Shelter from the Quiet
I spent this morning trying to fix a broken hinge on my kitchen cabinet. It was one of those small, nagging tasks I had ignored for months. As I worked, I kept thinking about how we spend so much of our lives trying to keep things held together,…
Ottoman Architecture by Mehmet Masum
A view from Behram Pasha Mosque, an Ottoman structure built in 1572 by Behram Pahsa, Governor of Diyarbakir. The compressed stone on the upper right and left of the entrance predates by some 400 years of the pre-stressed concrete, which is still…
In Your Inner Self
Everyone has a house of their own. No. I am not talking about the physical house with bedrooms and living room, where you stay in. I am talking about the house you posses in your inner self. Surely we all have one. Don't you? We have always…