My Religion Is Kindness

This blog has the purpose to inspire, guide, and teach fellow human beings about the beauty of the many countries henceforth portrayed. Happy indulging! Music in f.a.q.

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“Why can’t I try on different lives, like dresses, to see which fits best and is more becoming?”

- Sylvia Plath

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A mesmerising persian teilwork from Khorasan, Iran.

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Kabood Mosque/ Tabriz/ Iran

Photographer: vahid ahmadi

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Shiraz - Iran (by Ninara) 

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More Questions Than Answers

“There’s  a battle between what we know and what we feel” - Carrie Bradshaw

Emotionally unavailable men, what’s the catch? Why is that we spend so much of our time trying to thaw out the heart and decipher the mind of emotionally unavailable men; Emotionally unavailable people in general?...(Read More)

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Check out my new article of a not so hypothetical narrative concerning the #AllLivesMatter movement!

TITLE: #alllivesmatter, but… white lives matter more?

In a hypothetical scenario a university professor mentions the #alllivesmatter movement in regards to the recent terrorist attacks many countries have faced this year. The university professor asks his students to raise their hands if they follow the movement. Twenty-nine out of thirty students raise their hands. The room becomes silent, and the professor cocks his head to the single student that did not raise their hand, and asks: do you oppose this movement?...(read more)

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(via Feminazi this, Feminazi that)

Turkish Plates.

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Feminazi this, Feminazi that

If someone calls me a feminazi one more time, I will literally shit bricks, and then throw them at you. There are so many things wrong with the word “feminize”, but the biggest issue is…

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Photo by: Nasrollah Kasraian / Qashqai Wedding, Fars province 

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The Hagia Sofia (Ayasofya in Turkish) was once a church, then a mosque, and finally turned into a museum in 1935 by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the first president of the Republic of Turkey. It has been rebuilt three times (since it’s initial construction in 360 by Emperor Konstantios. 

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The Blue Mosque (Sultanahmet Camii in Turkish), was commissioned by Sultan Ahmet I when he was only 19 years old. The construction initiated in 1609 and was completed in 1616. The mosque is representative of the Sunni Islam religion, and is one of three mosques in all of Turkey to consist of six minarets. 

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Are you okay?

Sometimes we forget that everybody has a life of there own. In today’s society our surroundings disconnect us from our true humanity and now more than ever we isolate the people that most need us. So in the spirit of creating a deep rooted community, share your; thoughts, fears, dreams, or whatever you feel that’s heavy on your chest, and let it be known that you are not alone, that YOU matter. 

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F*CK I’M IN MY 20’S

3 am frequents me around three to four days a week. It creeps up and reminds me of everything I’ve put aside; all the doors I voluntarily slammed in my face, all the fading friendships I fail…

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The Mekong by Lâm Duc Hiên