Leigh in Azerbaijan

Iran is a delight!  The goverment may be led by mullahs who reflect the voice of Saudi Arabia, but the people are gracious and friendly, the poets are remarkable.  It’s sad about the brain drain.  Two of our guides have applications submitted for emigrating to Australia as translators.

Lunch in Shiraz. Our guide told us that [...]

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This comes from a conversation with my teacher aide.  We were talking about democracy and how hard it is to achieve.  I shared my beliefs that you can’t have a democracy unless you have a strong opposition, a union movement and freedom of the press.   She wasn’t convinced that freedom of the press was possible [...]

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