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The shrine of Fatima Masoumeh in Qom, #Iran, a major pilgrimage site for for Iranians and Shia Muslims around the world. Beautiful shrine is surrounded by courtyards where pilgrims from

The studio photography of Rashid Mahdi, who owned Studio Mahdi in Khartoum, Sudan.Most of the images were taken sometime between 1940 and the 1970s. (Thread)http://www.elnour.org/rashid-mahdi/ The pictures are really gorgeous.

Proposed designs for the Palestinian flag, submitted by readers to Filastin magazine amid the 1929 Palestinian Revolt against British colonialism and Zionist incursion.Arab colors were a constant, and some included

Historical gems from/about Pakistan, found in Tehran’s second hand book markets First off is this 1966 magazine of The Voice of Pakistan, the Persian-language Pakistani radio station that broadcasted nightly

The Calcutta-London Bus Line, better known as "the Indiaman," an overland bus service that operated from the 1950s-1970s.The bus connected India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Italy, Austria, Germany,

Trippy Tehran, part two.These stairs are painted with Esfand Bafi, a charm common in Iran to protect from the evil eye, similar to nazar.Esfand bafi refers to the dried seeds

There is the Iraq you think you know. And there is the Iraq protestors have spent recent weeks creating in Baghdad's Tahrir Square.In a world of tyrants and of militarized