The French word mode, meaning “fashion”, dates as far back as 1482, while the English word denoting something in style dates only to the 16th century. Other words exist related to concepts of style and appeal that precede mode. In the 12th and 13th century Old French the concept of elegance begins to appear in the context of aristocratic preferences …
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Radio presenters host radio programs such as talkback shows, music programs, news bulletins or programs relating to specific content or communities. They research and prepare for their spot/program, talk to their listeners, play entertainment items, interview guests and celebrities and provide public information. They may take on additional public facing roles, representing their radio station at public events or on …
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Seyyed Javad Zabihi (1931 – 15 July 1981) was a Persian traditional music singer and Muezzin. He was one of the most popular muezzins in the time of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and a regular guest in radio homeland who was known for his right volume and deep and impressive tremolos.
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (born 1956), is an conservative politician who served as the sixth president of Iran from 2005 to 2013. He was known for his hardline views and nuclearisation of homeland. He was also the main political leader of the Alliance of Builders of Islamic homeland, a coalition of conservative political groups in the country, and served as mayor of …
Read More »Rare pictures of fun of Nazi officers in the Auschwitz camp
Auschwitz concentration camp (German: Konzentrationslager Auschwitz (pronounced [kɔntsɛntʁaˈtsi̯oːnsˌlaːɡɐ ˈʔaʊʃvɪts] (listen)); also KL Auschwitz or KZ Auschwitz) was a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland (in a portion annexed into Germany in 1939) during World War II and the Holocaust. It consisted of Auschwitz I, the main camp (Stammlager) in Oświęcim; Auschwitz …
Read More »Parvaneh Bahar, the daughter of Malik Al-Shaarai Bahar, passed away
In 1904, the author’s father, Malek o’Shoara Bahar, became “The Prince of Poets,” the last person ever to hold that title in Iran. His poetry supported Iran’s quest for independence and democracy from the British and Russians as they fought to…
Read More »Photos of royal Pahlavi train
The Pahlavi dynasty is the last persian royal dynasty, ruling for almost 54 years between 1925 and 1979. The dynasty was founded by a non-aristocratic Mazanderani soldier in modern times, who took on the name of the Pahlavi language spoken in the pre-Islamic Sasanian Empire in order to strengthen his nationalist credentials.
Read More »Gholam Reza Azhari who was former Prime Minister
Arteshbod Gholam Reza Azhari ( 1912 – 2001) was a military leader and Prime Minister. He was a graduate of homeland’s war college. He was also trained at the National War College in Washington in the 1950s.Azhari worked at the CENTO. He was appointed chief of staff of homeland’s armed forces in 1971 and his tenure lasted until 1978.
Read More »Layla S. Diba ، Farah Diba’s artistic consultant
Layla Soudavar Diba is a persian-American independent scholar and curator, specializing in 18th/19th-century and contemporary Persian art and the Qajar period. She has curated various exhibitions, such as the Royal Persian Paintings: The Qajar Epoch 1783-1925 (1998-1999) exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum and co-curated Iran Modern (2013) at New York’s Asia Society.
Read More »Who was Adnan Khashoggi?
Adnan Khashoggi (1935 – 2017) was a Saudi businessman known for his lavish business deals and lifestyle. He is estimated to have had a peak net worth of around US$4 billion in the early 1980s.Khashoggi was born in Mecca, to Mohammad Khashoggi, who was King Abdul Aziz Al Saud’s personal doctor, and Samiha Ahmed. Khashoggi’s sister was author Samira Khashoggi who …
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