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The Hollow Hills of Nain

An ancient way of life is fast passing away

06-Oct-2008 (5 comments)
If you travel a hundred miles or so eastwards out of Isfahan, through a landscape of pink-coloured mountains and desert wastes inhabited by strange willowy trees and clumps of yellow grass, you come inexorably to the ancient city of Nain. Situated on the very edge of the great Kavir desert, Nain was once an important station on the Silk Road. Today, however, the concrete cubes of Modernity have lent it an air of apathy and neglect. Only the magnificent fortress of Nareen Ghaleh, towering over the city like a broken tooth, still speaks proudly of a rich and illustrious past. But Nain has secrets not disclosed to the casual visitor. On the main road leading to the centre is a low sandy hillside, honey-combed with countless caverns>>>

NEW YORK

Intellectualfunkycool

Intellectualfunkycool

Photo essay

by Kamal B. Farahani
24-Sep-2008 (4 comments)

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GARDEN

Breakfast in Elahieh

Breakfast in Elahieh

Photo essay: Bagh-e-Honar in Tehran

by Fathali Ghahremani
22-Sep-2008 (3 comments)

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TRAVELERS

Going native

Going native

Photo essay: Two days hanging out in Abyaneh

by Farzaneh & Firoozeh
21-Sep-2008 (6 comments)

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طنزگونه

بابا

احساس می کردم باری از دوشم برداشته شده بود و سبک شده بودم

19-Sep-2008 (8 comments)
راجع به مرده‌شور و مرده‌شورخانه از بچگی زیاد شنیده بودم. انواع و اقسام نفرین‌ها در ارتباط با این محل مثل: مرده شورتو ببرن! الهی رو سنگ مرده‌شورخونه ببینتم! الهی خودم مرده‌تو بشورم! مرده شوووور!... ولی هیچ وقت وصال دیدن این محل خوشبختانه نصیبم نشده بود و حالا میدیدم. همون سنگ معروف را که مرده را روش میزارن و میشورن را حالا میدیدم . خلاصه بابا را گذاشتن روی اون سکوی سنگی. ظاهرا همراهان میّت اجازه دارند در محل حظور داشته و ناظر مراسم باشند (البته غیرازخانم‌ها در بخش مردان و بالعکس). هیچوقت در عمرم مرده ندیده بودم. اصلاً دل دیدن یک چنین صحنه‌هایی را ندارم و هیچوقت فکر نمی‌کردم بتونم چنین صحنه‌ای را ببینم و بایستم به تماشا.>>>

EXHILARATING

Ebrahim fell in the river

Ebrahim fell in the river

Photo essay: Friends go white water rafting

by Nersi Ramazan-nia
17-Sep-2008 (5 comments)

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OBSERVATIONS

The Iran I saw

Expatriate reflects on Iran vacation

16-Sep-2008 (18 comments)
As painful as it may seem to the nearly three million expatriate Iranians in Diaspora and their few million brethrens, highly educated westernized elites and technocrats inside Iran, there are independent studies that if a national referendum were to be held in Iran today that the majority of the people, against their own long-term interests and without their cognizance, would still cast their ballots in favor of retaining the current Islamic Republic, perhaps with some in-house reforms. When the conditions are ripened for a fundamental political change, as history has repeatedly indicated-the case in point is the overthrow of the Pahlavi Dynasty- a society would rise to rid itself of the incumbent system, irrespective of the hitherto harsh repressive measures imposed on it>>>

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India, my love

India, my love

Photo essay: People in New Delhi, Agra, Pushkar, Varanasi, Jaipur, Jodpur...

by Lida Ghaemi
12-Sep-2008 (11 comments)

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Taken in Tehran

Taken in Tehran

Photo essay: People & places

by Sepideh B.
11-Sep-2008

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IRANIANS

Captured moments

Captured moments

Photo essay: Portraits between places

by François Bouchet
04-Sep-2008 (6 comments)

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JESUS

For Christ's sake

For Christ's sake

Photo essay: Mexico in Christian Iconography

by Aria Fani
03-Sep-2008 (2 comments)

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CAMPING

Steep Ravine

Steep Ravine

Photo essay: What a beautiful weekend it turned out to be

by kfravon
02-Sep-2008 (6 comments)

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Wild wild south

Wild wild south

Photo essay: Three weeks in Chihuahua, Mexico

by Jahanshah Javid
31-Aug-2008 (9 comments)

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HOLIDAY

We finally did it...

2000 miles over 10 days across some of the most stunning European scenery.

31-Aug-2008 (7 comments)
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Rick Steves in Iran

Rick Steves in Iran

U.S. travel writer-broadcaster spends 10 days in Iran

by Samira M
29-Aug-2008 (8 comments)

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