TABRIZ 11.07.2010
TABRIZ 11.07.2010 I woke up early in the Jahan Nama Hotel because it was no longer possible to sleep. The hotel was on the street and the sunlight entered the room directly. There was no air conditioner and also lots of noise from the traffic. I looked for a tea house. Iran is one country where finding one will need little effort. I found a tea house that close from my hotel that you can smoke hookah at the same place.. The people of Tabriz call it “galeyan”; we call it “Nargile” in Turkish. It could be called “ebullition” in English. As I sat on the wooden couch of the tea house, a few local customers came to my table to get to know me. They were addressing each other as "Ağa Can". I will not be able to find a suitable English equivalent for the word as the word “Mr” does not suffice. "Ağa" also includes the idea of “elder”. “Can” refers to many more words such as: life, darling, soul, heart and more. As seen everywhere in Iran, the