Here is an excellent link to a series of virtual tours of Jordan. I looked at it prior to the trip, and have just looked at again, and can...

A very powerful work by Shirin Neshat called "Our House is on Fire" at the Modern Art Museum in Qatar. Through portraits of those ...

One of the reasons for visiting Doha, Qatar was to see an exhibition by Ai Wei Wei.  Called Laundromat, it was an installation of items of c...

A simple but elegant mosque at Nantanz on the way from Isfahan to Tehran. A fragment of carpet on the floor  coincidentally echoed the featu...

Hasht Behesht palace set in a magnificent park. The decorations were delicate and subtle.

I never tire of admiring the beautiful tile work in the Iranian mosques.

Just a few of the tiles on display at the museum near the Armemian Church in Isfahan.