Mustafa Observatory for New Heart Promoting Science in the Islamic World – | Iranian and world news

Seyyed Mohammad Hossein Mir Hashimi, Director of Communication and Promotion of Mustafa Science and Technology Foundation, told Mehr reporter: Mustafa Foundation’s Science and Technology Observatory in the year 6, with the integration of scientific and promotional capacities and a gathering of a group of scholars. Previously, the foundation’s activities in the field of science promotion were scattered and inappropriate, but with the launch of the Observatory mechanism, these measures became a network of networking and focused on a group of students and enthusiasts of science promotion.

He described the main mission of the observatory as follows: The group defined its mission as transferring the foundation’s scientific and specialized content to the general public, especially the Iranian academic community and the Islamic world. Their main concern has been to understand highly specialized content on the boundaries of science and technology to the public; An issue that is often in the form of questions, “Why should a scientist be awarded?” Or “What is the importance of his achievement?” It was raised.

The Director of Communications and Promotion of the Foundation added: “At the heart of the observatory activities, there are a group of” science promoters “that produce content by studying scientific achievements, reviewing resources, dialogue with experts and academics. The output of these activities is varied, one of which is the “Mustafa Award Café”. The program began in May and its most central theme is the achievements of the Mustafa Prize winners. The cafes are held in intimate and informal atmosphere; Where the professor or promoter of science, whether a university specialist or a scientific communicative, is interviewed outside the conventional space of the university.

Referring to one of the older programs of the Foundation, he said: “Other observatory programs are” Noor Student Competitions “, which is the oldest promotional activity of the Foundation and has begun since year 6. This competition is dedicated to each period to commemorate a prominent scientist: Year 2: Ibn Haitham, with the focus of light physics, year 2: Professor Jackie this, in the field of scientific subjects, Year 2: Mechanics and quantum mechanisms, year 2: Professor Omar Yaghi, Professor Omar,

He also said that participants from 5 countries, including Pakistan, Afghanistan, Algeria, Malaysia, Morocco, India, Turkey, Iraq, Tanzania, Tunisia and Iran. The sixth round of the competition with the theme of “Nature” and the commemoration of Professor Chaudri, the fourth edition of the Mustafa Award, is being held and the deadline for submitting students’ one -minute works has been extended by the end of August.

Mir Hashemi on other activities of the observatory added: “The new activities of the Observatory can be referred to as” science “; A virtual scheme with the hashtag of science that has been calling two stages so far. At each stage, the audience is urged to simply publish the achievements of one of the winners of the Mustafa Prize and to publish it on social media. Selected works in this project are honored.

He also added: Mustafa Award observers will also be held as a competition among science enthusiasts to produce the content of Mustafa Award. The program was born in Isfahan for the first time in year 6 and will be held this year at the same time as Mustafa’s Award Week. After the call for the production of scientific content in the field of science and technology, a group of enthusiasts after initial training began to produce content. The top participants went to the fifth week of Mustafa’s Award and provided the relevant content by attending the festival’s stage and promotional events. In the end, the top works were selected and introduced to make the competition a gathering for those interested in producing scientific content.

The director of the Mustafa Foundation’s Promotion Promotion also pointed to the “Celebration of Science” event and said: “Another important program of the Observatory is” Celebration of Science “which has been held twice so far. The first celebration of Yalda Night in the World Science Day was held in Campus Technology Park on November 5, with the participation of 4 students from different universities in the country. The one -day event ended with the unveiling of the chiefs of the fifth Mustafa Award.

He also said about the media outlets of the Observatory: In addition to events, the observatory has non -existent content outputs. Including the “Observatory” podcast and the “ObServatory” podcast in both versions, with fascinating narratives, express the achievements of Mustafa’s award in simple terms. The magazine “ObServatory” has also published two numbers in English and one Persian specialty; A journal that introduces scientific achievements with the reports and notes of science communication, an interview with the award -winning and interviewing professors of the universities of the Islamic world.

Referring to the inspiration of the historical experience of the Maragheh Observatory, Mir Hashemi stated: The idea of forming a observatory is based on the historical experience of Maragheh Observatory; Where in the era of Khawaja Nasir al -Din Tusi, scientists from all over the Muslim world and even countries such as China came together and carried out joint scientific projects. The Mustafa Foundation Observatory, inspired by this model, has created a context for science enthusiasts to come together for communication activities and scientific promotion.

He continued: Over the past year and a half, many of the previous programs of the Foundation have been under the umbrella of the observatory and have been implemented with a specific order and structure. Call for science is now held in both student and student sections; Scientific cafes also host both strata, and the “celebration of science” is a combination of all promotional activities, including cafes, science and other observatory axes.

He described the future prospects of the observatory as follows: the prospect of the observatory in the future, the development of new events and programs, and becoming one of the most important hubs of promoting science in the Islamic world.