Brown University Persian Resource Center

Botanical Garden, Dushanbe, Tajikistan 25 August, 2013 

never thought I would say this but...I miss the Dush.

"I’d like to barbeque your liver and eat it over the fire wrapped in sangak bread."

AFP: Nasim Seyamak

Sadly, the authorities are against this art form, for the same reason that they oppose things like men’s ties – they think it is a sign of Westernisation. They shouldn’t worry, because many customers actually request tattoos with Iranian elements, like images of Zarathustra, Achamenid soldiers, Faravahar symbols, Nastaliq calligraphy, and even images from The Book of Kings

Harfha by Iranian artist Afagh Morrowation.

ya its khandedar that growing up i was made fun of for my abroos and now that vogue says “bushy" is in hameh wants some of this

dokhtar sefids always come up to me and ask “where did you get your eyebrows done" as if they can ever achieve my level of abroo perfection

لباس سنتی گیلان

roof-streets of Masuleh, Iran

Tehran 1937- Tehran 1971

Esfahan chic (1955)