A Park of Her Own

Gerishna: Will a 3-hectare, well-equipped and exclusive park for women help them have a better recreational time? Given the limited opportunities of women for having a free space for their own, the question seems only a rhetorical one. And the members of the City Council of Gerash agree. Two of them, Habib Mehrabi and Mahvash […]

تیر ۲۶, ۱۳۹۳

Online Haftsaneh Aims at Backpack Journalism

Gerishna: Haftsaneh, the teen-ager weekly of the last summer, is revived this summer with a major change: it is biweekly and in the format of an online multimedia magazine. (Download the first issue here.) The new format allows for more diversity. “We intend to present the news, reports and comments in different forms, like pictures, audio […]

تیر ۲۵, ۱۳۹۳

Zibakalam in Gerash: The Country Was in a Terrible, Terrible Situation

Gerishna: One year after Mr. Rouhani’s victory in the presidential elections, his fans in Gerash saw the occasion fit to invite Dr. Sadegh Zibakalam to speak about the achievements of the government in its first year. The outspoken political analyst was received warmly yesterday, on June 17th, in the amphitheater of the Medicine Faculty of […]

خرداد ۲۸, ۱۳۹۳

The Plan Works: Natural Delivery Rate Rises

Gerishna: With the Health Reform Plan coming into effect in Amir-al-Momenin Hospital of Gerash, more and more mothers prefer to deliver their babies naturally rather than with cesarean section. In this plan, natural delivery is free in hospitals, while volunteer cesarean sections can be a financial burden on the families. According to the public relations […]

خرداد ۹, ۱۳۹۳

Air Arabia Doubles Its Flights from Larestan Airport

Gerishna: From the beginning of June 2014, Air Arabia will increase its flights from Larestan airport to four flights a week. This airline, which is amongst the low-cost airlines with its head office in Sharjah, UAE, will fly a two-way route from Sharjah to Lar to Sharjah, four days a week on Saturday, Sunday, Wednesday […]

خرداد ۶, ۱۳۹۳

Re-living High School Memories

Gerishna: “If you don’t cut your hair by tomorrow, I’ll do it for you, right here, in the morning ceremony!” This was Mr. Ashofteh, brandishing a pair of scissors in front of an audience who could not hold their laughter. These were former students of Mr. Ashofteh, who were graduated 20 years ago, and were […]

اردیبهشت ۳۰, ۱۳۹۳

Forty Percent of Gerashis Are Basiji Members

 Gerishna: In an interview with Afsaneh, Major Meftah, the commander of Basij Resistance District of Gerash, talked about his satisfaction of the participation of Gerashi people in his organization. “We have been able to make 40 percent of Gerashi people members of Basij, either as regular or active members. We are directly related to 40 […]

اردیبهشت ۳۰, ۱۳۹۳

The Anatomy of a Gerashi Qalyān

Gerishna: Seven Gerashi friends went on a pilgrimage together. On coming back, they were asked how their trip was. All of them agreed that it was terrible. “We were seven, but we had only six qalyāns.” If the story has one streak of truth in it, it is surely that Qalyān (or Shisha, as it […]

اردیبهشت ۲۷, ۱۳۹۳

Cancer Prevention Foundation to Open in Gerash Hospital

Gerishna: “Cancer Prevention Foundation” will be inaugurated in Amir-al-Momenin Hospital of Gerash in near future. “This will be a center for prevention and treatment of cancer”, says Dr. Bahmani, dean of the Medicine Faculty of Gerash, “and the researches in this field will be carried out in the Medicine Faculty and also in Special Diseases […]

اردیبهشت ۲۳, ۱۳۹۳

Gerash Is a Calm City, According to LMO

 Gerishna: According to the statistics of Legal Medicine Organization of Fars (LMO), people of Gerash have referred to this organization because of physical quarrels only in 116 cases, which is the lowest among the cities of Fars. “۳۲۷۹۴ people referred to Legal Medicine Organizations across the province this year”, the director-general of the organization told […]

اردیبهشت ۲۳, ۱۳۹۳