routine is the worst enemy of the human being, it makes us not being able to see the beautiful things that are surrounding us, it makes us not realizing the good things that are happening in our lives, while we continue are sometimes not exciting and so-called modern lives. life, some people come to remind us of the treasures we have and remove the dust of oblivion of the jewels that we keep in the basement of our houses. lena is a german girl who recently published a book called behind the closed curtains, which reminds us that it is possible to dust off our traditional home elements, remodel them. and give them a modern look and create

daring, bold and lively interior design. what leno has recorded in her book is only sample of the historical background of using decorations in iranian interior design and architecture, which is rooted in combination of iranian culture, religion and art, and it has evolved as time passes by. as matter of fact, iranian houses were a place for development of spirit and physical. there is one thing in common between us and lena. we both use this camera to record interesting events and life stories. lina and her team traveled all over iran and took their camera behind the closed curtains of iranian houses. they shot photos. and recorded lifestyles,

decorations and designs that are somehow modern, but have roots in our history, something that was not possible a couple of hundred years ago, but lena wants to make sure she produces something that can be used as a reference for future generations, something that shows where and how some iranians lived in the 21st century. i was a student of middle eastern studies politics um back in germany. and um was learning some farcy, the farcy of the books and uh i wanted to learn the proper farcy of of the streets and really get to know the country itself, so while traveling in iran um... um, i

understood that, okay, some there is something in iran, we don't have uh, that way so much, we also have it in europe, but not in that way, uh, which is handicrafts, um, so what i understood is like, okay, handicrafts, that's something everyone can relate to, because it is interior design, it is decoration, everyone has house, you have to... decorate, so that's where i started. i thought, okay, also in iran there will be people who decorate the house and decorate them in a nice way, even if they're probably not interior designers. what makes iranian decorative elements more special is that they're timeless. you always find some shining aspects in them, something to fall in love with. i think it's really cool when you're um mixing something from old and um bringing it into the... modernity um so this

is for example what what mortiza did here with these h stones which are traditionally used to paint the or you place the feed on it um the night before you getting married and then you got the hannah painted on the feed um so this was was the original use but what mortiza did he copied them um and used them as basically the feet for a coffee table. it is used out of outside of the religious context, it's decoration uh and i think it is really beautiful and impressive piece, especially of course with all the feathers in this um pink fleshy color contrasting to the white of the house uh in evaying culture, i mean there is um the flower as topic is really important so... um what we see here is

like a law um actually it's a light um which means also in persian um the the flower and here i think it's really nice the shape you find throughout iran um these either candles or nowadays also they work with electricity um but it's a it's a soft shape so um again it's a curve like in iranian architecture you find a lot. amir hussein is an iranian artist inspired by his roots. what is more felt at his house is daring innovation.

می تونیم دسترسی داشته باشیم از خودمون پذیرایی بکنیم حس خوشایندی داره اینه که پامونونو می ذاریم تو آب حوز و اینکه خب به هر حال از یه صوتی از یه صدای آبی هم لذت می بریم و با همدیگه گپ و گفت می کنیم و خب یه تایمی رو بهترین نحو ممکنه میگذرونی چون اینجور امکانات وجود داشته دیگه برمیگشته به خلاقیت اون افرادی که استفاده کننده یه همچین امکاناتی بودن ما الان ترجیح میدیم که تو این دوره زمانه ای

first glance you think this is a typical iranian traditional house, but for sure it is nothing like my grandparents house. from what i remember, many decorative and architectural elements are the same, but they're being used very differently, and this creativity is certainly part of the beauty of this house. این نرده ها الان همین که می بینین پایه غلیونه. این ترکیب و این کلاج کنار هم این. موتیف و این متریالا انقدر برای من جذاب بود که دوست داشتم تو تکرار به رخ بیننده کشیده بشه خب هیچ تکراری هم بهتر از نرده نمیتونستم پیدا بکنم.

when you're looking for some very unique items that are infused with persian culture and our traditions, but remember that there's an artist inside of every one of us, an artist that knows what is beautiful and what is not, an artist that knows how to put things together, but we don't necessarily have the creativity to make these decorative items, and for that reason people in places like here made our lives easy, you just need to come here and see all these beautiful items, pick what you love, make sure that it goes good with your other stuff and make sure that it fits your personality. stores like this are the results of a recently started movement by some young iranians who renovate old houses and decorate them with

antique-like and traditional decorative islands. i'm very inspired by all these amazing stuff and looking forward to use them to decorate my own house sometime soon. "i should say this is the happiest day of my life, because i have published a book on interior design in iran uh, and this is the final day, the the book presentation, um, i have feel super happy, i am super exhausted too, because it has been hard work, um, i've gone through lot of ups and downs in the last eight months, but i feel proud to now..." say, okay, i publish the book, this is the book, and i'm a writer, and i've done something for iran, a country i really love, and i started with the purpose to show a different eran to the world, and i think i, i achieved it, and iran is a mysterious land,

every corner of it, and every aspect of it. is a book with thousands of pages, with beautiful images and amazing stories, shahrimi for iran. this time i'm going to visit the largest island in the persian gulf. the island is blessed with endless natural attractions and is larger than 65 countries in the world. "the coral beaches of gash are regarded as

the most astonishing beaches of iran in the persian gulf. regarded as one of the world's biosphere reserves. the mangrove forest of has covered area of over 9,00 hectares. it is the biggest sea forest in the whole persian gulf. i have walked through many vallys, valleys much deeper and much longer than the charkuh valley, but i dare say this valley is the most beautiful one i have walked through in terms of land for. i was at the age of 16. been very interested by the world, what happened around my me, and

was i traveled when i was 17 years old i travel even to iran. camera is kind of protection between me and the rest of the world, and it's very, very useful. it became very famous because when you see billion of people in the street claiming the name of the... he was a symbol, this term is very important, actually this is tomp of a man would change history, would change the world and at least the middle east.

less than two weeks after launching its genocide on the gaza strip, the israeli military committed one of the most heinous atrocities in modern history. back on october 18th, huge blast rocked the al-ahli hospital. compound in gaza, which was packed with thousands of palestinians seeking shelter

from the israeli strikes. according to palestinian health officials, more than 470 people were killed in that incident. most of the victims were defenseless civilians with taken shelter at the hospital and its surrounding areas. at the time they had no idea that the israeli regime might target hospitals, hospitals and clinics. have special protections under international law, and the deliberate targeting of these facilities is a clear violation of these principles. as usual, the israeli army first denied that it was behind the attack, later the regime and its western allies, including the united states and canada, claimed that the explosion was caused by an erent rocket fired by the arm group palestinian islamic jihad. however, independent investigations by various... media sources have debunked this propaganda.