Around The World

This blog is pretty much about everywhere but the west. i focus most on the middle east. Check the links below for a specific country and i dont mind any suggestions on adding more !

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The Lion of the Desert

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Amritsar, Fatehpur, Delhi, Udaipur, Agra 2012 Arpan Bhandari

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Woah. The notes!!

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woman and child reflected in mirror,morocco.

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Folk singers during Ramadan in Cairo, Egypt, May 1972. Photograph by Winfield Parks, National Geographic.

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Students of the Fine Art faculty of Kabul University draw from a male live model. Photographer: Abbas 2005. [Magnum Photos]

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Mother and Child from Tassili-n-Ajjer - Prehistoric African

Algeria, Africa

5000 - 500 BCE

 The Tassili were a group of people who tried to stick around in the Sahara after it turned into a desert, but they were gone by the year 2000 BCE. Their art was found in caves inside mountains near the Sahara. This rock painting depicts a dog leaning on a woman who is breast feeding a child; this is an everyday scene. It was painted using natural pigments either with their finger or a leaf. She is depicted in a silhouette form that came to be popular in African art later down the line. 

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Taj Mahal - Southeast Asia

Agra, India

1200 - 1750 CE

The Taj Mahal is named directly after the emperor’s wife, she died and he built this to commemorate her. The plan is a four square garden plan, the courtyard is filled with flowers and fruit trees. It was meant to echo the gardens of heaven. The emperor also incorporated the river into his plan, he somewhat changed nature in order to fit his visions. 

The Taj Mahal was built in commemoration for his wife but to also show his power and greatness. 

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Bazeen, an Amazigh dish usually made from barley, is a staple in Libya, and often served for lunch on Fridays. Usually it’s lamb, but there are variations, featuring camel, chicken, squid, or broad beans, and other vegetables. The classic Bazeen is made of a mix of 3 parts barley flour to 1 part wheat flour. They’re boiled in salted water to make a dough that is then formed into a round, smooth ball or dome shape and served with spicy tomato sauce, potatoes, and boiled eggs around it. 

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Akbar’s Tomb - Southeast Asian/Islam

Delhi, India

1200-1750

There is no dome to this tomb, instead it is just a flat roof. The tomb is located on the upper level. There are many covered pavilions on the site which makes the illusion of the tomb being wall-less. It looks instead like a palace. 

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Libya

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Shorbat bil Hoot is a traditional Libyan fish soup characterized by an amazing spicy flavor. Ingredients include sea fish, onion, tomato sauce, tomato purée, garlic, salt, ground turmeric, orzo pasta, flatleaf parsley, coriander, and olive oil or ghee. Red chili peppers and kammon hoot (spice mix) are used to enrich its flavor. Served hot with bread and green salad.

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Sweets shop in Ramallah, during Ramadan

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- Rumi

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درد تو علاخ كس پذيرد، هرگز يا از تو مراد مي گريزد، هرگز گفتي كه نهال صبر در دل كشتي گيرم كه بكاشتم، نگيرد هرگز

Will your pain submit a cure? Never. Or desire ever leave you? Never. The seed of patience is down in the heart , you say. But will it ever sprout? Never.

- Rumi

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گر صبر كني پرده صبرت بدريم ور خواب روي خواب ز چشمت ببريم گر كوه شوي در اتشت بگدازيم وربحو شوي تمام أبت بخوريم

However long your patience, I will shred it. If you sleep, I’ll steal the dreams from your eyes. Stand like a mountain, I’ll melt you in fire; Be the sea, and I’ll drink your water dry.

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Afghanistan 1970’s