Understandingly, If I start writing about a million times-heard boring stuff, there is always a chance no one reading my materials, so I try not to go down that road, but I feel like costumes, cuisine, and traditions I’m about to unveil are worth reading about. If you think about it, humanity is a very diverse concept wrapped around the same nature, dancing around the same instinctive fire, but oddly enough its exposed face is as varied as the droplets in the ocean, unbelievably diverse.
4 Apr 2021 1 minute read 5 comments Melina Mehr
We gathered at our usual hangout, a small outdoor place with chairs and green space called “Father Park” before sunrise, and for the first time, a large number of hikers joined us to accompany our guys and of course me! on a morning hike, which we g...
3 Apr 2021 3 minute read 6 comments Melina Mehr
10) What is Sizdah Be-dar “Sizdah Be-dar” is the ancient celebration of the end of Nowruz in Iran. (In Persian, Sizdah means thirteen and people believe they should spend the first 13th day of the year in nature, otherwise, the bad omen of thirtee...
1 Apr 2021 1 minute read 10 comments Melina Mehr
Many of people around me, ask me why I prefer to be in men's gatherings and I am not attracted to girly parties. It is a question for me as well like I'm always feel unwelcomed among women in my age. Being with my lady friends who are kind, and p...
30 Mar 2021 1 minute read 1 comment Melina Mehr
Another unparalleled sunrise and another morning walk with friends, as the sun not only has not yet risen but the moon, in the middle crumbling clouds in the sky, has shown its full face and radiance. A barely available view here as a thick layer o...
20 Mar 2021 1 minute read 5 comments Melina Mehr
One of my friends called me last night and said that we were going to go to the mountains at almost dawn. Feeling a lot of turmoil in me and wanting to walk, like always, like a free bird, appreciate the pristine land and the pure existence of the...
17 Mar 2021 1 minute read 1 comment Melina Mehr
Chaharshanbe Suri (Wednesday Fire Feast) is one of the Iranian festivals that is held on the evening of the last Tuesday of the year (Esphand) and Wednesday night, and lighting a fire and jumping over it is its main feature. https://en.wikipedia.or...
11 Mar 2021 2 minute read 4 comments Melina Mehr
We are almost there, and soon the year 1400 and the days of "Nowruz" or the celebration of the solar "New Year" will come. Planting grass About two weeks before Eid Nowruz, Iranians plant grains such as wheat, mung bean, lentils, corn, etc. in beauti...
19 Feb 2021 1 minute read 3 comments Melina Mehr
Winter destinations in any country are among the features that show the tourism potentials, especially in cold weather. In fact, four-season countries like Iran are always ready for the arrival of tourists at all times. While many believe that winter...
14 Feb 2021 1 minute read 5 comments Melina Mehr
A very hard and troubling reminder of those days were flying bullets, that took the lives of many, as the protestors were running or even just walking on the streets. The dreadful part was as if bullets would choose their victims randomly. Like they...
13 Feb 2021 3 minute read 0 comments Melina Mehr
Finding myself in an unknown environment wasn’t something new for me. And when you are in a group that your survival depends on each other’s conduct, every single part of the small community subconsciously tries to help other members of the group, ev...
