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Thank you!
This thought came to me in the most mundane of settings today— while making the bed— but felt important and very related to how I’m feeling these days. Like a solace to the pain I’ve been grappling with. 

Fravashi (also known
Learning not to rush every season of life 🍃
The baddest Capricorns in town celebrating Roxana and Chris’ Perfect Date 💫✨🥰
Thy love, my melancholic heart
Has woven into the essence of my soul:
Thread by thread, strand by strand,
Warp by warp, weft by weft. 

In her own heart, Tāhereh
Sought and found none but thee:
Page by page, layer by layer,
Drape by drape, fold by fo
Following my previous reel on the Buddhist resonances in the poetry of Sohrab Sepehri, I wanted to share a series of images from Gandhara—an ancient kingdom spanning present-day northern Afghanistan and Pakistan (6th c. BCE–11th c. CE).

Sahba Shayani

Los Angeles, California

Oxford, England

UCLA: Dept of Near Eastern Languages & Cultures

P: (310) 825-4165
E: sahba@ucla.edu