Seyyed Ebrahim Nabavi
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Born
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Astara, Iran
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Nationality
| Iranian
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Occupation(s)
| Satirist
Writer
Diarist
Researcher
Radio Host
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Seyyed
Ebrahim Nabavi
(
Persian
:
??? ??????? ????
; born 1958 in
Astara, Iran
) is an Iranian satirist, writer,
diarist
, and researcher. He currently writes in the news website
Gooya
and the
online newspaper
Rooz
, and has a satirical program for the website and broadcasts on the
Amsterdam
based
Radio Zamaneh
.
Early career
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During and after studying sociology at
Shiraz University
and
University of Tehran
, but before starting his political career in
Tehran
, Nabavi also worked as a school teacher, and taught philosophy in the
Jihad of Construction
(???? ???????) effort.
Nabavi started his political career working for the Iranian dalahoo in the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, the Ministry of Interior (personally invited by
Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri
), and the
Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting
(personally invited by
Mohammad Hashemi
). His posts include the Manager of the Political Office of the Ministry of Interior in 1361?1364
AP
(ca. 1982?1985 CE). According to himself, he was chosen because of his wide political knowledge about the Iranian political issues, because of his past activities with the
Office for Strengthening Unity
and the Organization of Muslim Students of Shiraz University, where he had worked with
Ata'ollah Mohajerani
,
Jamileh Kadivar
, and
Mostafa Moeen
.
Satire and journalism career
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Nabavi started his satire career in the
Soroush
magazine in serial articles on cinema titled "
andar hek?yat-e re?te va sar-r der?z va …
" and continued it in the
Gozaresh-e Film
magazine (which he co-founded and worked as the magazine's first editor) with "
r?port-h?
" (reports). After leaving
Gozaresh-e Film
, Nabavi helped
Kioumars Saberi Foumani
start the Gol-Agha magazine, where he later wrote for.
While working at Gol-Agha, Nabavi started writing also for the
Hamshahri
monthly magazine, where he suggested establishing the
Hamshahri
daily newspaper, which later became very popular. Nabavi left the Hamshahri Institute three months after the resignation of
Ahmad Sattari
, the daily newspaper's then editor. After leaving Hamshahri, Nabavi found tried various random jobs, including designing
crossword puzzles
.
Nabavi later "escaped" to
Isfahan
in 1996, as a reason for which he has mentioned the tighter restrictions on media imposed during the ministership of
Ali Larijani
and
Mostafa Mirsalim
in the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance. In Isfahan he later became active in the presidential campaign for
Mohammad Khatami
, after his election he moved back to
Tehran
. He later moved into self-imposed exile, settling in Belgium sometime in 2003 or 2004.
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Nabavi became famous after starting his daily column
sot?n-e panjom
(
Fifth column
) in the newspaper
Jame'eh
, which he continued in several newspapers (under different variations of the title) after the newspapers were banned one after another. He also helped
Fa'ezeh Hashemi
in the founding of the newspaper
Zan
. In August 2009 he released the video "The Confession: Ebrahim Nabavi",
[2]
where "dressed in striped pajamas and wearing bandages," he "confesses to meeting with a C.I.A. agent, importing green velvet, and having affairs with celebrities ranging from
Marilyn Monroe
and
Sophia Loren
to
Carla Bruni
and
Scarlett Johansson
" in a parody of defendant confessions at the
2009 election protesters show trial
in Tehran.
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The video had over 120,000 viewings as of 10 February 2010.
He has also written several books of satire, interviews, prison diaries, and research on the history of Iranian satire. By 2006 he was writing for the online newspaper
Rooz
and the
BBC News
in Persian.
Nabavi has been arrested and jailed on two occasions for his political satire. During one of these periods of detention he wrote
s?lon-e ?om?re-ye ?e?
(???? ????? ?;
Corridor No 6
), translated into French as
Couloir n° 6 : Carnets de prison
(
ISBN
2-7427-5161-0
).
See also
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References
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- Amiri, Noushabeh & and Nabavi, Seyyed Ebrahim (1999). ?? ???????? ???? (yek goftog?-ye s?de). In Nabavi, Seyyed Ebrahim,
?????????? ????
(
goftog?h?-ye sarih
), pp. 13?52. Tehran, Iran: Rowzaneh.
ISBN
964-334-017-1
. (In Persian)
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