2018                            Designing ‘Cultural and Artistic Paths’ in Iranian cities, and aiding creating the first site as such in Yazd

2018                            Planning and establishing Bibliophile Villages and Nomads Network

2017                            Planning and establishing Book Reading Promotion Groups Network with the presence of active teams for developing book reading in Iran Planning and establishing Bibliophile Cities Network

2017                            Setting up Flying Turtle Book Reading Club

2016                            Planning and making writers tours to various cities across the country to attend schools and bookstores and to meet with children and youth and make book signing event with the aid of Iran Book House and the Iranian Association of Writers for Children and Young Adults

2015                            Founding the magazine Flying Turtle to help introduce books and other cultural products to families

2015 to date                Planning and running Cup of Reading Clubs for Children and Young Adults

2015 to date                Running workshops on the advantages of reading for the city council members and mayors in nine cities across the country

2014 to date                Running children and young adults’ books workshops

2014 to date                Planning and running Appreciating Reading Promoters Festival (whose running responsibilities were transferred to a body of former nominees and winners since the second round)

2014 to date                Planning and carrying out annually the idea of Designation of Iranian Book Capital

2014 to date                Planning and carrying out the Festival for Villages and Nomads in Iran

2013 to date                Setting up annual gold and silver Turtle Awards for the best books of the year

2012-14                       Lead proofreader for the publications Chekkeh and Qalam City

2012 to date                Editor-in-chief of Research Journal of Children and Youth Literature and taking approaches to develop book reading

2012 to date                Founding the seasonal list for the festival ‘Flying Turtle’ and its book signing ceremonies with 50 writers present at each seasonal event together with 15 experts in and writers for Iranian children and youth literature

2011 to date                Planning ‘Mehr (Love) Awards’ among charity shelters across Tehran with its referees elected from their native and non-native residents to promote reading books there.

2010-2012                   Running the independent bookstore Agar Book Club

2009-2011                   Establishing ‘Marker’, a column introducing a book everyday on the newspaper Etemad-e Melli

2009                            Member of editorial board of the newspaper New Yasamine

2005-2011                   Secretary to the series Iranian Culture and Civilization (Ofogh publication)

2005-2009                   Secretary of the culture, history and thought panel of the newspaper Etemad-e Melli

2003                            Cooperation in establishing the first round of Home Library Festival at the Iranian Association of Writers for Children and Young Adults

2003                            Cooperation with the Center of Dialogue Among Civilizations in holding cultural events about children and youth issues and publishing the due journal

2003-2005                   Cooperation with Tehran International Book Fair as the director of juvenile sideline activities venue

2002-2006                   Secretary of the editorial board of the Research Journal of Children and Youth Literature

2001-2006                   Secretary of the cultural board of the newspapers Nowruz, New Yasmine, Vaghaye Etefaghyeh, Eqbal, Iran, and supervising columns in them all

2001-2005                   Secretary to series of The Story of Iranian Thought (Ofogh publication)

2001-2005                   Cooperation with the publishers Ofogh and Elmi Farhangi as their secretary and expert

2001-2005                   Secretary to series of The Story of Iranian Thought (Ofogh publication)

2001                            Secretary of the festival Two Decades of Best Iranian Children and Youth Books

1998                            Cooperation in holding the International Biennale of Children and Youths Book Artists, and editor-in-chief for the special magazine on this event

1999                            Cooperation in establishing Iranian Association of Writers for Children and Young Adults

1999-2003                   Among the board of directors, and secretary of the Iranian Association of Writers for Children and Young Adults

1997-2002                   Member of editorial board for Research Journal of Children and Young Adults Literature and writing articles about books for children and youth

1997                            Cooperation with Aftab Gardan [“Sunflower”], the only Iranian newspaper for children and young adults of the time

1996                            Education administrator of The Young Journalists Club

1996-97                       Member of the editorial board of the weekly journal Khaneh

1993-96                       Manager of an Iranian adolescents’ journal of Omid-e Ayandeh [“Future Hope”]

1991-95                       Member and head of the faculty’s literature society

1988 to date                Making and publishing poems at various magazines

1986-89                       Honorary journalist for children and young adults’ magazines

1985-89                       Manager of the library at the village Seidabad (his birth place)

1998 to date                Writing columns for Iran, a popular reformist newspaper

 

And writing over 200 critical articles, notes, essays, together with interviews concerning books.

Judging several literary awards (Flying Turtle; Children’s Book Council of Iran; Press Writers and Critics Awards; Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults; Iran’s Book of the Year Awards)

Holding different workshops on children and young adults’ literature at the Iranian Association of Writers for Children and Young Adults; Children’s Book Council of Iran; Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults; The Artistic Center of Iran; Young Journalists Club, etc.

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