Houshang Golshiri Award
The Hooshang Golshiri Literary Award is an Iranian literary award notable for being one of the few literary awards in Iran that is run by a non-governmental organization. Established in 2000, the award is sponsored by the non-profit Golshiri Foundation. The award focuses on modern contemporary Iranian literature. It is named in honor of Hooshang Golshiri, one of the most distinguished pioneers of Iranian modern fiction, who died in 2000. The first award was given in 2001 (1380 Solar Hijri calendar). Categories The award is presented in four categories: Best Novel, Best Short Story Collection, Best First Novel, Best First Short Story Collection. Recipients receive 10 million Rials for Best Novel and Best Short Story Collection, 2 million Rials for the Best First Novel, and 5 million Rials for Best First Short Story Collection. Eligible works are novels and collections of short stories published in Persian in Iran for the first time in that particular year. Iranian authors liv ...
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Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmenistan to the north, by Afghanistan and Pakistan to the east, and by the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south. It covers an area of , making it the 17th-largest country. Iran has a population of 86 million, making it the 17th-most populous country in the world, and the second-largest in the Middle East. Its largest cities, in descending order, are the capital Tehran, Mashhad, Isfahan, Karaj, Shiraz, and Tabriz. The country is home to one of the world's oldest civilizations, beginning with the formation of the Elamite kingdoms in the fourth millennium BC. It was first unified by the Medes, an ancient Iranian people, in the seventh century BC, and reached its territorial height in the sixth century BC, when Cyrus the Great fo ...
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Shiva Arastouei
Shiva (; sa, शिव, lit=The Auspicious One, Śiva ), also known as Mahadeva (; ɐɦaːd̪eːʋɐ, or Hara, is one of the principal deities of Hinduism. He is the Supreme Being in Shaivism, one of the major traditions within Hinduism. Shiva is known as "The Destroyer" within the Trimurti, the Hindu trinity which also includes Brahma and Vishnu. In the Shaivite tradition, Shiva is the Supreme Lord who creates, protects and transforms the universe. In the goddess-oriented Shakta tradition, the Supreme Goddess (Devi) is regarded as the energy and creative power (Shakti) and the equal complementary partner of Shiva. Shiva is one of the five equivalent deities in Panchayatana puja of the Smarta tradition of Hinduism. Shiva has many aspects, benevolent as well as fearsome. In benevolent aspects, he is depicted as an omniscient Yogi who lives an ascetic life on Mount Kailash as well as a householder with his wife Parvati and his three children, Ganesha, Kartikeya and As ...
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Mahsa Moheb’ali
Mahsa or Mahsā (, ) is a feminine given name of Persian origin. The name has the meaning "like the moon". ''Mah'' () is the Old Persian word for "moon", and ''-sā'' (), as a suffix, means "representing, alike, as". Notable people with the name include: * Mahsa Abdolzadeh (born 1985), Austrian politician, political scientist and women's rights and LGBT activist * Mahsa Amini (1999–2022), Iranian-Kurdish woman whose death in the Islamic Republic of Iran's police custody sparked protests in Iran and in the world * Mahsa Amrabadi (born 1984), Iranian journalist * Mahsa Javar (born 1994), Iranian rower * Mahsa Kadkhoda (born 1993), Iranian volleyball player * Mahsa Mohaghegh, Iranian-born New Zealand computer engineer * Mahsa Saberi (born 1993), Iranian volleyball player * Mahsa Shahbazian Mahsa Shahbazian (born 1984 in Tehran) is an Iranian musician, composer and Qanun player. She played in many albums and worked with some musicians like Alireza Mashayekhi, Rastak Ensemble and ...
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Farhad Bordbar
Farhad ( fa, فرهاد ''farhād''), also spelt Ferhaad or Ferhod, has been a Persian name for men since the Parthians, first recorded for Arsacid kings circa 170 BC. Etymology Modern Persian name ''Farhād'' () is derived from Middle Persian ''Frahād'' (in xpr, 𐭐𐭓𐭇𐭕 prht ''Frahāt''; in grc, Φραάτης ''Phraatēs''), ultimately from Old Iranian *''fra-hāta''- "merited, obtained".Hübschmann, Armenische Grammatik. D. N. MacKenzie, “Some Names from Nisa,” in Peredneaziatskiĭ sbornik IV: Drevnyaya isrednevekovaya istoriya i filologiya stran perednego i srednego vostoka, Moscow, 1986, pp. 105–15 (reprinted iIdem, Iranica diversa, ed. C. G. Cereti and L. Paul, Rome, 1999, pp. 209–15. Places *Farhad, Nishapur – a village in Nishapur County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran *Farhād Tarāsh – a rockface on Mount Behistun, Iran Literature * Farhad (Persian literature) People with the given name Farhad *Farhad I Phraates I of Parthia c. 176–17 ...
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Mohammad Hosseini (writer)
Mohammad Hosseini, or other spelling variations, may refer to: * Mohammed Tahir al-Husayni (1842–1908), Palestinian Hanafi cleric * Mohammad Hosseini (politician) (born 1961), Iranian politician * Mohammad Hosseini (footballer, born 1979), Iranian footballer * Mohammad Hosseini (protester) (1983–2023), Iranian protester who was executed by the government of Iran * Mohammad Reza Hosseini (born 1989), Iranian footballer * Mohamed Hussein al-Husseini (active 1991–1994), member of Hezbollah * Mohammad Hosseini (footballer, born 1995), Iranian footballer * Mohamad Baker El Housseini (born 2002), Lebanese footballer * Mohammad Ali Hosseini Mohammad-Ali Hosseini ( fa, محمد علی حسینی) was the deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordere ...

Ibrahim Damshenas
Ibrahim ( ar, إبراهيم, links=no ') is the Arabic name for Abraham, a Biblical patriarch and prophet in Islam. For the Islamic view of Ibrahim, see Abraham in Islam. Ibrahim may also refer to: * Ibrahim (name), a name (and list of people with the name) * Ibrahim (sura), a sura of the Qur'an * ''Ibrahim el Awal'', a Hunt-class destroyer that served in the Egyptian navy under that name 1951-56 * Ibrahim prize, a prize to recognise good governance in Africa * "Ibrahim", a song by David Friedman from ''Shades of Change'' See also * Ibrahimzai, a Pashtun tribe of Afghanistan * Ibrahima * Abraham (other) * Avraham (other) Avraham (Hebrew: ) is the Hebrew name of Abraham, patriarch of the Abrahamic religions. Avraham may also refer to: * Avraham (given name) * Avraham (surname) See also * Abraham (other) * Avram (other) * Ibrahim (other) ...

Kourosh Asadi
Kourosh ( fa, کوروش، کورش; also spelled as ''Koorosh'' or ''Kurosh'') is a Persian male name common in Iran. Kourosh is composed of ''kouro''- un+ -''sh'' - roprietorial suffix meaning "Lord of the sun". It was the throne name of Cyrus the Great and some other kings of the Achaemenid dynasty, historically translated into English and Latin as "Cyrus". Etymology The name ''Cyrus'' is a Latinized form derived from the Greek Κῦρος, ''Kỹros'', itself from the Old Persian ''Kūruš''. The name and its meaning has been recorded in ancient inscriptions in different languages. The ancient Greek historians Ctesias and Plutarch noted that Cyrus was named from ''Kuros'', the Sun, a concept which has been interpreted as meaning "like the Sun" (Khurvash) by noting its relation to the Persian noun for sun, ''khouro'', while using ''-sh'' as a proprietorial suffix.; Plutarch, ''Artaxerxes'' 1. classics.mit.edu Photius, ''Epitome of Ctesias' Persica'' 5livius.org/ref> Th ...
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