Shiraz, the triumph of spring
Recognized for its open and university spirit, this city in southwestern Iran is full of flowers and poetry
Iran
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From Tehran to Hormuz: From Tehran to Hormuz
It is essential to get rid of any cliché about the country of the ayatollahs and the women stuffed in black, also. Iran is a fascinating country, brimming with history and contrasts, that you have to walk without fear to enjoy all its charms
Mister Tourist en el país de los persas. Crónicas de Irán (II)
Las rinoplastias están causando furor en el país desde hace un par de años, en especial entre la clase media alta. Por apenas mil euros, eliges una nariz a la carta que en el caso de la mayoría de chicas suele ser la misma, larga y rectísima para realzar las facciones. “En Irán las chicas no podemos mostrar mucho de nosotras, así que lo que puede verse, queremos que esté perfecto”, confiesa Neda.
Mister Tourist en el país de los persas. Crónicas de Irán (In)
Disparan unos contra otros, mothers, uncles, sobrinos… incluso a sus propios hijos. Disparan abuelitos con bastón, y mujeres ataviadas con hiyab, negrísimas como cuervos. Desenfundan sus móviles y pasean entusiasmados con sus palos selfies al hombro. If you're not careful the Iranians shoot at you, while they hug you smiling and ask you to look at the little bird. The selfie revolution has come to the country to stay and among the ruins of Persepolis a shooting blaze rages.
Iran: sounds of a beech
In a place where we share space with the wolf, wild boar, Maral, bear and leopard is advisable to find out what animal you have about and what is your position on the wind. It's like being in a constant game of masks. It is a dangerous job but exciting at all.
The life of Christians in the Middle East
A bishop afraid in Uzbekistan, a priest who plucks the bells in Iran, a group of women who smoke and do not wear headscarves in Iraq, a community of respected Christians in Syria, a cathedral next to a mosque in Lebanon, un hombre que se niega a irse "de la tierra en que nació Jesús" Jordan. A great story of Christianity in the Middle East.
