Second Issue of Analytical Monthly ‘Raviyan-e Farhang’ Published

According to Iran’s Book News Agency (IBNA), quoting the news headquarters of the 33rd Book Week of the Islamic Republic of Iran, on the occasion of the 33rd Book Week, the second issue of the analytical monthly “Raviyan-e Farhang”, with Ebrahim Heydari as managing director and Morteza Bariri as editor-in-chief, has been published.

Interviews with Golrokhsar Safi-Ava, Abdolkarim Jaradat, Sharifmorad Esrafilnia, Natalia Ivanova Marava, Mohammadreza Moridi, Ahmad Shakeri, Mohsen Faraji, Davood Arsooni, Peyman Shoqi, Seyed Ali Kashefi Khansari, Saeed Fakhrzadeh, and Masoud Delkhah, as well as articles and notes from writers and researchers such as Seyed Salman Safavi, Hossein Baher, Dariush Moaddabian, Rahim Makhdoumi, Hamid Bouali, Mohammad Milani, Aliallah Salimi, and Soudabeh Amini, are among the contents of this issue of “Raviyan-e Farhang”.

This issue of the monthly includes eight sections: “Dibache” (Preface), “Bab-e Kateb” (Scribe’s Chapter), “Bab-e Tajalli” (Manifestation’s Chapter), “Bab-e Sahhaf” (Binder’s Chapter), “Bab-e Esharat” (Hints’ Chapter), “Bab-e Marefat” (Knowledge’s Chapter), “Bab-e Jostar” (Quest’s Chapter), “Bab-e Moqoufedar” (Endowment Holder’s Chapter), and “Bab-e Revayat” (Narration’s Chapter). It also features special reports on wandering libraries, the slogan and poster of the 33rd Book Week, and national identity.

A slogan, especially in social and cultural spheres, appears as a short and inspiring sentence, a sentence that must be able to carry meaning and also invite the audience to action. From this perspective, a slogan is not merely an an advertising phrase but a part of our collective language and life.

The most important development that has occurred in the programs of the 33rd Book Week has been an effort to ensure that the slogan of this period (‘Let’s Read for Iran’) does not remain at the level of a poster or media. The concept of this slogan must enter people’s daily lives.

The 33rd Book Week has been present in the media even before its official start. This presence shows that the event began in our collective minds and language even before it started in the opening ceremony hall. In this sense, media, besides reflecting Book Week news, is the main stage for the event’s presence. That is, Book Week begins in the media, continues in the media, and transforms into cultural memory in the media.

If the media only suffices with news reflection, the event is quickly forgotten. But if the media can produce content that has no expiration date, then Book Week will become part of cultural memory. The notes, special reports, and interviews published in ‘Raviyan-e Farhang’ magazine are designed precisely with this goal: to transform the event into a lasting cultural text. This permanence is not merely in recording events but in reinterpreting them; in showing how books can be the center of dialogue and rethinking.

Addressing the role of books in identity building, examining cultural developments, analyzing the place of dialogue in contemporary society, and narratives of cultural events are among the central topics of this issue of the analytical monthly “Raviyan-e Farhang”. In this issue, an effort has been made to provide a space for reflecting diverse voices in the cultural and intellectual spheres with an analytical approach, and to leave a lasting mark on cultural memory beyond reporting events.

Get the second issue of “Raviyan-e Farhang,” the analytical monthly of Iran Book and Literature House.