KOLO
KOLO · 21. December 2025
It turned out that there was, after all, a difference between Iranian women and me. They simply could not understand how one might not love gold. All our arguments about the fact that it was not such a profitable investment usually ended with my promises not to refuse expensive gifts. For me, this questionable asset had always felt like a burden.
KOLO · 17. December 2025
In the south of the Caspian Sea, where the humid air smells of tea and forest, lives a people whose name is rarely spoken aloud. The Talysh. Their land does not try to impress — it teaches you how to listen.
KOLO · 17. December 2025
Abdullahan once again tried to begin a new life. This time — in Tehran, the greenest and most prosperous capital of Persia. Things began to improve, if only slightly. The dreamer found work as a translator at a foreign embassy. He worked almost every day, and in the evenings he visited a friend’s photo studio and continued to play the dutar outdoors, surrounded by nature. In photographs, everything always seemed fine, and music helped release the emotions that had long held him captive.
KOLO · 12. December 2025
The days rushed forward unnoticed; I spent most of them at the university, continuing to study the Persian language. My second Nowruz was approaching. At some point, the streets of Tehran became surprisingly empty. Although the peaks of the Elburz Mountains were still smoking with white snowstorms, the city was already noticeably warming up.
KOLO · 05. November 2025
If you think British Columbia is all about mountains, forests, and outdoor adventure — think again! BC also has an incredible cultural scene, full of world-class museums that celebrate art, history, Indigenous heritage, and nature. Whether you’re strolling through Whistler or exploring Vancouver’s coast, here are five museums you absolutely shouldn’t miss.
KOLO · 03. November 2025
In Iran, there is genuine male friendship and its own philosophy of relationships. "To offend friends is to please enemies," says a Persian proverb. And the common expression "Fada'i dorī," which literally translates as "You have a slave," speaks of loyalty. The phrase took root in everyday language back in the days of the ancient Assassins. Have you ever heard of them?
KOLO · 12. October 2025
A drop leaves its native earth —
and again returns to the oyster
that awaits its pearl...
Jalaluddin Rumi
KOLO · 18. September 2025
A new Universe has been conceived inside me. Two forms of life entered into a mutually beneficial union: they reunited the qualities missing in each other and mutually screwed themselves into the womb. The millionth sperm finally met that egg. Wow!
KOLO · 07. September 2025
In 1916, a terrible disaster struck Azerbaijan — a wave of cholera swept through towns and villages. Abdullah Khan then set out for Persia, to Mashhad, as if fleeing from the darkness and disease. But the epidemic soon reached that city as well. He believed that here he could begin a new life, fulfilling his long-cherished dream — to open his own photo studio. The money he had earned from David Rostamiani he guarded like seeds for a future garden.
KOLO · 20. May 2025
We began to travelling through Iran — and that’s when I felt the strong desire to write. First and foremost, for my friends who had predicted a grim fate for me: suffering under a scorching sun, always wrapped in a chador, tucked away in some harem. I wanted them to know I was more than fine. I also wanted to share the extraordinary blend of antiquity and modernity I was experiencing — a vibrant garden of cultures, rich in tradition, cuisine, and nature.