INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
TEHRAN- Renowned composer Karen Homayounfar has been awarded the title of Islamic Revolution Artist of the Year
He received this honor, along with a special award, on Sunday evening at the closing ceremony of the 11th Islamic Revolution Art Week, an
annual festival organized by the Art Bureau of the Islamic Ideology Dissemination Organization (IIDO).He received the award for his music
album "Sayyed al-Ummah," created as a tribute to the martyr Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah."I have received many awards, but this one is truly
extraordinary," he stated after accepting his award from renowned filmmakers Ebrahim Hatamikia and Ahmadreza Darvish, as well as
many were more deserving than I, and I am grateful to the selection committee for choosing someone as small as me for this great honor," he
geography of love, expectation, and hope
All our scholars and celebrities throughout history are figures any nation would dream of having
I hope the artists of our country, all highly talented, can swiftly open the cultural capitals of the world with their works in literature,
A master like Karen Homayounfar is a true maestro of flight
conveys a sense of mourning that evokes deep emotions, he added.Born in 1978, Karen Homayounfar is an award-winning musician and composer,
who has won the Crystal Simorgh for Best Film Score at the Fajr Film Festival four times and has received the Golden Statue for Best Music
at the Iran Cinema Celebration five times
In 2022, he served as one of the judges on the third season of the television competition "Asr-e Jadid" (New Era).Homayounfar was selected
from five nominees for the Islamic Revolution Artist of the Year, which included Golestan Jafarjan for receiving commendation from the
Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, for her book "Autumn Has Arrived" and its 135 reprints; Mohammad
Hamzehzadeh for creating the book series "Tales of Delestan and Golestan"; Mohammadreza Doost Mohammadi for his portraits of martyred
commanders of the Resistance Front and his impactful contributions to resistance art; and Mohammad Rasouli for his timely poetry during the
Al-Aqsa Storm and in crucial moments of the Resistance Front.In another part of the ceremony, Kamal Sharaf, a cartoonist and caricaturist
from Yemen, was recognized as the international figure of Resistance Art for creating nearly 500 works following the Operation Al-Aqsa
Storm, highlighting his role in the epic artistic narrative in Yemen
The award was presented to Ibrahim Mohammad al-Deilami, the Yemeni ambassador to Tehran.After receiving the award, al-Deilami expressed his
gratitude to the festival organizers and sent greetings to the fighters of the Resistance Front who sacrifice their lives and remain
his pen, has received this award, I extend my gratitude
We all must stand firm on this front, retreating not even an inch, and everyone should come forward with whatever they have to contribute,
just as artists fight with their pens."The art week is organized by the Art Bureau of the Islamic Ideology Dissemination Organization every
year to commemorate the martyrdom anniversary of documentarian Morteza Avini.Art exhibitions and workshops, and theatrical musical
performances are organized during this week.Avini was martyred by a landmine in 1993 during his last trip to the former Iran-Iraq war zone
colleagues and war veterans due to the fervent narrations he wrote for his documentaries.Avini has been commemorated by various Iranian
This article first appeared/also appeared in Tehran Times
