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Istanbul AIRPORT – Shiraz AIRPORT
7 hours until the flight leaves for Iran
The previous weeks
7 hours later
Shiraz airport
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Shiraz
Two days with Mr. Rezaei
The other faces
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Yazd
My family would be very happy to meet you!
An encounter with “the force”
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Almost one week in Iran:
probably the biggest threat
Ali Schumacher & his countless brothers
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Toudeshk
A home away from home
Made in Toudeshk
Do you have gold?
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1 Week in Iran:
Beauty and morals
The nose job
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Esfahan
The beauty of the people
Would you marry my son?
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1.5 Weeks in Iran: Germany
Very like!
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1.5 Weeks in Iran: Time travel
No Ruz
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Kashan
Welcome to the year 1392!
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2 Weeks in Iran: Entertainment media
Illegal? Never mind.
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Tehran
A capital on vacation
The young capital city dwellers
Step by step
Which god?
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Khuzestan
Travelling the Iranian way
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3 Weeks in Iran:
An omnipresent war
Martyrs and military service
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3 Weeks in Iran:
without alcohol
Soda Beer
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Hamadan
Not welcome
Very welcome
Tea! Tea! Tea!
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4 Weeks in Iran:
Extending the visa
30 more days
At your service
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Gorgan
May I ask you a question?
Do you have to take your clothes off at a mixed German swimming pool?
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4.5 Weeks in Iran:
Persian for beginners
Thumbs up!
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Mashhad
In the heart of the most sacred place
About God and the world
My way of freedom
This will be the best day of our life
Mashhad – Tehran: You sit there alone!
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5 Weeks in Iran:
Of women and men
Separated together
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Qazvin
We love all the people!
Muslims are not allowed
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6 Weeks in Iran: Chay!
The colour of tea
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Kermanshah
A woman. Alone. In Iran.
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Paveh
“Miss Helena” or: the feeling of being an ambassador for the foreign world
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Sanandaj
Viva Kordestan!
Easy-going & relaxed
Don’t worry about it
Contemporary Kurdish art: KFC poetry
Godmother of godchild plants
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7 Weeks in Iran: Ta’arof
I still haven’t figured it out
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7 Weeks in Iran:
A developing country
Really?
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Rasht
In the North with Ahmadinejad
My heart will go on
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7.5 Weeks in Iran:
Shared taxi rides
“I’m tired of Iran.” Aziz, 11 Ordibehesht 1392 (May 1st, 2013)
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Tabriz
A farewell with intellectual heroes
Another brick in the wall
The grand finale
See you again, Iran!
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Iran – Turkey
Hosts until the very last minute
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8 Weeks in Iran: Epilogue