According to Mehr reporter, the unveiling ceremony of the books of the Center for Research and Publication of Holy Defense Education and the IRGC’s Mujahidats with the theme “Explaining the role of women in the Holy Defense” was held at noon today in the presence of IRGC Spokesman Sardar Sharif and a group of writers and researchers of the Holy Defense.
Most of the demands of the leader of the revolution in the field of sacred defense are related to the role of women
At the beginning of this ceremony Hasan Alaei is active The director of the cultural and social group of the Center for Documentation, Research and Publication of Sacred Defense and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Mujahidats said: We in the research and social group of the center, based on the orders of Hazrat Agha and his demands, are seeking to explain the role of people in the holy defense. The center has published a book entitled the guidance charter, which is about leadership demands in the field of sacred defense. In that book, more than 180 demands of the Supreme Leader in the field of holy defense have been counted, and most of these demands are in the field of explaining the role of women in holy defense.
Active Alaei continued: Fortunately, this center, especially the cultural and social studies group, is based on the role of women in sacred defense, and today we are witnessing the publication of 12 book titles, 6 of which have already been unveiled, and 6 new titles will be unveiled today. In these demands, they also mentioned issues that we should address and in fact constitute the content of these books; including the memories of women active in holy defense or support in war or the memories of wives and mothers of martyrs. Some of our books have research aspects, such as the book “From House to Sanger”. We also have a book called “The role of women in the holy defense” which is based on the lifestyle of martyrs’ mothers. We defined a 15-volume series in which we discuss the memories of commanders’ wives. Fortunately, 2 volumes of this collection have been published. In the translation section, we translated some of these books into other languages. The main and distinguished feature of these books is that the authors of these books are mostly women. It means that the complete harmony between the author and the narrator is observed.
The 12-day war is a good opportunity for literary and artistic mythmaking
then Maryam Shadi The head of the Organization for Publishing the Works and Values of Women’s Participation in Sacred Defense said: We have had good cooperation with this center in the past years and we hope that this cooperation will develop further. In the field of women and holy defense, we are in dire need of a book that narrates the realities of women in the field of holy defense and after holy defense. What we need today in the field of women and sacred defense is a wise account of women’s activities.
Shadi continued: The accounts we saw of the 12-day war are different from the accounts of the holy defense. Due to the type of war we witnessed, it is not meaningful to just tell the story. What is important is understanding the narrative. In the 12-day war, we desperately need to understand the narrative, and this understanding of the narrative should lead us to express it.
Stating that the story of the Women of Holy Defense is never ending, he said: We held many events during this period and I suffered some serious injuries in these events. I will explain my point with an example. We organized a cultural event for female students and asked them to recreate and create a work of art based on the story they have of martyred women. We implemented this plan in almost 18 districts of Tehran, and many of our students had not found the necessary narratives of women’s stories to recreate in the form of art. Even though we have been working in the field of women and holy defense for many years, we still haven’t been able to convey the concepts to the new generation. Another point is that our narratives about the women of holy defense need to be revised. We need an artistic narrative. The leader of the revolution says that this inexhaustible treasure needs artistic creation. If a woman writes a book, this book should be the basis for creating a work in another art.
In the end, he said: The 12-day war has provided us with a good opportunity to start producing literary and artistic works. Please take advantage of this opportunity and create works that will last and create myths for our culture. We have started a project called the role of women in the 12-day war. We have made a call in the field of books, poetry and visual arts and we hope that something good will happen in this field.
The book “Sero Golestan Man” is a different romance
Then Mrs Mehbove Mearajipour The author of the book “Peri Karon” said: In 1991, I wrote a book called Teahouse, which was about the activities of women in Ahvaz Teahouse. Mr. Alaei asked that a novel be written for women; I got a character that suits the younger generation, especially teenage girls. I created a fairy character and passed this character through adventures. Perry wants to enter this base and they won’t let him. Perry is a painter and works with canvas and paint. There are some twists that I think you’ll like.
In the following Zahra Hajivand The creator of the book “Last Meeting” said: This book is the result of 40 hours of interview with Mrs. Baghbani. They enter life from the teenage period and after that they have challenges in life that make them miserable. Mrs. Baghbani is almost eighteen years old and has six children. That is, they become mothers of six children at a very young age and try to raise them with the teachings they have seen from their mothers. They continue to engage with the story of the revolution and accompany the children.
The next speaker Semane Nikdel He was the creator of “Seru Golestan Man” who said: This book is the result of 120 hours of interview with the wife of martyr defender of the shrine, martyr Ghorbani. His life is full of ups and downs; It starts with the sacred defense and ends with the defense of the privacy of the Ahl al-Bayt. The challenges of Mrs. Ghorbani’s life and her patience are narrated in this book. One of the challenges I had during the interview was that they were not willing to talk about the events after the martyrdom of Ghorbani. While they had a lot of activities, they said that I did the post-martyrdom activities to soothe my heart, not to narrate. Convincing them to talk was one of my challenges.
He continued: He started a group in Andimeshk that has been visiting the families of the martyrs since 2015 and recording their memories. Today, these meetings have the ability to become books. Also, the activities of this group can be modeled for entire cities. About the book “Sero Golestan Man” itself, I should say that this book is a different kind of romance. A life that is full of anger and reconciliation and has everything in it.
Just as the role of men has not been narrated, the role of women in the sacred defense has not been narrated either
In the following Sardar Ramzan Sharif The head of the Holy Defense Research and Documentation Center said: Holy Defense is one of the critical phases of the Islamic Revolution. It is important both in terms of time that it took eight years and in terms of the effect it had on the continuation of the revolution. Also, this period of time is a model for those who sought liberation and freedom.
Sardar Sharif pointed out the importance of victory in the war and said: If a people, tribe and country lose in a war, they will see a long-term humiliation and will be looked down upon. Because they could not defend their dignity, ideals and ideas. Not only that generation, but even their children have this feeling of inferiority. An example of that is the Japanese, who are knocking on doors and walls to make up for the humiliation of defeat in past wars. But the nation of Iran, even though the Islamic revolution was in its infancy and the war started in special circumstances, under the leadership of the Imam, it ended with the defeat of the enemy. Therefore, at this point, our nation came out proud. Our nation unitedly participated in the war and endured hardships so that the country won. Those who reached the peak of happiness were martyred or became martyrs, and then the wives who bore the pain of being away from their wives and shine. But we could not narrate and portray this resistance as we should.
He continued: “Women should not complain too much that their role is not narrated well, because the situation of men is no different from that of women.” We have thousands and thousands of epics and people who have died, but no names have been mentioned yet. They are unknown even in their own neighborhood, city and village, let alone at the national level. Unfortunately, we could not visualize thousands of incidents of holy defense.
Ramzan Sharif added: One of the main axes of the psychological operations of our enemies against the Islamic Republic is the issue of women. Despite the fact that all the statistics show that the Islamic Republic has done almost an unprecedented job in the field of women, even compared to Islamic countries, they attack our country in the field of women. You can see the statistics of female students and graduates; It is not at all comparable to the past. The number of university professors, researchers, etc. shows our great work. However, one of the words of the enemy is that the Islamic Republic did not value women and humiliated them. Not only foreign media, but also some domestic media are blowing into this fire.
We have to expose the role of women in society administration
The former spokesman of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said: There are strange pressures and they are trying to ignore the functioning of the Islamic Republic. I think a large part of it is due to our lack of work. We should try to depict the performance and the bright, lasting and admirable face of the women of this land. They have started some work from the past and it is starting to pay off. We also try to make up for these shortcomings. It is our duty to honor the families of martyrs. You can be sure that if we can narrate the reality of women in holy defense, we don’t need any exaggeration. Just conveying the truth to public opinion will do its job. But we do not deny that we should write artistically and produce works with elegance.
The head of the Holy Defense Research and Documentation Center added: The enemy is trying to take advantage of our weaknesses. If we can show off the role of women in the administration of society and the progress of the country, the enemy will retreat, or at least the question will be raised in the minds of our youth, which of the parties is right? Unfortunately, we did not put much effort into presenting these issues. Maybe we took this for granted and that’s why we didn’t do it. The enemy has not recognized our men and women. The root of both wars against us was the lack of understanding of this issue. Saddam thought that Iran is a messed up country and the institutions are confused and the nation has not yet made a serious decision on how much to defend the system. This lack of understanding of Imam’s management and the role of Saddam’s people made him make such a mistake. The 12-day war was again the result of a wrong analysis, that the people are unhappy and if we attack, we will achieve our goals. For twenty or thirty years, they tried to reach this climax and martyr the commanders and assassinate the scientists and be able to surrender the Islamic Republic of Iran within four or five days. They used modern technology and said that they will finish the work of the system in three to five days. Even today, it is clear to everyone that the NATO organization with all its branches were present in this confrontation. However, some of our neighboring countries were a little more careful about the holy defense period.
The enemy wants to take away hope from the youth
He continued: In the 12-day war, the role of families and the role of women were prominent. The enemy wanted people to be silent or to come to their aid. Exactly the opposite happened. People neither kept silent nor accompanied them. In the days when people were threatened to evacuate Tehran, the density of the population shows that the role of women is prominent and bold. Just as they did not get anywhere in the holy defense, they also failed in this 12-day war. Although they damaged some of our funds. But in the end, the good and blessing that came to the Islamic Republic was due to the measures that these dear commanders had based on the experiences of the holy defense. The whole world admired Islamic Iran. You can be sure that in the future, the cooperation documents of the countries with the Zionist regime will be published, and then you will realize the greatness of the work of the armed forces and the IRGC organization.
He added: All the enemy’s efforts are to take hope from our youth and people. We have a duty to neutralize this psychological and media operation by properly explaining the resistance of our people. Be sure that the future belongs to the Islamic revolution. This is the promise of the Holy Quran that will surely come true. In the past 47 years, our nation has shown that it adheres to the ideals of the revolution and listens to the command of the leadership of the Islamic revolution. Just as the Imam played a central role in the holy defense, the supreme leader of the revolution calmed the nation and organized the armed forces.
Appreciation of the authors and unveiling of the latest books of the Holy Defense Research and Documents Center
Later, with the presence of Sardar Ramzan Sharif, Mahbobe Mearajipour, Zahra Hajivand, writer Samaneh Nikdel, Mansoura Qanadian and activist Hassan Alaei were honored.
The final part of this ceremony was the unveiling of the latest books of the Holy Defense Research and Documents Center, which were unveiled by Sardar Ramzan Sharif and a group of writers. In this ceremony, the books “From House to Sanger”, “Perikaron”, “Perhaps Tomorrow will Come”, “Wooden House”, “The Story of that Girl of Shiraz” and “The Last Meeting” were unveiled.
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