Turkey
Istanbul
Three days before the end of my most recent trip to Istanbul, on the 26th of Ramadan 1443 AH (according to the Islam calendar of Hijri). While heading down from Sultanahmet, and towards the bay area, something peculiar caught my attention. A faint prayer echoing in the distance. One might say it is nothing unusual here - where Hagia Sophia, and a dozen of other mosques are right around the corner. But the sound didn’t seem to be coming from any of those places. The voice was coming from afar, from the other side of Bosporus strait. And there was something different about it (…).
Istanbul (part 2)
Venturing into the unknown can be an intimidating experience, and It's only a natural instinct to associate the unfamiliar with potential danger—a protective mechanism that evolution has finely honed over time to ensure our safety, and it’s been doing an amazing job so far getting us where we are today. However as any other mechanism, it’s not without a flaw (…).