In diasporic literature the question of identity is tangled with the question of history. This study aims at discussing how Yasmin Crowther reviews the Persian tradition in The Saffron Kitchen, her autobiographical novel which is mainly set-in early 60s, Iran. The novel focuses on evoking and rewriting history by using different types of counter narratives that contrast with Iranian hegemonic d...

after capturing maghreb, moslems sought for more conquests in order to make the field ready to spread islam more and more. the moslems' readiness and appropriate circumstances prepared the arrangements for the spread of islam in a vast area, called andulus. and when andulus was captured, islam covered the whole area. at first, the rulers' peaceful polices and the islamic solidarity le...

iran and neighboring countries have a very high rate of road accidents with thousands of victims per year. in last 20 years, more than half million iranian were killed in road accidents millions suffering from injuries. as you know unintentional inures are a leading cause of death among children and young adult. “shefa” neuroscience research center is working on different scientific researches ...

migraine is one of the common varieties of headache. it involves 4 to 6 percent of men and 13 to 16 percent of women under 30 years in more than 80% of cases. some studies have shown that in 50% of patients serum magnesium level decreases during attacks of headache and using magnesium tablets and intravenous magnesium sulfate is more effective for treatment of migraine attack, than placebo. thi...

objective: to evaluate the prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus (gdm) and its risk factors in tehran. materials and methods: from march 2002 to october 2004, screening for gdm was performed on 1804 women in tehran. all pregnant women were referred for a 50 g oral glucose challenge test (ogct) between 24th and 28th week of gestation. all subjects with an abnormal gct (blood glucose level ...

in diasporic literature the question of identity is tangled with the question of history. this study aims at discussing how yasmin crowther reviews the persian tradition in the saffron kitchen, her autobiographical novel which is mainly set-in early 60s, iran. the novel focuses on evoking and rewriting history by using different types of counter narratives that contrast with iranian hegemonic d...