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Iran's Khayyam is better known in the west than among our students!

In the western world, Khayyam is known as a great scholar and mathematician, but even if our students know him, it is for his clay pitchers. They do not know who Khayyam was.

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Ayatollah Khamenei recommends Alex Haley's "Roots" on people of color

The book "Roots" written by Alexander Haley is a very valuable book for showing part of U.S. crimes. Despite all these crimes, the white people continue to discriminate against blacks in America.

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I have read most of Michel Zévaco's novels: Ayatollah Khamenei

There is a well-known French author called Michel Zevaco who has written many books. I have read most of his novels in the past.

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What's on Ayatollah Khamenei's bookshelf? This time Karl Popper's book

July 28th marks the birth anniversary of Karl Popper, an Austrian-British philosopher and professor. For the occasion, Khamenei.ir presents you with an extract from Ayatollah Khamenei's speech that refers to Karl Popper.

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'The pain Frantz Fanon wrote of was existent during the Pahlavi era in Iran'

Frantz Fanon was a well-known Afro-Caribbean psychiatrist, philosopher, revolutionary, and author. His works have mainly been influential on post-colonial studies and critical theory. Khamenei.ir publishes Ayatollah Khamenei’s reflections on Frantz Fanon and his works.

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"Uncle Tom" is still alive in the American society: Ayatollah Khamenei

Today, one of the most tragic pieces of art is a novel called Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stow. The novel narrates the story of slavery in the United States; this work is still alive, after two hundred years, since first written.

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Ayatollah Khamenei’s stance on Voltaire, the Bastille and the French Revolution

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Strong French, Russian novels portray life artistically: Ayatollah Khamenei

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Ayatollah Khamenei explains why Davenport wrote "An Apology to Muhammad and Quran"

Davenport was non-Muslim but since he was a man of knowledge and understanding, when he looks at the truths of Quran and the stronghold of the verses of this book, he understands that these truths are not from the limited human mind and are hence undeniable.

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Where is world's market for science? Read Adam Mez' book to learn: Ayatollah Khamenei

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Why does Ayatollah Khamenei enjoys reading Asimov’s novelette?

"The Bicentennial Man" is far beyond the scientific realities of our time, that is to say that science does not allow such a thing; however, it is entertaining but not in a useless way.

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Émile Zola’s works are outstanding for depicting a nation’s spirit of defense

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The Thibaults by Roger Martin du Gard, an interesting novel: Leader

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Sarton’s book testifies that Iranians played important role in civilization: Leader

George Sarton – who has written a history of science, a well-known book that has been translated and published and that all of you have probably read – says, “Iranian scholars have played the most important role in this civilization.

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“The American” by Howard Fast shows the failure of US election system: Leader

Reading this book, one can realize what [U.S.] elections really are! Those who play no role in the elections are the people! The ones who cast ballots! Those who come to ballot boxes to vote play absolutely no role.

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"Heart of a Dog" by Bulgakov, an artistic but anti-revolutionary novel: Ayatollah Khamenei

"Heart of a Dog" is an anti-revolutionary novel which was written around 1925 or 1926 – that is to say, during the early years of the Russian Revolution. This novel has some elements of science fiction.

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Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose", a fiction based on fact and history: Leader

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The more we move ahead, the more we will need books: Ayatollah Khamenei

It is wrong to think that books will be sidelined after the emergence of new means of communication; books will gain increasing importance in human communities.

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Don't miss "The History of Science" by Pierre Rousseau

One day, they were learning from us and they were our students. Later on, they became our teachers. In the present time, we are learning from them and we are their students. But later on, we will be their teachers.

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'Mahatma Gandhi' and 'L'Ame enchantée' are Romain Rolland’s important works

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The best translation of Avicenna's book was done by a Kurd

When I read the book I saw that whoever reads the book bows down in respect before the cohesion and consistency of this beautiful prose.