Customs and Traditions Archives - Foundation for Iranian Studies

Mir`abdolbaqi, Elyanne

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:07:25 +0000

Recollections of marriage and journey to Iran; family life in Iran in general and in Kermanshah in particular; social activity and cultural change in Iran at the time; relations between the government and the people in Iran; recollections of the revolutionary upheaval of 1978-79; on the issue of autonomy of Kordestan; on the Bakhtiyar government; departure from Iran.

29pp. + summary + biographical note + index

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Kiyamanesh, Fereydun Anushiavan

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:07:53 +0000

Recollections of life in the Zoroastrian community; structure and cultural activities of the Zoroastrian community in Iran; on the status of minorities in Iran in the earlier part of this century; recollections of the Zoroastrian ghettoes of Yazd before the Reza Shah period; continuity and change in the Zoroastrian religion and community in Iran during the Pahlavi period.

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Kafa’i, Forugh

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:08:15 +0000

Recollections of childhood in Mashhad; experiences as an entrepreneurs; on the Society for Protection of Animals; on relaying the Society’s message to an unsympathetic public; career at the Blood Transfusion Center; on Daryush Mehrju’i’s film, Dayereh-i Mina; role of the Blood Transfusion Center during the Revolution; on cultural activities in Mashhad in the 1970s; first impressions of the Revolution; on the impact of the Revolution on the Status of women in Iran; impressions of life in exile.

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Ja`fari, Ali Akbar

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:08:15 +0000

Recollections of childhood; conversion to Zoroastrianism; influence of Persian culture on the Indian Subcontinent; patterns of continuity and change in the Zoroastrian religion in recent decades; Zoroastrian culture and social vitality in Pahlavi Iran.

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Hedayat, Akhtar-Moluk

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:08:15 +0000

Personal background; recollections of the Hedayat and Dowlatshahi families; recollections of Sadeq Hedayat; reminiscences of customs and the cultural ambience of the Iranian elite families during the late Qajar and early Pahlavi periods.

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Frye, Richard N.

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:08:37 +0000

Education in Iranian Studies; earliest memories of Iran; recollections of Pahlavi University; on the Shiraz Art Festival; changes in the Iranian society and Persian culture; political alienation of the Iranian masses; on the impact of U.S. on Iranian lives; recollections of popular culture in Shiraz; Iranian Studies in the U.S. before and after the Revolution.

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Dehqani-Tafti, Osqof Hasan

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:08:37 +0000

Recollection of childhood; reminiscences of missionary activity in Iran; social impact of missionary activity; ulama’s reaction to missionary work; converting to Christianity; recollections of life at the Officers Training College; initiation into the priesthood; activities of the Anglican Church in Iran; relations between the Church and the Iranian government; recollections of revolutionary events in Iran; impact of the Revolution on the activities of the Church in Iran; recollections of revolutionary activism in Iran; personal experiences with the Revolution; on the state of Christian-Muslim dialogue; issue of religious minorities and their rights; on Ali Shari`ati.

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Dargahi, Zahra

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:09:01 +0000

Family background and educational history; status of education of women in Iran in the early part of the century; recollection of customs surrounding the marriage of women; social behavior and activities of women in Iran and changes therein; cultural ambience of Iran in the 1940s and the 1950s.

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Brasseur, Leon

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:09:01 +0000

Recollections of childhood in Iran; growing up in Esfahan; memory of meeting with Reza Shah; on social and political developments in Iran under Reza Shah; relations between the clergy and the government in the Pahlavi period; reminiscences of Prime Minister Amir Abbas Hoveyda; images of Iran before the Pahlavis; changes introduced in Iran by the Pahlavi state; relations between France and Iran during the Pahlavi period; on President Giscard D’Estang’s decision to admit Ayatollah Khomeini to France; Giscard’s policy towards the Revolution; great power policies and its impact on Iran; relations between Iran and Afghanistan.

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Amir-Shahy, Mashid

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:09:25 +0000

Recollections of early childhood; memories of primary school, family and social life; reminiscences of adolescence and interactions of boys and girls; family’s intellectual and political tendencies; education in England; recollections of marriage, children and divorce; society’s reaction to her divorce; career as a writer; reactions of society and colleagues to her writing; politicization of contemporary literature and the role of dissent in popularizing writers; religious observance among Iranian women; on Al-e Ahmad, Shari`ati and Motahhari; communist activism in Iran; Tudeh Party and the intelligentsia; on the group of “Fifty Three” and their characteristics; origins of the Revolution of 1978-79; Khomeini and the intellectuals; on the Jaleh Square incident; recollections of the revolutionary turmoil.

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