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Nargess (given Name)
Narges or Nargess () is a Persian female name, as well as the Persian word for flower Narcissus. The narcissus flower is often associated with spring and is celebrated for its delicate beauty and fragrance. The name Nargess translates to "narcissus" or "daffodil" in Persian, which itself comes from the Greek word "Narkissos'', symbolizing beauty and renewal. It is commonly used in the Islamic culture, particularly among Shi'a Muslims. History The name has been featured in various literary works, including the national epic of Persia, the Shahnameh. In Persian literature, poetry, and folklore, poets like Hafez and Saadi have mentioned Nargess in their works. There is also a myth associated with the name Nargess that a beautiful woman named Nargess was transformed into a narcissus flower. List of people with the given name *Narges Abyar (born 1970), an Iranian film director, author, and screenwriter * Narges Ashtari (born 1988), an Iranian-British founder *Nargess Eskandari-Grün ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narcissus (genus)
''Narcissus'' is a genus of predominantly spring flowering perennial plants of the amaryllis family, Amaryllidaceae. Various common names including daffodil,The word "daffodil" is also applied to related genera such as '' Sternbergia'', '' Ismene'', and '' Fritillaria meleagris''. It has been suggested that the word "Daffodil" be restricted to the wild species of the British Isles, '' N. pseudonarcissus''. narcissus (plural narcissi), and jonquil, are used to describe some or all members of the genus. ''Narcissus'' has conspicuous flowers with six petal-like tepals surmounted by a cup- or trumpet-shaped corona. The flowers are generally white and yellow (also orange or pink in garden varieties), with either uniform or contrasting coloured tepals and corona. ''Narcissi'' were well known in ancient civilisation, both medicinally and botanically, but were formally described by Linnaeus in his ''Species Plantarum'' (1753). The genus is generally considered to have about ten s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shahnameh
The ''Shahnameh'' (, ), also transliterated ''Shahnama'', is a long epic poem written by the Persian literature, Persian poet Ferdowsi between and 1010 CE and is the national epic of Greater Iran. Consisting of some 50,000 distichs or couplets (two-line verses), the ''Shahnameh'' is one of the world's longest epic poems, and the longest epic poem created by a single author. It tells mainly the Persian mythology, mythical and to some extent the historical past of the Persian Empire from the creation of the world until the Muslim conquest of Persia, Muslim conquest in the seventh century. Iran, Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and the greater Greater Iran, region influenced by Persian culture such as Armenia, Dagestan, Georgia (country), Georgia, Turkey, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan celebrate this national epic. The work is of central importance in Persian culture and Persian language. It is regarded as a literary masterpiece, and definitive of the ethno-national cultural ide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narges Abyar
Narges Abyar (, also as Narges Ābyār; born 8 August 1970) is an Iranian film director, author, and screenwriter, best known for directing '' Track 143'', ''Breath'', and '' When the Moon Was Full''. The film Track 143 is adapted from Abyar's novel titled ''The Third Eye'' narrating the story of a woman and her son during the time of war. Her films sensitively picture the sufferings of women and children caused by the society, war or radicalism. Narges Abyar graduated in Persian literature; she started writing books in 1997. So far, she has written over thirty story and fiction books for children, young adults, and adults. Biography Abyar graduated in Persian literature; she has written several story and fiction books for children, young adults, and adults. She began her directing career with the film ''Objects in Mirror Are Closer than They Appear'' in 2005 and some short films and documentaries, most of them about the Iran–Iraq War. Although she has written four drama film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narges Ashtari
Narges Kalbasi Ashtari (, born 21 March 1988, Esfahan), founder of the Prishan Foundation, is a British citizen, originally from Iran. Ashtari grew up and went to school in Exeter, Devon. In 2010, she set up the Prishan Foundation, named after a blind Sri Lankan boy that Ashtari met, with the aim of 'improving the lives of orphans and abandoned children around the world'. The foundation has built an orphanage for girls in the Rayagada district of Odisha Odisha (), formerly Orissa (List of renamed places in India, the official name until 2011), is a States and union territories of India, state located in East India, Eastern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by ar ... and a home for blind children in Mukundapur in India. References Living people 1988 births British people of Iranian descent English philanthropists Iranian emigrants to England Iranian philanthropists People from Exeter People from Isfahan {{philanthropist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nargess Eskandari-Grünberg
Nargess Eskandari-Grünberg (; born 20 February 1965) is a German politician for Alliance 90/The Greens. Since 2021 she has been '' Bürgermeisterin'' (deputy mayor) of Frankfurt am Main; following the recall of previous '' Oberbürgermeister'' (lord mayor) Peter Feldmann, she has acted as Mayor of Frankfurt on a caretaker basis from 12 November 2022 until the mayoral election in March 2023. Early life Eskandari-Grünberg was born in 1965 in Tehran. As a high-school student she protested for the overthrow of the Shah; after the Iranian Revolution, she campaigned for democracy against the Ruhollah Khomeini regime. While still at school, she was arrested and imprisoned in Evin Prison, and while there gave birth to a daughter, Maryam, with a college student. She was released after a year and a half, and fled with her baby daughter to Germany, arriving in Frankfurt on Christmas Eve 1985. Eskandari-Grünberg earned a doctorate and became a psychotherapist with the German Red Cross ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narges Kalhor
Narges Kalhor (, born in Tehran) is an Iranian film director. She is the daughter of Mehdi Kalhor, the former media and cultural advisor to former President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. She studied Film at the Beh-andish College in Teheran and has produced films critical of the Iranian government. In October 2009, while visiting Germany to present her short film "Die Egge" at the Nuremberg Film Festival, Kalhor applied for political asylum in Germany, claiming to have received warnings that she could be in danger if she returns to Iran because of her critical stance on her country. Kalhor actively participated in the 2009 Iranian election protests After incumbent president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared victory in the 2009 Iranian presidential election, protests broke out in major cities across Iran in support of opposition candidates Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi. The protests con .... Together with Benedikt Schwarzer, she co-directed the short documentary SHOOT M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narges Mohammadi
Narges Mohammadi (; born 21 April 1972) is an Iranian human rights activist. She is the vice president of the Defenders of Human Rights Center (DHRC), headed by her fellow Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Shirin Ebadi. Mohammadi has been a vocal proponent of mass feminist civil disobedience against the mandatory hijab in Iran and a vocal critic of hijab and chastity program of 2023. In May 2016, she was sentenced in Tehran to 16 years' imprisonment for "establishing and running the illegal splinter group Legam." She was released in 2020 but sent back to prison in 2021, where she has since given reports of the abuse and solitary confinement of detained women. In October 2023, while in prison, she was awarded the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize "for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all." The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran condemned the decision. It was reported on 19 November 2024 that Mohammadi underwent a comple ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narges Rashidi
Narges Rashidi (; born 1980) is an American-German actress of Iranian descent. Early life Rashidi was born in Tehran, Iran. Her father was an army colonel and her mother is a housewife. She lived in Tehran at the time of the Iran–Iraq War. Rashidi moved with her family to Turkey and then Germany when she was seven. She grew up in Bad Hersfeld, Germany. She was introduced to acting by the summer theatre festivals in the town. Career Rashidi has appeared in many independent films and television productions, starting with the experimental film '' Venussian Tabutasco'' by Daryush Shokof in 2004. Rashidi received international recognition and widespread acclaim for her starring role in the 2016 film '' Under the Shadow'' by Babak Anvari, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. ''Variety'' cited her as "a favorite breakthrough performance" at Sundance. The magazine hailed her "intense yet fine-grained work... as a fiercely intelligent, progressive-minded Iranian woman i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monica Witt
Monica Elfriede Witt (born ) is a former United States Air Force technical sergeant#Air Force, technical sergeant and defense contractor who defected to Iran in 2013. She is a fugitive from a United States Department of Justice indictment for espionage against the United States since 2018. Born in Texas, Witt enlisted in the US Air Force in 1997 as a linguist and studied the Persian language at the Defense Language Institute before becoming an Air Force Specialty Code#Operations, Airborne Cryptologic Language Analyst. She was then assigned to the Air Force Office of Special Investigations as an enlisted counterintelligence special agent until separating from the Air Force in 2008. She continued working in intelligence as a military contractor until 2010. After her 2012 religious conversion#Islam, conversion to Islam in Iran, Witt became increasingly focused on the religion and the region. Her master's degree capstone course, capstone presentation lauded them both, and she wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nargess (film)
''Nargess'' () is a 1992 drama film, the fourth feature of Iranian director Rakhshan Bani-Etemad. ''Nargess'' is the first film in what has become known as the ''City Trilogy''. The other two films are ''The May Lady'' and '' Under the Skin of the City''. The three films are considered by many to be Bani-Etemad's best films to date. All three were shot by the acclaimed Iranian cinematographer Hossein Jafarian Hossein Jafarian (, born 25 March 1944 in Tehran) is an Iranian cinematographer. Career Hossein Jafarian is a graduate of the Iran Broadcasting University. He began his career working for Iranian state-run television where he shot over 40 doc ... who is known for his realistic lighting style. Plot summary The movie tells the story of a love triangle, in two women are in love with the same young man. Adel, a thief, is loved by the aging Afaq, also a thief. The story of the gang of thieves changes direction when Adel meets Nargess, a beautiful young girl from an impove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nargis
Nargis Dutt (born Fatima Rashid, also known as Nirmala Dutt; 1 June 1929 – 3 May 1981) known mononyomusly as Nargis was an Indian actress and politician who worked in Hindi cinema. Regarded as one of the greatest and finest actresses in the history of Hindi cinema, Nargis often portrayed sophisticated and independent women in a range of genres, from screwball comedy to literary drama. She was among the highest paid actresses of the 1950s and 1960s. In a career spanning three decades, Nargis made her screen debut in a minor role at the age of six with '' Talash-E-Haq'' (1935), but her acting career actually began with the film '' Tamanna'' (1942). Nargis had her first leading role with '' Taqdeer'' (1943). Nargis had her breakthrough with the romance film (1949) and the musical '' Barsaat'' (1949). Following this she starred in Raj Kapoor's crime drama '' Awaara'' (1951), which was a major critical and financial success. After a brief setback in the early 1950s, she reemerg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
