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Abadan in Zoya Pirzad’s novel Cherāgh-hā-rā man khāmush mikonam

December 30, 2016 By Rasmus Elling 2 Comments

Abadan in Zoya Pirzad’s novel Cherāgh-hā-rā man khāmush mikonam

by Claus V. Pedersen, University of Copenhagen.

Armenian-Iranian prose writer Zoya Pirzad, born in Abadan 1952, was the shining star on the Iranian literary firmament during the 1990s and the early years of this century.

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Abadan, Armenian, Iran, Literature, Novel, Urban, Zoya Pirzad

Abadan in the Ancient and Early Mediaeval Periods

June 28, 2016 By Rasmus Elling Leave a Comment

Abadan in the Ancient and Early Mediaeval Periods

by Khodadad Rezakhani.

The geography of Abadan and its location between and in close proximity to many different rivers makes it a hard sight to pinpoint. Some of the available textual references can only be speculated to denote the city or the area, while references to the name, in form of ‘Abbadan, only start from the early Islamic centuries and continue sporadically until the pre-modern period.

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Abadan’s digital afterlife: past images and present pasts in Abadani virtual communities

June 13, 2016 By Rasmus Elling 5 Comments

Abadan’s digital afterlife:  past images and present pasts in Abadani virtual communities

by Shireen Walton.

The Abadan shown and seen today online is connected to, but is not altogether of the historical past.

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From my island of memories, toward our world of dreams: a personal statement on Abadan

June 10, 2016 By Rasmus Elling 3 Comments

From my island of memories, toward our world of dreams: a personal statement on Abadan

by Paul Schroeder

It’s tempting but not quite correct to suppose that we must disentangle the Abadan that exists from the city of our dreams. Our memories, realities and dreams will be tangled forever and irrevocably.

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Abadan: Oil City Dreams and the Nostalgia for Past Futures in Iran (Part One)

June 9, 2016 By nikolaj Leave a Comment

Abadan: Oil City Dreams and the Nostalgia for Past Futures in Iran (Part One)

by Rasmus Christian Elling

The forgotten story of a city in Iran reminds us that oil can also be the stuff of imagination, bringing life to a place, making people dream and remember.

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Abadan: Oil City Dreams and the Nostalgia for Past Futures in Iran (Part Two)

June 9, 2016 By nikolaj 2 Comments

Abadan: Oil City Dreams and the Nostalgia for Past Futures in Iran (Part Two)

by Rasmus Christian Elling.

Abadan is special. Or at least, it used to be special. Its urban and social fabric stands out from all other Iranians cities. Its inhabitants are unmistakably Abadani. How is that?

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Abadan: Oil City Dreams and the Nostalgia for Past Futures in Iran (Part Three)

June 9, 2016 By nikolaj 1 Comment

Abadan: Oil City Dreams and the Nostalgia for Past Futures in Iran (Part Three)

by Rasmus Christian Elling.

As comforting as it may feel, nostalgia is contentious: any remembrance of the past rests on selective amnesia.

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The Early Beginnings of Modern Abadan

June 9, 2016 By nikolaj 1 Comment

The Early Beginnings of Modern Abadan

by Willem Floor.

This was the nucleus of what would become the city of Abadan, as the site of the refinery was commonly called by those working there as well as by the British in their reports. It was this Persianized name that became commonly used and accepted and became the new city’s official name in 1935.

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Abadan in the National Press During the Oil Nationalisation Movement, 1946-51

June 8, 2016 By nikolaj Leave a Comment

Abadan in the National Press  During the Oil Nationalisation Movement, 1946-51

by Mattin Biglari.

During that most momentous period of Iranian oil politics – that of the oil nationalisation movement in 1951 – Abadan was central in the national imagination.

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