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n Shia Islam, Arba’in marks forty days after Ashura, which is the death anniversary of Husayn ibn Ali, grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the third Shia imam. Husayn was killed, alongside most of his relatives and his small retinue, in the Battle of Karbala on Muharram 61 AH (680 CE) against the army of the Umayyad caliph Yazid …

Yasmin Moghbeli (born June 24, 1983 in Bad Nauheim, Germany) is an American U.S. Marine Corps test pilot and NASA astronaut. She is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Naval Postgraduate School and Naval Test Pilot School. As of 2019, she has accumulated over 2,000 hours of flight time and flown in 150 combat missions, including sorties in …

30-year-old Nasreen Timuri, a Persian stuntwoman and head of the first women’s stunt team in Homeland called Khyber, teaches the techniques of her profession to female stuntmen in Capital on August 24, 1402. Nasreen Timuri, also an official member of Homeland Cinema House, formed a team of female stunt performers last year to encourage them to gain the confidence to …

Jamshid “Jimmy” Delshad is an Persian-American politician in the state of California. He became Mayor of Beverly Hills on March 21, 2007 when he was sworn in by Fred Hayman, and again on March 16, 2010. He is the first Persian-American to hold public office in Beverly Hills.Delshad was born to a Jewish family in Neyriz. He left Homeland in …

Masoud Kimiaei (born August 7, 1320) is a filmmaker and writer. He is considered one of the main figures of the new wave of Iranian cinema.  He has been considered an influential director who played an important role in the formation of the cinema economy in Iran . Kimiaei is also known as the master of hero creation in Persian …

The imam who Sinead O’Connor sought out on her path to becoming a Muslim has described the singer as a “blessed soul” and a “great representative of Islam”.Shaykh Umar Al Qadri, chief imam at the Islamic Centre of Ireland, said she also dealt with “very difficult challenges”.O’Connor was found “unresponsive” at her home in Herne Hill, south-east London on Wednesday. …

Chef Nasrin can’t remember life before cooking. For her, cooking is an expression of love. In her family’s kitchen in Capital, she faithfully absorbed secret recipes and delicate skills from her grandmother and mother.By the time she was 15, Nasrin would make her own jams and pickles. Later on, she ran a little cafe in the city, serving traditional foods …

Abbas Ghazali was born on the 14th of Bahman 1363 in Mahdieh Hospital, Capital, into a religious family. Abbas Ghazali, a young Iranian actor, joined the married couple in 1993. He started acting at the age of 12 in the cultural center of Tarbiatiye Har and also took acting classes in the same center. He performed many plays at the …

The word Muharram means forbidden or prohibited. Before Islam, it is said that this month was called as Safer ul Awwal.[2] The sighting of the new moon ushers in the Islamic New Year.The first month, Muharram, is one of the four sacred months mentioned in the Quran (although not mentioned by name), along with the seventh month of Rajab, and …

Abdul Hossein Gil (born in 1319) is a former film and television actor. He started acting in cinema in 1344 with a short role in “Drivers of Hell” directed by “Reza Fazli”. He was also the director and founder of the movie company “Dawn of Fajr” during the war. Hossein Gil, who appeared in negative roles in pre-revolutionary movies, joined …