Celebrating Persian New Year at Noruz spring festival
The Persian New Year is an ancient Zoroastrian tradition celebrated by Iranians and Kurds which coincides with the vernal (spring) equinox and is calculated by the solar calendar.
Matt Bracken 0 Comment The Baltimore Sun Baghdad, festival, Iraq, Kurds, Persian New Year
The Persian New Year is an ancient Zoroastrian tradition celebrated by Iranians and Kurds which coincides with the vernal (spring) equinox and is calculated by the solar calendar.
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An Iraqi Kurdish man spray-paints hearts in anticipation for Valentine’s Day, in a street in Arbil, the capital of the Kurdish autonomous region in northern Iraq, on February 12, 2017.
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Muslims are celebrating Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice, from Sunday to Thursday to mark the willingness of the Prophet Ibrahim — Abraham to Christians and Jews — to sacrifice his son. During the holiday Muslims slaughter sheep and cattle and distribute part of the meat to the poor.
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Jon Sham 0 Comment Baltimore Street Photographer, Maryland, The Baltimore Sun, Video Baltimore, Baltimore street photographer, Iraq, Kosovo, Kuwait, Robert Jackson, street photography
As a street photographer, Robert Jackson has captured people on the streets of Baltimore. When in the army, over two tours, he captured people all around the world — from Paris to Kosovo to Iraq. And even though Baltimore is much different than Kuwait, Jackson noticed similarities among those who are struggling to get by.
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