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Peshawar, capital of the North-West Frontier Province, oozes more romance than any city in Pakistan, except possibly Lahore.
At the east end of the legendary Khyber Pass, this rough-edged trading town has been taken and retaken for 2000 years. Its Moghul-era name means ‘frontier town’, which it definitely still is. Unlike Lahore, the romance has a buzz of danger. Peshawar, Pakistan, 1996
A trader carries his cloth through the market streets in the old city of Peshawar.
Peshawar, Pakistan. December 2021. © David Hill
In 1996, I traveled through Peshawar during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the month of total sunrise-to-sunset fasting. Most food shops and restaurants (except at tourist hotels, bus and train stations) are closed until sunset. The chorus of a muezzin calling from the nearby mosques signals the end of each day’s fasting.
Twenty years ago, Peshawar, Pakistan: medium.com/vantage/peshawar-882e1736856f#.jhciqi50o
On the outskirts of Peshawar, there is a truck repair yard and where artists were painting those wonderfully intricate designs on the vehicles.
And there were many striking characters who were happy to pose for pictures. This distinguished looking gentleman was among them.
Peshawar, Pakistan 2021. © David Hill
That though the radiance which was once so bright be now forever taken from my sight.
Though nothing can bring back the hour of splendor in the grass, glory in the flower.
We will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind.
William Wordsworth
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dedicated to the families in Peshawar in Pakistan who lost their children today in a great tragedy
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our daughter is in Sydney Australia and was blocks away from the terrifying incident there in Starbucks .we knew more about the events than she did at the time when we texted her .. so as a parent this is even more poignant
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