Out of town

Mashhad's Book Exhibition

The place of all Mashhad's exhibitions (Photo by : fair news)

In the CARICATURE salon!


All type of people in the exhibition

NO LEGEND!


Again in the caricature salon

This week is the week of Book and Reading Book in Iran.During this time,Iranians try to buy and read books more and improve the culture of reading it. So every year we have many book exhibitions and festivals in all cities of Iran for adults, masters, students and kids.
The 8Th Mashhad's Book exhibition has been started, too. Over 800 publishers with 50000 book's title are present in this big exhibition.I visited there yesterday afternoon and took some photos from different parts of the exhibition.

Sanabad Street

Today is the last Saturday. Thank you my friends for your kind comments and sorry for not visitng your blogs for a few days. I'm busy these days with getting ready for my big trip. Portland Daily Photos will start working on Friday, September 19. Sara will keep Mashhad Daily Photos alive and active during my long absence. She will start posting her photos on Tuesday, September 16. I'll support her with my visits and comments.

In the beginning of the 9th century, Mashhad was a small village called Sanabad. It was not considered a great city until Mongol raids in 1220 which caused the destruction of many large cities in the Greater Khorasan territories, leaving this place relatively intact. Thus the survivors of the massacres migrated to Mashhad and it became larger.

Sanabad Street, which is one the most famous and oldest streets, is the original place of the old Sanabad village in this city.

Voluntary Blood Donation

The sign says: "Blood Donation Center"

Today, despite the huge scientific evolution and great achievements in medicine, ensuring a safe and adequate blood supply is still one of the most important concerns of medical community in global scale; the mankind has been unable to replace this life-giving source with any other substitute so far.

Near %100 of blood need in Iran is provided by blood donors. Blood donation is a culture among the people in Persia.

13/06/2008 The World Blood Donors Day Festival
Reference: http://www.ibto.ir

Signal Countdown

Theme Day: Metal, Donation Box

This is a Donation Box, made of metal. We have lots of these boxes all around the city, in each neighborhood, in each street, in each stop, every where. Iranians believe they will have a good day if they start the day with making a donation, even a small donation as much as a small coin. In fact this is what the Islam suggests us to do.

Click here to view thumbnails for all participants

Public Transit

I took this photo when I was in Tehran a few weeks ago. This cartoon was on the side wall of a bus stop. Everything is enough clear in this beautiful work; how a bus can eliminate personal cars to reduce congestion.

Lufthansa

I was in a public transit bus that saw this advertisement inside the bus. It was so interesting for me to see that. I am going to travel to Portland (Oregon) by Lufthansa Airline in September.

LRT Subway Sign

Can you guess what this sign is? (I know the answer)
Answer: It is the LRT subway sign (Light Rail Transit). You see, there is a train moving from left to right to a tunnel. The entrance of the tunnel in this image looks like the Holy Shrine of Emam Reza in Mashhad (or looks like all the mosques).

Location: Ferdowsi University's LRT Station, Vakil Abad Boulevard, Mashhad