by Ali Fahmi
Posted on February 09, 2025
In June 2024, I visited Iran for a couple of weeks and went to the UNESCO-registered Grand Bazaar of my hometown, Tabriz. I was going to find and explore an antique shop, but I came across a calligraphy studio with magnificent artworks, which changed my life. On Instagram, I had seen and saved a video of an antique shop in Mirza Jalil chamber in the Bazaar. I decided to go there and check their items, perhaps I could find a nice old gramophone. I reached to Mirza Jalil and I was looking at the shops carefully to spot the antique shop. Many of them were carpet shops or other similar shops that would sell groceries or clothes. Unexpectedly, I saw a renovated bright shop with the most beautiful Farsi calligraphy artworks on its walls.
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