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🇮🇷 Why are Persian carpets so expensive? Here’s your answer. 4 master weavers working side by side on a large living-room carpet. They look at the pattern and tie thousands of knots every day with perfect precision. It takes more than a year to finish a piece like this.
MENA Visuals466,172 views • 10 days ago
🇺🇸🇮🇷 The USA vs. Iran match at the 1998 World Cup carried one of the heaviest political weights in football history. Before kickoff, a major protocol crisis emerged: FIFA rules required Iranian players to walk toward the Americans for the pre-match handshake, but Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei strictly forbade it. The deadlock was broken only when the American players, coordinating with French and FIFA officials, agreed to waive the protocol and walk toward their opponents instead. This gesture transformed the tension into a historic display of sportsmanship, with both teams posing arm-in-arm and Iranian players presenting white roses to their rivals. While Iran won the match 2-1, the game ended with players swapping jerseys in a show of brotherhood. As US defender Jeff Agoos famously put it: "We did more in 90 minutes than the politicians did in 20 years."
MENA Visuals902,671 views • 1 month ago
🐴 The Land of Wild Horses National Park in Gilan province, Iran 🇮🇷
MENA Visuals39,574 views • 4 days ago
🇮🇷 An Engineering Masterpiece from 1611: Architecture and Science in Perfect Harmony. The Shah Mosque in Isfahan is famous for its incredible acoustics. Designed by Ali Akbar Isfahani, the central dome causes sound to echo 7 times, allowing a whisper to be heard across the entire hall. ©️ Video by Jo Gordon
MENA Visuals233,973 views • 28 days ago
The Halre Ritual of the Kasnazani Kurdish Dervishes. This ritual, performed by Kurdish dervishes belonging to the Kasnazani branch of the Qadiriyya order, is known as "Jahri (vocal) Dhikr" or "Halre." The Kurdish dervishes stand shoulder to shoulder to form a large circle and, to the rhythm of the def, rhythmically nod their heads up and down. While these movements may appear to be a hypnotic dance from the outside, they actually help the dervishes forget the world and enter a deep state of trance (wajd). This dhikr, characterized by the Kasnazani dervishes’ flowing long hair and its fusion with a high-energy rhythm, is one of the region’s most powerful mystical and cultural rituals.
MENA Visuals92,682 views • 11 days ago
🎸 Tuareg Blues, often referred to as Desert Blues, is a hypnotic and deeply evocative genre of music that originates from the Imazighen people of the Sahara Desert, spanning Mali, Niger, Algeria, Libya, Burkina Faso and many other countries. Rooted in centuries-old Imazighen traditions, it merges the haunting melodies of North African Imazighen music with the raw energy of American blues and rock. The Imazighen, have long used music as a means of storytelling, resistance, and cultural preservation. Traditional Imazighen music was played on instruments like the teherdent (a type of lute) and the imzad (a one-stringed violin, traditionally played by women). However, in the late 20th century, as Imazighen communities faced displacement, political struggles, and exile, many young musicians turned to the electric guitar, inspired by the revolutionary sounds of Western blues, rock, and reggae. This fusion created a distinct style-characterized by pentatonic scales, hypnotic rhythms, call-and-response vocals, and the steady, trance-like repetition reminiscent of both Saharan folk chants and Mississippi Delta blues. The influence of artists like Ali Farka Touré, whose Malian blues style bridged African and American blues traditions, also helped shape the genre. The music features driving guitar rhythms, often with reverb-heavy electric guitars that produce a shimmering, almost psychedelic effect. Call-and-response vocals reflect lmazighen oral traditions and communal storytelling. The lyrics are poetic and political, speaking of exile, freedom, rebellion, and the vast beauty of the desert. The hypnotic, repetitive structure of the music creates a trance-like atmosphere, deeply connected to the rhythms of nomadic life and the endless expanse of the Sahara. by Houssaine Ousbouh
MENA Visuals509,682 views • 2 months ago
"Father of Mediterranean music" 🇪🇬 Amr Diab is an Egyptian singer, composer and actor.
MENA Visuals40,350 views • 6 days ago
🇮🇷 A historic Bathhouse dating back to the 16th century and still in use today, Isfahan, Iran.
MENA Visuals474,938 views • 2 months ago
✝️ The language of Jesus Christ is still alive in Syria. 💡 In the mountains of Maaloula, Aramaic remains a living tongue, preserved through ancient prayers and daily life. Now classified by UNESCO as endangered, this sacred Aramean heritage is carried forward by a community of 20,000 Christians and Muslims alike. Video by Rana Fakhreddine
MENA Visuals98,423 views • 23 days ago