Tahmineh Milani
She was born in September 1960 in the city of Tabriz. She has 3 sisters and 2 brothers and she is the second child of the family. Her younger brother, who was injured during the Iran – Iraq war, passed away. Her father is a retired internist and her mother is a housewife with a high school diploma. Her father was born in Khorasan and in the exiled Milani family. They were exiled to Mashhad from Milan, a small city near Tabriz, during the reign of Reza Khan. Her mother is the eldest daughter of Mirza Ali Khan Hashemzadeh, one of the respectful and prestigious nobilities of Azerbaijan.
Education was of significant importance in both her maternal and paternal families. Her maternal grandmother was highly educated in her own time and more than 60 years ago she was employed in the educational administration of her own time.
She lived in Tabriz until the age of 8. She went to Shahnaz kindergarten and for 2 years she studied in Bouali School, which was a French School ran by French nuns. Actually this school was an international school. As she spent her summer holidays in his grandfather’s gardens and brickyards, she loved gardening, building houses and the sound of trucks offloading bricks. Maybe this was an inspiration for her interest in architecture.
And of course cinema, her favorite field! She acknowledged cinema with her mother. Her mother’s strange interest in cinema was astonishing. When she lived in Tabriz, her mother used to take her to the cinema twice a week. She can still remember vague memories from the movie “Gone with the wind”, which she saw in the Metropol cinema in Tabriz.
Due to transferring her father to Qazvin, at the age of 8 she became a resident of Qazvin’s Khayam Street, which was a respectful neighborhood. The interesting point was that Khayam Cinema was opposite their house, Arya cinema was located at the end of their street, a bit farther there was Mahtab cinema and Iran Cinema and BB cinema were located a bit farther as well. This means that all 5 theaters in Qazvin were located near her house.
Undoubtedly she owes her love for the cinema to her mother. In Qazvin, not only her mother took her to watch 2 or 3 movies during the week, but also on holidays her mother prepared sandwiches for the two sisters, Parisa and Tahmineh, and she and took them to the cinema opposite their house and came back home in order to take a break from their mischief. Sometimes the two sisters watched a single movie more than 4 times.
When she was in 6th grade the students were tested for their music talent and the school formed a large orchestra with the leadership of Mr. Delbari, an army colonel and great music teacher.
In addition to learning music, she established a special bond with the orchestra members, which has lasted until present and she still sees them and enjoys socializing with them.
She played the trumpet for more than 5 years. Her trainings came to an end at the age of 16, when her father was retired and they moved to Tehran.
In addition to music, she was very interested in painting. She became first in painting competitions several times. She had a teacher called Mrs. Mahvash Sarkhosh, who taught her during elementary school. In addition to giving classic trainings in painting and stage play classes, she was their guide and encourager.
When she entered high school in addition to the usual high school studies a new course called “Jameh”, which consisted of special studies for the more intelligent pupils, was introduced. The intermediate students were tested for their talents and especially those with an average grade above 18, could attend these classes.
The advantage of graduating from this course was that the students would’ve received a college degree instead of a high school diploma. Thus alongside the usual courses such as mathematics and science, they studied a specialty course so they could enter the university with a college degree and without going through the university entrance exams. She was accepted in the mathematics – physics – electronics course and started studying in Qazvin’s Mohammadreza Shah School, which was actually a boys’ highschool.
When the third grade of her “Jameh” course, which was equivalent to tenth grade, started her father became retired and due to her mother’s persistence they moved to Tehran. In Tehran, the “Jameh” Schools were located faraway from their house thus they enrolled her in Sharaf School, which was located in Monirieh and was relatively close to their house. The nostalgic feeling she had from entering a girls’ high school was unspeakable of. Her state of mind and mentality didn’t match the high school girls.
Education was of significant importance in both her maternal and paternal families. Her maternal grandmother was highly educated in her own time and more than 60 years ago she was employed in the educational administration of her own time.
She lived in Tabriz until the age of 8. She went to Shahnaz kindergarten and for 2 years she studied in Bouali School, which was a French School ran by French nuns. Actually this school was an international school. As she spent her summer holidays in his grandfather’s gardens and brickyards, she loved gardening, building houses and the sound of trucks offloading bricks. Maybe this was an inspiration for her interest in architecture.
And of course cinema, her favorite field! She acknowledged cinema with her mother. Her mother’s strange interest in cinema was astonishing. When she lived in Tabriz, her mother used to take her to the cinema twice a week. She can still remember vague memories from the movie “Gone with the wind”, which she saw in the Metropol cinema in Tabriz.
Due to transferring her father to Qazvin, at the age of 8 she became a resident of Qazvin’s Khayam Street, which was a respectful neighborhood. The interesting point was that Khayam Cinema was opposite their house, Arya cinema was located at the end of their street, a bit farther there was Mahtab cinema and Iran Cinema and BB cinema were located a bit farther as well. This means that all 5 theaters in Qazvin were located near her house.
Undoubtedly she owes her love for the cinema to her mother. In Qazvin, not only her mother took her to watch 2 or 3 movies during the week, but also on holidays her mother prepared sandwiches for the two sisters, Parisa and Tahmineh, and she and took them to the cinema opposite their house and came back home in order to take a break from their mischief. Sometimes the two sisters watched a single movie more than 4 times.
When she was in 6th grade the students were tested for their music talent and the school formed a large orchestra with the leadership of Mr. Delbari, an army colonel and great music teacher.
In addition to learning music, she established a special bond with the orchestra members, which has lasted until present and she still sees them and enjoys socializing with them.
She played the trumpet for more than 5 years. Her trainings came to an end at the age of 16, when her father was retired and they moved to Tehran.
In addition to music, she was very interested in painting. She became first in painting competitions several times. She had a teacher called Mrs. Mahvash Sarkhosh, who taught her during elementary school. In addition to giving classic trainings in painting and stage play classes, she was their guide and encourager.
When she entered high school in addition to the usual high school studies a new course called “Jameh”, which consisted of special studies for the more intelligent pupils, was introduced. The intermediate students were tested for their talents and especially those with an average grade above 18, could attend these classes.
The advantage of graduating from this course was that the students would’ve received a college degree instead of a high school diploma. Thus alongside the usual courses such as mathematics and science, they studied a specialty course so they could enter the university with a college degree and without going through the university entrance exams. She was accepted in the mathematics – physics – electronics course and started studying in Qazvin’s Mohammadreza Shah School, which was actually a boys’ highschool.
When the third grade of her “Jameh” course, which was equivalent to tenth grade, started her father became retired and due to her mother’s persistence they moved to Tehran. In Tehran, the “Jameh” Schools were located faraway from their house thus they enrolled her in Sharaf School, which was located in Monirieh and was relatively close to their house. The nostalgic feeling she had from entering a girls’ high school was unspeakable of. Her state of mind and mentality didn’t match the high school girls.
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