iranian national identity

The ethno-cultural region of Hawraman encounters a multiple and complex combination of identity sources which its understanding calls for deep and contextual investigation. Applying a qualitative approach, the present study attempts to discuss the identity sources of Hawrami people. To these end, a half-structured interview was conducted with 33 Hawrami key commentaries and experts selected with maximum variation; Data were gathered. In order to analyze the data, we used Nvivo and MAXQDA software based on conventional qualitative content analysis proposed by Lundman and Greneheim. The findings of the study demonstrated that the identity sources of Hawraman consists of four themes: “Hawrami-Kurdish ethnical identity”, “Iranian national identity”, “religious identity”, and “modern identity”. The category of Hawrami-Kurdish identity includes Hawrami language and literature, Hawrami symbols, sense of attachment and feeling proud of being a Hawrami, preserving and defending Hawrami sources and interests, music and songs and the emphasis on social integrity of different regions as Kurd people. The Iranian national identity includes the everyday presence of Persian language, music and songs, rituals and Iranian values, and national loyalty. Religious identity embraces the beliefs, rituals, Sufism, Ghaderi and Naghshbandi mysticisms, the state of religion, tolerance and revitalization-fundamentalism. In the category of modern identity, we shall see challenging the ancestor’s beliefs, intellect, criticism and awareness, humanism and tendency towards modernism, cosmopolitanism and consumption. At the end of the study, according to the findings, the identity sources of Hawrami people model was recognized and represented.

Shahnameh, the great book of Abolqasem Ferdowsi (940-1025 AD), is not only a proof of revival of Iranian national identity, but also the most important element for durability and expansion of the rich culture and art of this land. Ferdowsi described writing of this unique manuscript as resurrection of Iranian people. The present paper is an attempt to find answers to these questions: whether the great Ferdowsi has endeavoured to revitalise the traditions of this land alone, or other groups such as Iranian artists and craftsmen have assisted his endurance in revival of pre-Islamic traditions and culture?
This paper also tries to determine the level of contribution of Iranian artists and craftsmen based on the available archaeological evidences, in line with the Tous scholar in order to renew artistic life and revive customs and traditions in place during Sasanian era. To this end, samples of ceramic decorations, tiles, and plasterworks dating back to mid-Islamic centuries have all been studied. The results of this study revealed that despite emphasis of the Arab rulers on prohibiting dedication of mythical figures of Iran before Islam, majority of Iranian people were seeking every avenue to reflect their culture and traditions on their artefacts and monuments.

Development of new communicative technology and the widespread use of this technology in the world has led all communities even the poorest and most remote countries to enjoy facilities to communicate around the world much more and advanced than before. Regardless its beneficiary or suffering، the impact on people’s lives around the world has been so invasive that will need to rapidly investigate. “Language & Literature «is one of the key issues in studies of globalization، especially in terms of purely literary and artistic work which has always inherently global capabilities and contacts of world’s finding. Persian language and literature is no exception to this rule، especially proud of the point that history is ancient، and its intellectual and literary agents have a privileged position in the world. Persian works of literature have many components of the world''s masterpieces both of form and meaning.» Masnavi «، an example of the result of the Iranian nation is intuitive genius and recognition due to the pure and sublime human experiences and teachings. It is a heart-touching and attractive text in proportion to the unconscious and conscious mind. This research seeks to study and identify various dimensions of globalization and its relation to cultural، social and political realms with the emphasis on cultural dimension. Accordingly، the present research seeks to answer the key question of what the national identity criteria -emphasizing the characteristics of Islamic Iranian- are and how they could contribute to globalization by existing intellectual structures and technical capacities.