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Afshin Parsaeian Rad
Afshin () is a common Persian given name derived from Avestan. Afshin was used by the Sogdians. Historically, it was the title of the rulers of Principality of Ushrusana in Transoxiana before the Muslim conquest of Persia.. Etymology ''Afšīn'' is form of the Middle Persian ''Pišīn'', which traces back to Avestan ''Pisinah''. In Persian mythology, it is the name of a grandson of Kay Kawad ( Yt. 13.132, 19.71) found as a proper name attested by Armenian historians in the form ''Ōšin'' (from ''Awšin''). in Encyclopedia Iranica. . Online edition. 2010. People ;Given name * |
Anglicization
Anglicisation or anglicization is a form of cultural assimilation whereby something non-English becomes assimilated into or influenced by the culture of England. It can be sociocultural, in which a non-English place adopts the English language or culture; institutional, in which institutions are influenced by those of England or the United Kingdom; or linguistic, in which a non-English term or name is altered due to the cultural influence of the English language.Bridge, Carl, and Fedorowich, Kent. ''The British World: Diaspora, Culture, and Identity'', 2003, p. 89. "Beyond gaps in our information about who or what was affected by anglicisation is the matter of understanding the process more fully in terms of agency, periodisation, and extent and limitations." It can also refer to the influence of English soft power, which includes media, cuisine, popular culture, technology, business practices, laws and political systems. Anglicisation first occurred in the British Isles, when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afshin Ghaffarian
Afshin Ghaffarian (, ; born 1986 in Mashhad) is an Iranian choreographer, director, dancer, and actor, participating primarily with the group "Reformances". '' Desert Dancer'' is a 2014 movie inspired by his life. Ghaffarian was portrayed by Reece Ritchie. Biography Ghaffarian started his art career in 1999, in Saba Art Center. He holds a high school diploma in Cinema and a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre from Islamic Azad University Central Tehran Branch. In late 2009, he received media attention after his performance in "Strange But True", part of Iranian cultural festival in Mulheim an der Ruhr, Germany. As the play ended, he appeared with a green bracelet, a sign of Iranian Green Movement, chanting " Where is my vote?". He did not return to Iran and went to France as a refugee where he started the dance company "Reformances". He met and collaborated with Shahrokh Moshkin Ghalam in France. During 2010–2011, he attended Centre National de la Danse. Ghaffarian is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afshin Peyrovani
Mohammad Ali "Afshin" Peyrovani (, born 6 February 1970) is a retired Iranian footballer and a football coach. He is the younger brother of Gholam Peyrovani and Amir Hossein Peyrovani. A former Iran national, he played in the 1998 World Cup, as well as the team that finished third in the 1996 Asian Cup. A versatile player, Peyrovani played in several positions throughout his career, including as a central defender and right defender. Throughout his club career, he played for Perspolis and Peykan and won Iran League for Fifth time. Following his retirement, he also served as a manager and Football Director for Perspolis. Playing career Club career Peyrovani was a product of the Persepolis youth academy. On 1 August 1993 he was signed by the first team where he spent 10 years of his playing career, making over 200 appearances. On 29 August 2004 he moved to Paykan Tehran F.C. on a one-year deal. Peyrovani ended his career at the end of the IPL 2004/05 season. Club ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afshin Nazemi
Afshin Nazemi (; born 20 February 1971 in Sowme'eh Sara, Iran) is an Iranian football coach and the retired player who is currently manager of Gilanmehr Fouman. Playing career He began his career as a football player in 1990 with Esteghlal Rasht. After two years, he joined the first team squad and played for the team for ten years, then moved to Pegah and played three years for the team. He retired in July 2006. Managerial career He became assistant manager of Damash Gilan, a new club that was established after the dissolution of Pegah. The first head coach who Nazemi worked with was Bijan Zolfagharnasab, then he worked with Hossein Abdi, Stanko Poklepović, Firouz Karimi, Markar Aghajanian and Marijan Pušnik. After Pušnik was sacked in July 2010, Nazemi was appointed as the caretaker head coach of the club. After Mehdi Dinvarzadeh was signed as the new head coach, he returned to his assistant role and worked with him. Then Ebrahim Ghasempour, Mehdi Tartar, Omid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afshin Naghouni
Afshin Naghouni is an Iranian-British visual artist, known for his controversial, larger-than-life paintings. From a critique about Naghouni’s paintings around the turn of the century: ''he works in an expressive and cubist style that explores every aspect of each object in his compositions, simultaneously.'' Early life and education Afshin Naghouni (Ash) was born on August 25, 1969 at Ahvaz, Iran, to Sediheh ( Mohammadzaal) and Jahangir Naghouni. Naghouni was considered to be a child prodigy. For as long as he remembers he was holding a pen or a pencil. He started painting and drawing when he was four or five years old. As a reward, if he had good marks in school, he would go to painting classes during the summer holiday. Quoted reference 18 minute 02 seconds. When Naghouni was 9 years old, he went to his first oil painting class and then began emulating the paintings of Caravaggio, John Constable and others. He won a number of regional and national painting competi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afshin Molavi
Afshin Molavi () is an Iranian-American author and co-director of Emerge 85 Lab, a joint research initiative between the Foreign Policy Institute (SAIS), Johns Hopkins Foreign Policy Institute and UAE-based Delma Institute. He is also a senior research fellow at the New America Foundation, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, and a senior advisor at Oxford Analytica. At New America, he co-directs the World Economy Roundtable, which focuses on changes in the global economy following the Great Recession. In 2005, he was selected as a 'Young Global Leader' by the World Economic Forum in Davos, Davos, Switzerland, by a selection committee chaired by Queen Rania of Jordan. Life and career Molavi holds a Master's Degree in Middle Eastern History and International Economics from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afshin Mohebbi
Afshin Mohebbi is an Iranian-born United States businessman, best known as the former president and Chief Operating Officer of Qwest Communications International. Education and background A US citizen, Mohebbi was born in Iran and raised in California. Mohebbi received his Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering with an emphasis on communications systems from the University of California, Irvine, in two years when he was only 18 years old. He followed this up with a Telecommunications Engineering Certificate from the University of California, Los Angeles. He also has an MBA (dean's scholar) from the University of California. Career Starting in 1983, Mohebbi undertook a series of posts in sales and marketing with Pacific Bell, including vice president-business markets; and later with SBC Communications. He then became president and managing director of British Telecom's United Kingdom Markets division, an $18 billion business unit serving 20 million consumers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afshin Moghaddam
Afshin Moghaddam (, 30 September 1945 – 23 July 1976), born Hossein Ahanian Moghaddam, was an Iranian singer. He was best known for his song "Zemestoun (''Winter'')", which came 79th in Manoto 1's "100 Greatest Iranian Songs of All-Time" chart. Moghaddam was killed in a car accident whilst traveling to Amol Amol ( ; ) is a city in the Central District (Amol County), Central District of Amol County, Mazandaran province, Mazandaran province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. Amol is located on the Haraz River bank. It is ..., north of Iran, with three friends. All but Moghaddam survived, who later died on the way to the hospital. Discography Studio albums *''Zemestoon: Best of Afshin'' (2002, Caltex Records) References 1945 births 1976 deaths Musicians from Tehran Iranian pop singers Burials at Behesht-e Zahra Road incident deaths in Iran 20th-century Iranian male singers {{Iran-singer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afshin Marashi
Afshin Marashi is an American historian, with a focus on modern Iran. He is a professor of history at the University of Oklahoma. He is the current holder of the Farzaneh Family Chair in Modern Iranian History. He received his bachelor's degree in political science in 1992 from University of California, Berkeley, and his PhD from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2003. He has worked at the University of Kansas and California State University, Sacramento California State University, Sacramento (CSUS, Sacramento State, or informally Sac State) is a public university in Sacramento, California, United States. Founded in 1947 as Sacramento State College, it is part of the California State Universit ... in the past. In addition to English, he has a reading/speaking command of Persian, and a reading command of Turkish, French and Spanish. Selected works * ''Nationalizing Iran: Culture, power, and the state, 1870–1941'' by Marashi, Afshin, University of California, Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afshin Kazemi
Afshin Kazemi Ghezeljeh (; born 23 November 1986) is an Iranian professional futsal player. Honours Country * FIFA Futsal World Cup ** Third place (1): 2016 Club * AFC Futsal Club Championship ** Champions (2): 2006 ( Shensa) – 2012 ( Giti Pasand) ** Runner-Up (1): 2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ... ( Giti Pasand) * Iranian Futsal Super League ** Champion (5): 2003–04 ( Shensa) – 2005–06 ( Shensa) – 2007–08 ( Tam Iran Khodro) – 2012–13 ( Giti Pasand) – 2016–17 ( Giti Pasand) ** Runner-Up (4): 2010–11 ( Giti Pasand) – 2011–12 ( Giti Pasand) – 2013–14 ( Giti Pasand) – 2014–15 ( Giti Pasand) International goals References 1986 births Living people Sportspeople from Karaj Futsal forwards Iranian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afshin Kamaei
Afshin Kamaie (born September 16, 1974) is a retired Iranian footballer. Club career Club career statistics * Assist Goals References 1974 births Living people Iranian men's footballers Esteghlal Ahvaz F.C. players Persian Gulf Pro League players Men's association football midfielders Place of birth missing (living people) {{Iran-footy-midfielder-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afshin (singer)
Afshin Jafari (), known by the mononym Afshin (; born 6 May 1978), is an Iranian singer based in UAE. Afshin moved with his family when he was seven. He started learning guitar at age 10 and started writing music and lyrics early on. In 1995, his family immigrated to Germany when he was 17 where they resided in Mannheim Mannheim (; Palatine German language, Palatine German: or ), officially the University City of Mannheim (), is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, second-largest city in Baden-Württemberg after Stuttgart, the States of Ger .... Singing in Persian diaspora events and venues, at 21 he signed a contract with ParsVideo specializing in Iranian music. Afshin incorporated elements of Iranian music and youth-oriented western pop, hip hop and rap music in his songs and launched a number of albums and music videos that became popular in Germany and the Iranian diaspora. He is supported by Taraneh Records and Avang Music. His brother Amir Ali, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
