Akram Noori; Homa Mousanejhad Khabisi; Mahdi Keshavarz Afshar
Abstract
The image of a woman as a human motif is one of the common motifs in nomadic carpets, which has been woven in various formats and structures, in different regions of Iran, and it definitely has also a symbolic and special meaning. The motif of "nine women" is among the motifs in which the image of the ...
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The image of a woman as a human motif is one of the common motifs in nomadic carpets, which has been woven in various formats and structures, in different regions of Iran, and it definitely has also a symbolic and special meaning. The motif of "nine women" is among the motifs in which the image of the woman is woven. This research tries to address three sample carpets from three different clans. Researchers are looking for the type of woman illustration in this category of Persian hand-woven carpet, and its relationship with the appearance and social image of nomadic women. In fact, the type of clothing and adorn are studying in this research, as one of the social norms for women. The main purpose of this research is to assess the relationship between the type of women imagery in these carpets, and the structure that the nomadic community prefers for the women as a norm, tradition, and custom in the form of clothing. This research is conducted by a descriptive-analytical method through the library and internet data collection. Women's clothing in Baluch carpets is similar to the social clothing of Baluch nomadic women. Whereas women's clothing in Kurdish carpets is not enough similar to the social clothing of Khorasan Kurdish nomadic women, and also there is no resemblance between women's clothing of Afshar carpets and the women's clothing in Kerman Afshar nomads.
mehdi hamed saghghaiiyan; Sakineh Saadat Hoseinian
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The progress and excellence of females in the Islamic society is one of the fundamentalconcerns of Imam Khomeini in his interviews and speeches. He would frequently admit theimportance and influence of women in the Islamic movement, as well as their important rolein the progress of various fields in ...
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The progress and excellence of females in the Islamic society is one of the fundamentalconcerns of Imam Khomeini in his interviews and speeches. He would frequently admit theimportance and influence of women in the Islamic movement, as well as their important rolein the progress of various fields in Iran. According to Imam Khomeini’s belief, womencompared to men had an equal, and even sometimes bigger,role in the victory ofthe Islamicrevolution in Iran. The sacred defense dramatic literature has been principally formedto reflecthistorical incidents of the Islamic revolution andimposed Iran-Iraq war occurred between1980-1988.The level of appropriateness and adaptability of the sacred defense dramaticliterature productions ontheimposed war historical incident was assessedby comparing suchproductions with Imam Khomeini's opinions as the main axis of the sacred defense concept.The method used in this research is descriptive–comparative. The statistical society of thisresearch is all of the holy defense dramatic literature works published between 1978 and2009.The statistical samplesinclude 120 plays including works of female and male authors.In this study, the influence of females on the sacred defense dramatic literature against thewords of Imam Khomeini have been considered as a basis to assess the conformity level ofthese works to the aforementioned historical incidents. Hence, females’ involvement in theproduction such works (as a writer) was firstly compared to male’sinvolvement.Then,statistics obtained regardingfemales’ involvement were compared toImamKhomeini’s viewpointsexpressed in Imam's Sahifeh (a twenty-two volume book containedImam's speeches and letters).The results showed that females have not enjoyed the historicalstatus in the aforementioned art movement as desired by Imam Khomein.
