According to the public relations of Shiraz University, the final ceremony of the 8th cultural national, and international artistic memorial " Boye Sibe Haram ", focusing on the role of women in the Hosseini epic, especially for university students nationwide, announced the winners of this round of the festival.

This ceremony, organized by the Cultural and Social Deputy of Shiraz University in collaboration with the Cultural and Social Deputy of the Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology, was held in the presence of a group of winners of this festival and university students nationwide at the Fajr Hall of Shiraz University on the evening of February 14th.

More than a thousand works were submitted to the secretariat of the 8th cultural and artistic memorial " Boye Sibe Haram ".

The head of the Cultural and Social Support and Assistance Management of Shiraz University, welcoming the attendees at this ceremony, stated: Like previous years, this festival has been held in six national categories, including photography, poster, short story, poetry, short film, and podcast. For the first time, in addition to the national level, the poster and poetry categories were also held at the international level.

Dr. Ismail Kalantari announced that in this round of the festival, more than a thousand works were received in total innational and international categories. He mentioned that the highest number of entries at the national level was in the photography category with approximately 410 entries, followed by poetry with about 320 entries. At the international level, the poetry category received the most entries with over 70 submissions. However, the short film category had the least number of entries sent to the secretariat of the memorial.

He added: One of the strengths of this memorial is the submission of works from all provinces of the country and about 50 universities, including public universities, Islamic Azad universities, Payame Noor, medical sciences, cultural institutions, applied sciences, non-profit organizations, seminaries, and more. Overall, 10% of the faculty members, 80% of students, and 10% of academic supporters have submitted their work.

The festival winners were introduced and honored as follows:

Poetry category at the national level:

- Fatemeh Halimian from Isfahan, the first-rank
- Mostafa Tofiqi from Mashhad, the second-rank
- Vahid Talat from Mahabad, the third-rank
- Abbas Goodarzi from Borujerd, deserving of appreciation
- Mohammad Mahdi Khan Mohammadi from Tehran, deserving of appreciation
- Mohsen Kaviani from Qom, deserving of appreciation

Poster category at the national level:

- Farnaz Ghali Jani from Shiraz, the first-rank
- Niloufar Rahmani from Shiraz, the second-rank
- Hamidreza Majidi from Arak, the third-rank
- Aysa Shahi from Shiraz, deserving of appreciation
- Azadeh Haqshenas from Shiraz, deserving of appreciation

Photography category at the national level:

- Saman Khodayari from Tehran, the first-rank
- Hadi Broomandnejad from Ahar, the second-rank
- Rayeheh Ramazani from Tehran, the third-rank
- Hashem Erfan Mansh from Shiraz, deserving of appreciation
- Haj Geda Ali from Qom, deserving of appreciation
- Farzin Khodaverdian from Tehran, deserving of appreciation
- Mahdi Emami from Tabriz, deserving of appreciation
- Mahnaz Abbasi from Tabriz, deserving of appreciation
- Hossein Rahmani Firouz from Shiraz, deserving of appreciation
- Fatemeh Azadmanesh from Qom, deserving of appreciation
- Mostafa Hossein Salman from Iraq, deserving of appreciation
- Shadi Khodayari from Tehran, deserving of appreciation
- Ehsan Ghasabi from Ahvaz, deserving of appreciation

Short story category at the national level:

- Fatemeh Sadat Omrani from Shiraz, the first-rank
- Mostafa Toofiki from Mashhad, tied for the second-rank
- Pooria Eskandarzadeh from Tehran, tied for the second-rank

- Donya Eskandarzadeh from Tehran, the third-rank
- Marzieh Pezhohanfar from Tehran, deserving of appreciation

Short film category at the national level:

- Zahra Asgari from Tehran, deserving of appreciation
- Mohammad Mohammadi from Shiraz, deserving of appreciation

Podcast category at the national level:

- Mehdi Amin from Delijan, the first-rank
- Safura Taheri from Isfahan, the second-rank
- Amir Abbas Sirous from Tehran, the third-rank
- Nasrin Vahabzadeh from Isfahan, deserving of appreciation
- Alireza Shahsoondi from Shiraz, deserving of appreciation

Poetry category at the international level:

- Mohammad Abdul Qadosi Al-Wazir from Yemen, the first-rank
- Nawal Hafez Radd from Beirut, Lebanon, the second-rank
- Jasim Muslim Al-Khayyal from Iraq, the third-rank
- Sayyed Adnan Al-Mousavi from Iraq, deserving of appreciation

It should be noted that the 8th cultural, national, and international artistic memorial " Boye Sibe Haram " was held on the themes of the role of women in storytelling and defense of Islamic culture, the role of women in the dynamism and sustainability of the culture of Ashura, the role of Muslim women in shaping social crises such as Corona and earthquakes, Muslim women and mourning in the Arbaeen pilgrimage, the behavioral model of Hazrat Fatimah Masoumeh and Zainab Kubra in educating warrior children, the power of women's resistance in defense of Al-Aqsa Mosque, the dignity of indigenous Palestinian women in Zionist prisons, the hijab and its impact on the culture of Islamic resistance, the global arrogance's efforts to weaken Muslims through the erosion of women's chastity, and a special section on the terrorist incident at the holy shrine of Shahcheragh.

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