Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/05/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That never occurred to me, but I'll bet you are right, Douglas! Thank you! Tina On Sun, May 15, 2016 at 7:02 PM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > Just catching up with the Lug. All of these images of this trip are very > interesting as the middle east is fascinating. I still regret not going to > Syria with a few of my old school pals a couple of years before the place > blew up. It's certainly not the same any more. > > As for the shaved eyebrows, I'd imagine it's a another religious thing as > women are supposed to conceal their hair, hence the burqa and other > ridiculous conformities. As well as Islam, you also see the same tiresome > idiocy around hair and clothing in some Jewish sects, and back in the > 50s/early 60s, catholic women had to cover their heads when going to mass. > What is it? It seems to be another form of gang culture in its own way. No, > I'm not religious and I don't kneel in the direction of Solms ether:-) > > Douglas > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tina Manley" <tmanley at gmail.com> > To: <MUGers at yahoogroups.com>; "Leica Users Group" <lug at > leica-users.org>; > "paw" <paw at micapeak.com>; "seephoto" <seephoto at micapeak.com>; > "Olympus > Camera Discussion" <olympus at thomasclausen.net> > Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2016 11:10 PM > Subject: [Leica] IMGS: Learning to Pray and Jameh Mosque > > > PESO: >> >> This is one of my favorites: >> >> >> http://tinamanley.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Iran/G0000YmlbTddL96g/I00008Z6cKBRo6JY >> >> Mohammed accompanied his father to the Jameh Mosque for noon prayers. He >> doesn't quite have it down yet since you are supposed to put your forehead >> on the stone, not kiss it! >> >> And the previous 26 are of Jameh Mosque, the main mosque of Isfahan, which >> was extensively damaged during the Iran-Iraq War is undergoing painstaking >> restorations. Prayers are held outside in the courtyard. Most photos are >> with the SL, some with the Monochrom. >> >> About the woman with the eyebrows - many Iranian women shave their >> eyebrows >> off and draw them back on. I have no idea why!! >> >> C&C greatly appreciated. >> >> Tina >> >> -- >> Tina Manley >> www.tinamanley.com >> tina-manley.artistwebsites.com >> >> http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 www.tinamanley.com tina-manley.artistwebsites.com http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html