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Reza Najafi

A few brief reflections on the crises of books in Iran / Reza Najafi

Book and reading in Iran are facing multiple crises because, on one hand, they are inheriting global problems such as the decline of the book market due to the emergence of powerful competitors like cinema, television, virtual space, and various computer games, as well as new media such as audio works, and on the other […]...

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October 23, 2023

“Law against the law/ Reza Najafi”

One of the challenges for Iranians is that, aside from the flaws and weaknesses of the Islamic Republic’s constitution, the government is not even loyal to its own laws and does not act upon them. We have seen numerous times that the rulers of the Islamic Republic, or their supporters and followers, use the cliché […]...

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February 20, 2023

Mental health in society and the responsibility of governance/Reza Najafi

Today, as I reached out to write a note about the neglected issue of mental health and human rights for people to live in peace and tranquility, I was met with the heartbreaking news of a young filmmaker’s murder by his own father, with the help of his mother, as a witness to the unseen. […]...

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May 22, 2021

Youth, Death, Suicide, and Contemporary Writers in Iran / Reza Najafi

World literature and the phenomenon of suicide. Literature has always been filled with death, and even filled with suicides of fictional characters. Which one of us, as readers, has not witnessed the forced exit of literary heroes in the pages of novels; from Shakespeare’s characters to the multitude of characters in Dostoevsky’s novels, from Goethe’s […]...

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February 19, 2021

A buzz at the last Tehran International Book Fair / Reza Najafi

This is not a complete sentence and therefore cannot be accurately translated. Please provide a complete sentence for translation. Reza Najafi A brief history of the Tehran International Book Fair. The Tehran International Book Fair is one of the most important cultural events in our country, which is held every year in mid-Ordibehesht (May). It […]...

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June 23, 2019

“Living Against the Dead/ Reza Najafi”

A commentary on the phenomenon of destruction of graves in Iran. “بهترین راه برای پیشرفت، شروع کردن است.” “The best way to progress is to start.” Reza Najafi Heinrich Heine, a German political poet who lived in exile, wrote a poem in 1820: “Where they burn books, they will also burn humans sooner or later.” […]...

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May 22, 2018

Seven curtains from the 30th Tehran International Book Fair / Reza Najafi

This is a picture of a beautiful flower. Reza Najafi The 30th Tehran International Book Fair was held from the 13th to the 23rd of Ordibehesht this year at a location known as “City of Sun” with the slogan “Let’s Read One More Book”. In this fair, 2,782 domestic and foreign publishers displayed their books […]...

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May 25, 2017

The Flawed Cycle of Books and Reading in Iran/ Reza Najafi

This is a caption This is a caption Reza Najafi Even during Book Week and reading, we cannot forget the crisis that exists in this field. The difficulties of books and reading in Iran are not a hidden matter that needs to be proven, but what can be addressed are the roots of these difficulties […]...

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November 25, 2016

Tehran International Book Fair; Another Challenge between Book Publishers and Government Institutions/ Reza Najafi

This is a caption “This is a caption” Reza Najafi The Tehran International Book Fair, alongside the Fajr Film Festival, is considered the most important cultural event in the Islamic Republic of Iran. It is held every year in mid-Ordibehesht (April/May), except for its first year which coincided with Aban (October/November). The fair has been […]...

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May 24, 2016

The culture was lost in exile/ Reza Najafi

This is a caption This is a caption. Reza Najafi Exile and even migration, even if it is voluntary, is inherently a difficult and sometimes devastating experience; however, this experience is doubly difficult and risky for writers or generally for members of the cultural community. Sometimes migration may mean opening new horizons and benefiting from […]...

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September 29, 2015

The Mystery of Book Counting in Iran / Reza Najafi

“درود به همه” “Greetings to all” Reza Najafi “This is one of the wonders of our time. Fifty years ago, during the reign of Reza Shah, when the population of Iran was not even thirty million, the number of book copies in this country reached up to three thousand, more or less. But now, with […]...

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July 28, 2015

The level of censorship in Iran from the 28th of August coup until now / Reza Najafi

According to the report by “Reporters Without Borders”, Iran has the worst censorship situation in the world, after three countries: Turkmenistan, North Korea, and Eritrea. This censorship takes place in various forms such as newspapers, films, online space, television and satellite networks, and books. This report briefly looks at the censorship of books and newspapers […]...

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February 24, 2015