“Between the Lines” goes to foreign writers/ seven episodes were recorded – Mehr News Agency | Iran and world’s news
Sidemjid Tafarshi, the editor and presenter of the television program “Bein Khattan”, which is one of the latest productions of the documentary and television center Surah Produced by Mustafa Pourmohammadi, in a conversation with Mehr reporter, he said about the details of this project: “Between the Lines” will be made in 13 episodes, of which 7 episodes have been recorded so far and the production is still ongoing.
He stated that this program has gone to the conversation with the famous writers of the world and the introduction of their new works, and stated that: in fact, this program, in addition to causing communication between the international intellectuals of Iran and the world, can be a bridge between the transfer of knowledge and experience of new writers and It is less known to Iran.
Pointing out that this TV program is produced outside of Iran, the editor of “Bein Chasat” said: sending the production team from Iran to abroad to produce this work is difficult and in the current situation for many reasons, including Corona, visa, cost and Residence issues were impossible. For this reason, by choosing the Iranian production team on site, we chose writers with whom we can talk directly, of course, physical presence next to the writers and in Face interaction Face to face with them abstinence From the virtual chat, it definitely made the job interesting.
Foreign writers who their works It is about the Middle East, Iran and Islam
In response to the question of what is the topic of the books that he has chosen to discuss with his authors in this program, Tafarshi stated: works that are directly related to the issues of the Middle East, the Islamic world, and Iran, as well as books that are strategic studies on various issues. It is a world that is useful for the Iranian and Persian-speaking audience, we will talk about it in the form of introducing the works and talking with the author in this TV program. It is necessary to say that it was important for us to go to the works of great authors while dealing with the newly published books, which, while not contradicting the strategic and national issues of Iran, would help to understand the specific and general Iranian audience.
He added: In the initial refinement, we reached one hundred and eight works from more than a thousand book titles, and finally we selected thirteen books based on thematic priorities and authors that were published from 2020 onwards. Among the challenges we had in this section was that we had to travel a long distance to talk to some writers distance which was beyond the scope of the project, that’s why we removed it from the list. Also, we did not reach an understanding with some other subjects in the middle of the work due to content and technical reasons.
According to the host of “Bein Chasin”, in this television program, topics such as human security and the role of large companies in providing and destroying it in the world, Iran’s international relations, especially in the northern borders, the security organization and their activities in the Middle East and the Islamic world (Organization Western security), Shiites as a minority in the West and Shiite women in today’s world have been discussed.
University professors in a television program
Tafarshi mentioned the writers he has talked with so far and said: Mary Martin is a professor of human security from the university. L S Oh you London, Marzieh Kohi Esfahani, professor of international relations at the university I have, Oliver Charbrot And Jaffa Shinnik Former professors of the University of Birmingham who are now in the university Lund Sweden teaches and Nigel West The well-known writer and expert on security, defense and military issues are among the people we talked to in this TV show.
He continued: Also, one of the interesting conversations of this program with Mark David It happened that the university professor for you and is the cultural advisor of the European Football Federation (UEFA). The impact of politics and society on the culture of football fandom and vice versa was the subject of our conversation, where we paid attention to the underlying layers of the fandom culture in professional football.
In the end, the host of “Bean Khattan” noted: Although the budget of this work is not small compared to the budget of Iranian works, it is very small compared to the budget of international works, and it creates restrictions for the selection of people and production costs and binds our hands, but in interaction With documentary and television center Surah that this program is the product of this center, we hope to overcome the problems let’s come and provide quality and acceptable work.