This edition of the scientific and cultural monthly is a special issue on globalization and dialogue among civilizations on global culture. It contains a dialogue between German intellectual Hartke Meyer and President Mohammad Khatami, an article on going beyond multicultural dialogue by Professor Barry K. Gills, and the views of the Bangladeshi president on dialogue among civilizations.

Art Academy This issue of the newsletter discusses ways to preserve and promote Islamic, local and national art and includes an interview with Mostafa Goudarzi, the director of the visual arts group, a report on a seminar on Master Behzad, and an article on how the Art Academy categorizes calligraphy.