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 Secluded Tea Room in Bazaar, Bam                                                 2002

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In spite of it being in the month of March, the days in southern Iran were getting warm.  Activity came to a near halt during the heat of the day.  While wandering around Bam's small market area, an older man led me to a hidden and windowless tea room deep in the labyrinth.  An Afghani man sat quietly, his right leg severed at the knee wrapped in a blood-soiled cloth, gave me no notice even after it became common knowledge that I was an American.

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