Religious slogan adorns the wall of an Iranian sports hall – a common enough sight in a city adorned with revolutionary murals. Thoughts for today: …
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At the beginning of every journey the driver touches the prayer, blesses the ride.
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A turba (clay prayer stone) available for purchase close to the mosque in Murad Khane, Kabul’s old city. The district has been transformed in the past …
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786 is considered auspicious for some Muslims – used as a psychological battering ram on the front of this Pakistani commodities truck.
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5 to 10 Afghanis will buy you and the occupants of your vehicle an impromptu smoke box blessing. Officially should be using incense – but …
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Unclaimed (or spare) shoes outside this Bur Dubai mosque. Looking at the infrastructure and objects around your neighbourhood – what is free to take, what can …
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I’m currently sitting in a roadside restaurant sipping coffee and trying to avoid eye contact with a heavily set gent on the next table. It’s …
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An arrow pointing the way to Mecca on the ceiling of a Tehran hotel room – a simple enough task for a GPS enabled mobile …
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I figure that the lack of passengers accepting ‘chicken’ or ‘beef’ would be easy to explain on Egypt Air’s Cairo – Doha flight – its …
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