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The Persian Golden Lioness Awards were established by the World Academy of Arts, Literature, and Media (WAALM), which was established by Mustafa Dorbayani in February 2005 in order to support, develop and promote Dramatic and Fine Arts, Creative Writing, Poetry
, and Literature
as well as Professional Journalism
and Media
Productions. WAALM offered its first "Persian Golden Lioness Awards" in a ceremony that was conducted in Budapest
on October 29, 2005 through which 25 artist
s and scholars of Hungary
and Iran
were honored. The 2nd awarding ceremony took place on 27 October 2006 with participants from 15 different nationalities. During the 2nd Persian Golden Lioness Awards, 25 awardees were honored. The 3rd Persian Golden Lioness Awards was contacted in London, England on 31 Oct 2008 with participation of 11 nationalities, several high level officials and diplomats. The current number of Awardees from WAALM Academy reached the total of 87 in 2008.
Other categories:
Poetry
Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...
, and Literature
Literature
Literature is the art of written works, and is not bound to published sources...
as well as Professional Journalism
Journalism
Journalism is the practice of investigation and reporting of events, issues and trends to a broad audience in a timely fashion. Though there are many variations of journalism, the ideal is to inform the intended audience. Along with covering organizations and institutions such as government and...
and Media
Mass media
Mass media refers collectively to all media technologies which are intended to reach a large audience via mass communication. Broadcast media transmit their information electronically and comprise of television, film and radio, movies, CDs, DVDs and some other gadgets like cameras or video consoles...
Productions. WAALM offered its first "Persian Golden Lioness Awards" in a ceremony that was conducted in Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
on October 29, 2005 through which 25 artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
s and scholars of Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
and Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
were honored. The 2nd awarding ceremony took place on 27 October 2006 with participants from 15 different nationalities. During the 2nd Persian Golden Lioness Awards, 25 awardees were honored. The 3rd Persian Golden Lioness Awards was contacted in London, England on 31 Oct 2008 with participation of 11 nationalities, several high level officials and diplomats. The current number of Awardees from WAALM Academy reached the total of 87 in 2008.
Categories
The Persian Golden Lioness Awards are conferred in three main categories:- Dramatic, Music, and Fine Arts
- Literature, Creative Writing, Poetry, Persian / Iranian Studies and Research
- Professional Journalism and Media (RadioRadioRadio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
/TV Productions, MagazineMagazineMagazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...
s NewspaperNewspaperA newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
s, Websites)as well as Educational Productions.
Other categories:
- Honorary Award of The Year: To an organization that highly contributed to the Persian communities around the world.