 | | | | | | | | About 7sang | | | | ● 7Sang (Haft Sang) is the name of an Iranian e-magazine that has been published in Persian since the year 2002. 7Sang members and authors are Iranians from all around the world. The contents of 7Sang are mostly cultural, artistic and literary subjects. As the most members are living in Iran, the magazine is published under the current country rules. |
| | ● 7Sang is just published on the net and there is not any printed volume. Not depending to any party, political group, etc, 7Sang is an independed magazine. There is no commercial objective in publishing 7Sang. Furthermore, the expenses for publishing 7sang are all paid by the members and money they may earn from advertising in the magazine. What publishes in 7Sang is the point of view of the writer. Publishing an opinion in 7Sang, doesn’t always mean accepting it. Literally, 7Sang means Seven Stones. The word has been taken from the name of an Iranian traditional game. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Iranian Underground Music, a Music to Stay | 
Dr. Mehdi Semati, Associate Professor of Communication at Eastern Illinois University, teaches in fields such as "International Communication" and "Media and Popular Culture". We interviewed Dr. Semati about underground music in Iran and its differences with western underground music.
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| | To The Memory of Mevlana Jalal al-Din Rumi | 
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has designated 2007 as the Year of Mevlana Jalal al-Din Rumi to mark the prominent Iranian poet’s 800th birth anniversary. Special ceremonies are going to be held in different countries. Among these countries Iran, Turkey, and Afghanistan will have the greatest parts in holding the anniversary.
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| | Let’s Read Rumi in English | 
If you want to know more about Jalal al-Din Rumi and you don’t know Farsi, don’t worry! Here is a short list of some books about him, all in English.
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| | Mathnavi-e Maanavi | 
Mathnavi or Mathnavi-e Maanavi is the best known work of Rumi consisting of 24,660 couplets in seven books. Rumi himself defined his work as a work of destruction, destruction of the worldly for the sake of embracing the Divine. He warns the reader in advance to be prepared to let go of everything.
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| | Nowrouz, The Feast of Celebrating Human Knowledge | 
Dr. Fereydoun Joneydi, Iranologist, and the manager of Neishabour Institute, in an interview with 7sang, talks about the history of Nowrouz. Nowrouz holidays, in the last days of March, are the beginning days of Iranian New Year. Every year, in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kurdistan, and some parts of Turkey, people celebrate Nowrouz as the beginning of New Year.
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| | A Meditation on Kafka's Meditation | 
A collection of Kafka's prose writings was published in the name of Meditation in February 1913; consisted of eight prose texts. Although Kafka continued writing such texts in following years, he never showed interest in publishing them.
This slim volume that can be considered as Kafka’s first book demonstrates mostly the passion of Kafka for knowing himself.
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| | Story: "Intellect vs Emotion" |  Intellect: Stop this nonsense! Why are you laughing? I do not see any reason why you should be so delighted? / Emotion: I am not evil and it is fun to imitate you. You always sound hilarious!? / Intellect: Making fun of others is an evil act! You always make fun of everything! See then, you are evil! You are saddened; did I bring this sorrow upon you?
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| | Noudsheh, The Alps of Iran |  Noudsheh is a city on the very border of Iran & Iraq. It’s on the environs of Paveh, a city that is 150 km. far from Kermanshah. Noudsheh has a history as ancient as its fire-temples. It is surrounded by the mountains, the woodlands of acorn, wild plum, van, and many different kinds of fruit trees.
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