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.
28 Dec 2025 1 minute read 4 comments Melina Mehr
From childhood, I was that classic bookish kid with glasses. I didn’t have those super thick bottle-bottom lenses, but my eyesight was pretty weak. I first noticed it in fifth grade, and when we went to the eye doctor, I remember he wasn’t exactl...
25 Dec 2025 1 minute read 3 comments Melina Mehr
Snowy days are cold, icy, and unforgiving, yet they undeniably weave breathtaking scenes across the landscapes beyond the city. Let's be honest: what we experience up close is worlds apart from what we glimpse from afar. No matter how deeply we try t...
22 Dec 2025 2 minute read 7 comments Melina Mehr
You could say that both festivals speak of the same timeless narrative — in the deepest, darkest night of the year, light and hope are reborn. I always suspected that “Christmas” and “Yalda” both have common origin, so I searched a bit and came up...
13 Dec 2025 1 minute read 5 comments Melina Mehr
The mountainous forests of northern Iran bring incredible autumns. The colorful mix of tree leaves is truly magical. And as we get closer to winter, the chance to see these views gets shorter. With the arrival of the cold and gloomy autumn, the tr...
6 Dec 2025 1 minute read 8 comments Melina Mehr
Kish Marathon Mocks Iran’s Morality Police: 2,000 Women Run Free in “Hijab-Optional” Race”On Friday, December 5, 2025, more than 5,000 runners — including roughly 2,000 women who openly ditched the compulsory hijab — turned the upscale resort island...
19 Mar 2025 1 minute read 2 comments Melina Mehr
As we step closer to the New Year, with Nowruz just around the corner, I want to say Happy New Year to my fellow citizens and to all who celebrate this beautiful renewal of life, as we call it “Nowruz” in Persian culture. In truth, I wish to say Hap...
5 Jan 2025 1 minute read 25 comments Melina Mehr
It's been a while… To be honest, 2024 was an abhorrent year for me filled with agony, misery& poverty, which I had never undergone in my life. It was almost like living a horrid nightmare, anxiously waiting for it to end. Perhaps, I have forgotten...
22 Oct 2023 1 minute read 2 comments Melina Mehr
After things unraveled in my country last autumn, My life took a dark turn AND ever since… The more I explore, the more pain I experience However, the pleasures should not be overlooked either And that is why Our recordings by cameras matter! No...
17 Oct 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Melina Mehr
I've lost the will to write These ugly days My heart hurts so bad It feels as if Jumping out of the chest Might not be such a bad idea after all! I see Humanity’s rotten… My heart aches And I’m heartbroken with them the same! As if the happiness...
10 Oct 2023 1 minute read 4 comments Melina Mehr
That day, when I stood on top of a peak I never imagined Thousands of thoughts came to mind My brain got full and empty many times As if it wanted In these seconds spent on top of the clouds have the largest share. My thoughts were so explosive a...
