Art And Culture

The Doha Film Institute with Italy's Giffoni Experience will host The Doha Giffoni Youth Media Summit on December 2 and 3.

A delegation of 30 film experts from around the world will…

Following the success of the 'Seven Museums – Seven Stories' program in Tehran museums in mid-November, three museums of peace (Solh), Moghaddam, and Negarestan Garden will host storytelling…

Iranian music composer and conductor, Hossein Dehlavi will be honored in a ceremony dedicated to him and his works, announced deputy cultural minister for art affairs Ali Moradkhani, during a…

Director Narges Abyar and actress Gelareh Abbasi received prizes for the movie 'Objects in Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear' at the International Festival of National and Ethnic Films 'Akbuzat'…

A function to pay tributes to Dr. Badr-al-Zaman Qarib, the high-profile Iranian linguist and Sogdian language expert, was held on Saturday, (November 29) at the premises of the Iran Society for…

There are so many unknown talented kids in the country who attain their goals despite the limitations and handicaps

Mahtab Keramati, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador said children’s issues “are…

American Author John Grisham held on to the No. 1 spot on the US best-seller list on for two consecutive weeks with his newest book ‘Gray Mountain’, released earlier this month.

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‘Simple, Strong and Sharp’ is the title of the works of Finnish graphic designer Karri Pippo which opened on Friday (November 28) at the Iranian Artists Forum.

Highly acclaimed family drama ‘Melbourne’ has won top prizes at the 52nd Gijon International Film Festival in Spain, while actress Negar Jevaharian, playing a young wife to ‘A Separation’ lead…

The Italian translation of the book ‘Shia in Islam’ written by the renowned Iranian scholar Allameh Muhammad-Husayn Tabatabaei was published by Iran’s Cultural Office in Rome.

The Islamic Conference of Information Ministers (ICIM) is a suitable opportunity to establish an Islamic media network, a member of the Assembly of Experts and Leader’s representative in Fars…

The 8th edition of Iran’s International Documentary Film Festival is to commence on November 30.

Two Iranian designers are among the 2014 Taipei International Design Award winners announced earlier this month.

The contest this year attracted 3,077 entries from 65 countries vying for a…

The play ‘Timeloss’ directed by Amir-Reza Koohestani has been on stage at the Théâtre de la Bastille in Paris since November 24.

Commissioned by the Festival Actoral in Marseille (France)…

The 16th International Book Fair for Fiction and Non-Fiction is underway at the Central House of Artists in Moscow.

Several publishers, booksellers, literary associations and cultural…

Among 130 feature films, documentaries and short films from 32 countries and territories screened, Shahram Mokri of Iran won the best director award for his film ‘Fish & Cat’.

‘Fish…

The Iranian Illustration Exhibition focused solely on illustrations in the Shahnameh as the national book of Iranians. The exhibition was held as part of the Tbilisi Book Days (November 28-30),…

A number of authors and translators were asked by Honaronline about their views on people’s reading habits and why they think fewer Iranians are interested in reading now than in the past.

A new study shows for the first time that playing action video games improves not just the skills taught in the game, but learning capabilities more generally.

The international conference on Shakespeare convened for the first time in Iran concluded on Thursday, with speakers from Iran and overseas.

Pink Floyd’s ‘The Endless River’ has debuted at the summit of the UK chart, making the band’s final album their sixth No 1.

The Boostan hall at the Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (IIDCYA), in Laleh Park, is hosting “Arkansaw Bear,” a play written by Aurand Harris and translated…

“Iran, a Land to Know,” a collection of Davoud Vakilzadeh’s photos on Iran cultural heritage has been published in three languages: Farsi, English and Italian.

Vakilzadeh, who has been…

The fourth Iranian Film Week in Poland was inaugurated on November 26 in Cinema Praha, Warsaw.

Following the previous film weeks which were warmly welcomed by the Polish audience, and “to…

Most of the social problems faced today are deeply rooted in cultural issues; the more the fundamentals of culture and religious beliefs are promoted within nations, the better they can deal with…