Emphasized by the Supreme Leader

Reading “A leg which was left behind”, the Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran emphasized on converting the book into English and Arabic. According to the public relations department of the book’s publisher, the work’s 22nd print is ready for publication and its translation into Arabic and English is on the agenda.

LSU grad recording history of 9th Ward

A young researcher with family roots in New Orleans’ 9th Ward is seeking people who lived in the community between 1920 and 1960 for an oral history project financed by National Geographic. Caroline Gerdes, a recent LSU graduate, will record stories of the 9th Ward at Grace Lutheran Church in Lakeview on Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Learning History Firsthand

Madeline Rich, of Centreville’s Manorgate community, tells the students about being a Jewish girl in German-occupied France. Photo by Bonnie Hobbs. Centreville — Each year, WWII comes alive for seventh-graders at Rocky Run Middle School. That’s because, besides what they learn about it from their textbooks, they get to hear firsthand from those who lived through it.

POINT REYES LIGHT

The members of the dive team that explored the Cordell Bank Marine Sanctuary in the 1970s and 1980s were the first to have seen the reserve with their own eyes—and are now sharing their stories of the experience through the Cordell Expeditions Oral History Project.

Savannahs Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum seeking oral histories

The Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum is teaming with a social network group to create an oral history website of the struggle and its connection to Savannah. Stephanie Reaves, with remember.com, said Friday the site, which is already up and running, is redesigning its page and plans to be ready in two weeks.

UVA to Explore President’s Botched Ouster in Class

University of Virginia students will explore the ouster and reinstatement of the school’s president, Teresa Sullivan, in an oral history class that aims to capture the drama of the 17-day conflict.

An oral history: The 1998 U.S. Womens Open at Blackwolf Run

Hanging on the wall of the Blackwolf Run clubhouse is a celebratory photograph of Se Ri Pak and the 1998 U.S. Womens Open trophy. Forever 20, Pak smiles widely, exhaustively. It took the then-LPGA Tour rookie 92 holes to best American amateur Jenny Chuasiriporn to win her second consecutive major championship and start a revolution.

Fear in the USA

Detained Without Cause is a collection of oral history accounts by six New York based Muslim immigrants who were incarcerated following 9/11. None of these men had any connection to terrorism, and yet as their stories reveal, they were presumed guilty by the arresting officers, the FBI, the court system, the media and their communities.

Active interview course runs at Isfahan University

The first oral history training course kicked off in Isfahan University with some 40 participants during April. The program was arranged by the history group of the university from April 22 to May 20, 2012 with 40 participants from a range of study fields and levels. The workshop was arranged at Dr Mehralizadeh Hall of the literature faculty.

Sharhe Esm Unveils

According to Iranian Oral History Website report; the book of Sharhe Esm: The Biography of Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Hosseini Khamenei (1939-1978) will be unveiled with the presence of The Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance and a number of the leading experts and interested people in contemporary history and literature of our country at Sooreh Hall in Arts Center on Saturday 4th July from 11 to 13.
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Loss of Memory in Pahlavi Prisons

In total, [I was in prison] about 6 years in two arrests. For the first time after several years, a soldier arranged my escape. I do not know why! Maybe he was one of the influential elements of Islamic groups. They took me to the hospital for the treatment of my hand, which was broken due to the callousness of an officer.

Hajj Pilgrimage

I went on a Hajj pilgrimage in the early 1340s (1960s). At that time, few people from the army, gendarmerie and police went on a pilgrimage to the holy Mashhad and holy shrines in Iraq. It happened very rarely. After all, there were faithful people in the Iranian army who were committed to obeying the Islamic halal and haram rules in any situation, and they used to pray.

A section of the memories of a freed Iranian prisoner; Mohsen Bakhshi

Programs of New Year Holidays
Without blooming, without flowers, without greenery and without a table for Haft-sin , another spring has been arrived. Spring came to the camp without bringing freshness and the first days of New Year began in this camp. We were unaware of the plans that old friends had in this camp when Eid (New Year) came.

Attack on Halabcheh narrated

With wet saliva, we are having the lunch which that loving Isfahani man gave us from the back of his van when he said goodbye in the city entrance. Adaspolo [lentils with rice] with yoghurt! We were just started having it when the plane dives, we go down and shelter behind the runnel, and a few moments later, when the plane raises up, we also raise our heads, and while eating, we see the high sides ...