Tehran.

I planned to work in Tehran for a project.

International politics got messy. News papers got crazy. Friends and professors asked me to cancel.

Then happened the sad incident with the Ukrainian airplane.

Lufthansa stopped service. They kindly rerouted me 4 (four!) Times. I arrived on the 22nd or January.

It took me a week to make sense of this place. Things are different when you see them with your own eyes. This is not the warzone from the newspapers. Tehran is a city of 14 million inhabitants. The people are in general smart (very high rate of University scholars, especially women), friendly and genuinely interested in newcomers.

A multicultural melting pot. A gasoline city with an odour of oil and gas. Surrounded by snow-white mountains. 2500 Years of culture are present.

I'm here to build a portrait of the city, with whatever I get my hands on. Let's do this. Let's build something beautiful for Tehran. :)