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    • Children on the Street

    • Children on the Street

    • Children

    • In Iran in the late 1960's children would flock to any foreigner and call "mister...mister", barely the only English children knew. This streen scene in Harsin, Iran, in April 1970 could have been taken in any of hundreds of small towns and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Friday Picnic

    • Friday Picnic

    • Food and meals

    • Picnicking is a popular past time in Iran on Friday, the Islamic day of rest. Several times a year my fellow teachers at Ebn Sina High School, in Kangavar, Iran, would picnic in the woods along a stream just outside of town, as pictured here in...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Picknicking with Students

    • Picknicking with Students

    • Food and meals; Host community friends

    • Picnicking is a popular past time in Iran on Friday, the Islamic day of rest. Once a year several of my fellow high school teachers in Kangavar, Iran, would select some of their best students and reward them with a picnic. Picnics were in the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Lak Family

    • Lak Family

    • Housing

    • This picture is of a Lak family in the mountains of west-central Iran in Lurstan province, several hours by jeep or motorcycle from the nearest town. This family summered in the mountains and wintered in south Iran. They live in large tents and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Kurdish Wedding

    • Kurdish Wedding

    • Weddings; Music; Dance

    • Taken in October 1969 in Kangavar, Iran, this picture was taken at the wedding of my housekeeper's 17 year old son. Prior to the wedding, the bridegroom, family and friends dance through the alleys to music by a reed horn player and drummer.
    • Volunteer Photos

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