bahram Radan and Mahnaz Afshar and director Bahman Farmanara have joined the charity, which is entitled “The Eighth Seen: Sarpanah”.
The title refers to the Haft Seen table, which is set by Iranians during Noruz, the celebration of the Iranian New Year.
The table includes seven items that begin with the Persian letter “seen” which is pronounced in the same way as “s” in English.
The items are sib (apple), samanu (a sweet pudding made from wheat sprouts), seer (garlic), sekkeh (coins), sumac (a spice), serkeh (vinegar) and sabzeh (green sprouted seeds).
“Sarpanah” in the title means shelter.
Photo: From left to right, Fatemeh Motamed-Arya, Bahram Radan, Jaleh Sameti and Baran Kowsari act in a scene from “Gilaneh”.
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