Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I was in Damascus in 2005 for a conference of Christians, Muslims, and Jews. I didn't get to see much of the country since we were in meetings most of the time, but I really need to go back and scan those slides. I lived in Iran in the 1970's and would love to go back again. Iran is a beautiful country of beautiful people. Here are some of my photos from 40 years ago: http://tinamanley.smugmug.com/Asia/Iran/Iran/3917425_zbkQNv#!i=229714857&k=LWDH5x6 Tina On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 11:59 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>wrote: > Damascus was always high on my list of places to visit, being the > oldest continuously inhabited city in the world, but that looks > indefinitely postponed as of now. (-: > > Guess I'll have to make do with a safe country like Iran (it really is > very safe if you get media/government planted hobgoblins out of your > head), with its incredible historic cities stretching back to the > beginnings of civilization, in that region... > > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 5:05 PM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > > Following on from Jayanand's link to Anzio, I saw another link to Syria > in > > the 40s on the Life website. Here it is. > > > http://life.time.com/history/syria-crossroads-of-middle-east-during-wwii/?iid=lb-gal-viewagn#1 > > > > Fascinating, especially considering the current mess there. BTW I'd > > recommend "A Line in the Sand" by James Barr which looks at the Sykes > Picot > > agreement which carved up the middle east in straight lines between the > > British and the French and subsequently was the reason for inflaming > many of > > the issues there. > > > > Douglas > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com