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Modern Bakery
I made a diorama to show the way that bread was baked traditionally in Iran.
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Laborer’s Home
Tuesday was the day I left my job as a business school instructor and went out with other volunteers to aid the poor.
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Shiraz Bazaar
Unemployment and underemployment was a fact of life. Many male and female laborers struggled all their lives not to get ahead, but to merely scrape by.
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Holy Place (Shah cheragh)
I have heard that Shah Cheragh is the tomb of Sayyed Amir Ahmad, son of Imam Musa ibn Ja’far al-Kazim, the seventh prophet of Shia Islam.
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Tomb of Saadi
I have so many memories from the Village of Saadi in Shiraz near the Tomb of Saadi. Saadi was a 13th-century poet. The mausoleum is called Saadieh.
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The Persian Mosque
The monumental Nasir al-Mulk Mosque in Shiraz, Iran, was walking distance from the holy place of Shah-Cheragh. I recall trying to keep up with my grandmother on our way there.
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Tomb of Hafez
I often thought of the Hafezieh garden around the tomb of Hafez as I was making the Tomb of Saadi diorama. Not only were there beautiful memories but also the rhyming poems.
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Last Refuge at Holy Shrine
As a curious kid, I tried to understand the problems of married women and why they went to Emamzadeh (a holy shrine to a descendant of a prophet) to resolve their problems. Being a child, I could eavesdrop carefully.
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Persian Rugs Explained
Glim and Jajim are two varieties of rugs begun by Persian women in the southwest of Iran about 3000 years ago.
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The art of Inlaying
As a young lady, I was vaguely aware of Khatam, though it was all around.
