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MAHSA University College
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 (born 1984), Iranian musician, composer and Qanun player * Mahsa Vahdat Mahsa Vahdat (in Persian مهسا وحدت) (born 29 October 1973, Tehran, Iran) is a Persian classical and world m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Persian Language
Persian (), also known by its endonym Farsi (, ', ), is a Western Iranian language belonging to the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian subdivision of the Indo-European languages. Persian is a pluricentric language predominantly spoken and used officially within Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan in three mutually intelligible standard varieties, namely Iranian Persian (officially known as ''Persian''), Dari Persian (officially known as ''Dari'' since 1964) and Tajiki Persian (officially known as ''Tajik'' since 1999).Siddikzoda, S. "Tajik Language: Farsi or not Farsi?" in ''Media Insight Central Asia #27'', August 2002. It is also spoken natively in the Tajik variety by a significant population within Uzbekistan, as well as within other regions with a Persianate history in the cultural sphere of Greater Iran. It is written officially within Iran and Afghanistan in the Persian alphabet, a derivation of the Arabic script, and within Tajikistan in the Tajik alphabet, a der ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Persian
Old Persian is one of the two directly attested Old Iranian languages (the other being Avestan language, Avestan) and is the ancestor of Middle Persian (the language of Sasanian Empire). Like other Old Iranian languages, it was known to its native speakers as (Iranian).''cf.'' , p. 2. Old Persian appears primarily in the inscriptions, clay tablets and seal (device), seals of the Achaemenid dynasty, Achaemenid era (c. 600 BCE to 300 BCE). Examples of Old Persian have been found in what is now Iran, Romania (Gherla), Armenia, Bahrain, Iraq, Turkey and Egypt, with the most important attestation by far being the contents of the Behistun Inscription (dated to 525 BCE). Recent research (2007) into the vast Persepolis Fortification Archive at the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago unearthed Old Persian tablets, which suggest Old Persian was a written language in use for practical recording and not only for royal display. Origin and overview As a written language, Old ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahsa Abdolzadeh
Mahsa Abdolzadeh ( ar, مهسا عبدل زاده) (born 22 September 1985) is an Austrian politician for the Green Party in Vienna and a political scientist. She is a feminist and an activist for women, LGBTQ, and minority rights. Early life and career Abdolzadeh was born during the Iran-Iraq War in Tabriz Tabriz ( fa, تبریز ; ) is a city in northwestern Iran, serving as the capital of East Azerbaijan Province. It is the List of largest cities of Iran, sixth-most-populous city in Iran. In the Quri Chay, Quru River valley in Iran's historic Aze ..., Iran, and grew up in both Tehran and Vienna. She later moved to live solely in Vienna, in 2004. She has earned a master's degree in political science from The University of Vienna in 2013 whilst studying child social work in a private college in Vienna. After completing her studies, she published a book depicting women movements in Iran. This text has been one of the most notable works in German academia, concerning women's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahsa Amini
On 16 September 2022, the 22-year-old Iranian woman Mahsa Amini, also known as Jina Amini,; ku, ژینا ئەمینی, Jîna Emînî died in a hospital in Tehran, Iran, under suspicious circumstances. The Guidance Patrol, the religious morality police of Iran's government, arrested Amini for allegedly not wearing the hijab in accordance with government standards. The Law Enforcement Command of the Islamic Republic of Iran stated that she had a heart attack at a police station, collapsed, and fell into a coma before being transferred to a hospital. However, eyewitnesses, including women who were detained with Amini, reported that she was severely beaten and that she died as a result of police brutality, which was denied by the Iranian authorities. The assertions of police brutality, in addition to leaked medical scans, led some observers to believe Amini had a cerebral hemorrhage or stroke due to head injuries received after her arrest. Amini's death resulted in a series of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Islamic Republic Of 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 List of countries and dependencies by area, 17th-largest country. Iran has a population of 86 million, making it the List of countries and dependencies by population, 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 List of ancient Iranian peoples, ancient Iranian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahsa Amrabadi
Mahsa Amrabadi ( fa, مهسا امرآبادی; born July 3, 1984 in Rasht, Gilan) is an Iranian journalist. Amrabadi, along with her husband and reformist journalist Masoud Bastani, were arrested after the disputed presidential election of June 2009. She was sentenced to 2 years in prison. She was released from prison in 2013. See also * Human rights in Iran From the Imperial Pahlavi dynasty (1925 to 1979), through the Islamic Revolution (1979), to the era of the Islamic Republic of Iran (1979 to current), government treatment of Iranian citizens' rights has been criticized by Iranians, by interna ... References External links News on Mahsa Amrabadi {{DEFAULTSORT:Amrabadi, Mahsa Iranian journalists Iranian prisoners and detainees 1984 births Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahsa Javar
Mahsa Javar ( fa, مهسا جاور, born 12 June 1994) is an Iranian competitive rower. At the Olympic qualifying events in April 2016 she came second to Huang Yi-ting.Iran’s rower Mahsa Javar runner-up at Olympics qualifier 25 April 2016, Tehran Times, Retrieved 19 August 2016 Following her qualification for the Olympics, she was one of nine Iranian female athletes She competed at the in , in the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahsa Kadkhoda
Mahsa Kadkhoda ( fa, مهسا کدخدا; born 22 June 1993 in Birjand) is an Iranian volleyball player who plays for the Iran women's national volleyball team. She has played for Bank Sarmayeh and Peykan Tehran and is also a runner-up in the Iranian Premier League. She is the first player from South Khorasan South Khorasan Province ( fa, استان خراسان جنوبی ''Ostān-e Khorāsān-e Jonūbī'') is a province located in eastern Iran. Birjand is the centre of the province. The other major cities are Ferdows, Tabas and Qaen. In 2014, it ... to play in the national women's volleyball team. Kadkhoda is a graduate of Physical Education and Master of Physiology who became a member of the national team in 2007 and was sent to world competitions in 2010 as the captain of the Iranian national youth team. Together with Persepolis Club, she has won the third place in the Asian Volleyball Championship. She was runner-up with the national team of the Hungarian internati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahsa Mohaghegh
Mahsa Mohaghegh (McCauley) is an Iranian-born New Zealand computer engineer specialising in artificial intelligence and natural language processing. She is a professor of information technology and software engineering at Auckland University of Technology. Biography Mohaghegh grew up in Iran. She completed a bachelor of computer engineering, and a masters in computer architecture, and in 2013 she completed a doctorate in computer engineering at Massey University. In February 2017 she was appointed a lecturer at Auckland University of Technology. Since 2013 she has been involved witGoogle’s Computer Science for High Schools programmeand runs workshops in Auckland. Mohaghegh founded a women's networking group called She#She Sharp to encourage girls and young women to engage with digital industries. Awards In 2013 Mohaghegh won the Emerging Leader category at the New Zealand Women of Influence Award The New Zealand Women of Influence Awards are an annual set of awards whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahsa Saberi
Mahsa Saberi ( fa, مهسا صابری; born February 14, 1993, in Gorgan); She is a player of the Iran women's national volleyball team. In 2018, she joined to the Turkish club Balıkesir DSİ with Mona Ashofteh and she is currently a player of this club. She also has a history of playing for Sarmayeh Bank Tehran VC Sarmayeh Bank Volleyball Club ( fa, باشگاه والیبال بانک سرمایه , Bâshgâh-e Vâlibâl-e Bânk-e Sarmâye) was an Iranian professional volleyball team based in Tehran, Iran. History In 2015 Sarmayeh Bank Volleyball Club was ... and winning the Iranian Super League. She plays as an Outside Hitter. References 1993 births Living people Iranian women's volleyball players People from Gorgan Sportspeople from Golestan province Iranian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey 21st-century Iranian women {{Iran-volleyball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Mojtaba Asgari. Shahbazian was one of those Iranian musicians who signed a letter of protest to the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance The Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance ( fa, وزارت فرهنگ و ارشاد اسلامی, ''Vâzart-e Ferheng-e vâ Arshad-e Eslâmi'') ("Ministry of CIG") is the Ministry of Culture of the Islamic Republic of Iran. It is responsible ... about concerts cancellations in Iran. References 1984 births Living people Iranian composers Iranian women composers Iranian women musicians {{Iran-musician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qanun (instrument)
The qanun, kanun, ganoun or kanoon ( ar, قانون, qānūn; hy, քանոն, k’anon; ckb, قانون, qānūn; el, κανονάκι, kanonáki; he, קָאנוּן, ''qanun''; fa, , ''qānūn''; tr, kanun; az, qanun; ) is a string instrument played either solo, or more often as part of an ensemble, in much of the Middle East, North Africa, West Africa, Central Asia, Armenia, and Greece. The name derives ultimately from Ancient Greek: κανών kanōn, meaning "rule, law, norm, principle". The qanun traces one of its origins to a stringed Assyrian instrument from the Old Assyrian Empire, specifically from the nineteenth century BC in Mesopotamia. This instrument came inscribed on a box of elephant ivory found in the old Assyrian capital Nimrud (ancient name: ''Caleh''). The instrument is a type of large zither with a thin trapezoidal soundboard that is famous for its unique melodramatic sound. Regional variants and technical specifications Arabic qanuns are usually ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
