[Leica] Syria in the 40s

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Thanks, Peter.  I was there for the 2500th anniversary, but we lived in
Iran at the time.  We lived in Arak, about halfway between Tehran and
Isfahan on a high desert plateau, for about two years.  We left when the
Shah did.  The aluminum company asked us to come back two years later, but
we went back for a couple of weeks and things had changed so much!  There
were sheep grazing in my husband's office and I was spit on in the markets.
 Anti-American feelings were very strong.  We didn't move back.  I think
things have changed again and would love to go back sometime.

Tina


On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 7:42 AM, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at 
summaventures.com>wrote:

> Tina,
>
> Beautiful and fascinating photos. Were you there covering the 2500th
> anniversary? I've never been though it has always sounded amazing.
>
> Many years ago I met an English woman who had gone out as an archaeologist
> - if
> I remember rightly - and had stayed for many years, settled down and
> although
> not very young was on the point of marrying a local man when the Revolution
> came. She had to leave and it broke her heart. I don't think she ever went
> back.
> I lost track of her and suspect she may have died, in large part as a
> result of
> her sorrow at having to leave a country that she adored.
>
> Peter
>
> On 26/01/2014 17:06, Tina Manley wrote:
> > I was in Damascus in 2005 for a conference of Christians, Muslims, and
> > Jews.  I didn't get to see much of the country since we were in meetings
> > most of the time, but I really need to go back and scan those slides.  I
> > lived in Iran in the 1970's and would love to go back again.  Iran is a
> > beautiful country of beautiful people.  Here are some of my photos from
> 40
> > years ago:
> >
> >
> http://tinamanley.smugmug.com/Asia/Iran/Iran/3917425_zbkQNv#!i=229714857&k=LWDH5x6
> >
> > Tina
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 11:59 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj <
> jayanand at gmail.com>wrote:
> >
> >> Damascus was always high on my list of places to visit, being the
> >> oldest continuously inhabited city in the world, but that looks
> >> indefinitely postponed as of now. (-:
> >>
> >> Guess I'll have to make do with a safe country like Iran (it really is
> >> very safe if you get media/government planted hobgoblins out of your
> >> head), with its incredible historic cities stretching back to the
> >> beginnings of civilization, in that region...
> >>
> >> Cheers
> >> Jayanand
> >>
> >> On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 5:05 PM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:
> >>> Following on from Jayanand's link to Anzio, I saw another link to Syria
> >> in
> >>> the 40s on the Life website. Here it is.
> >>>
> >>
> http://life.time.com/history/syria-crossroads-of-middle-east-during-wwii/?iid=lb-gal-viewagn#1
> >>>
> >>> Fascinating, especially considering the current mess there. BTW I'd
> >>> recommend "A Line in the Sand" by James Barr which looks at the Sykes
> >> Picot
> >>> agreement which carved up the middle east in straight lines between the
> >>> British and the French and subsequently was the reason for inflaming
> >> many of
> >>> the issues there.
> >>>
> >>> Douglas
> >>>
> >>>
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