FAREWELL MARJAN... Marjan, the one-eyed lone
lion is no longer the king of
Kabul zoo
PICTURES from the grenade attack!
IT'S NIGHT ON EARTH
NIGHT VIEWS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD
16001 Venice
22001 Paris, view from Tour Eiffel
25048 Hong Kong, Kowloon
34003 New York, Brooklyn Bridge
39009 Mogadishu 1993, shared tele-vision
36006 Las Vegas
43101 Sarajevo, Voivode Putnika (Snipers' Alley)
46040 Kabul, Share Nau district in 1995
53089 Tehran, Tajirish Mosque
05001 Istanbul, Sultanhamet mosque
13006 Milan, Duomo cathedral
16005 Venice, Sighs' Bridge
22003 Paris, Tour Eiffel and Champ de Mars
25028 Hong Kong
34034 New York, Brookyn and Manhattan bridge
39087 Mogadishu 1992, Christmas Eve, Arco della Pace at Kilo 4 roundabout
34036 New York, Brooklyn bridge
43097 Sarajevo, Ilidza district
35006 San Francisco, San francisco-Oakland bay bridge. This view is looking east toward Oakland with Yerba Buena island to the center left, and the incline section(eastern portion) of the bridge with the string of lights, to the right of view. Yerba Buena island seperates the two sections. (Thanks, Norm !)
Farewell, good ol' Marjan... The lone king of Kabul zoo succumbs to his age at 48, after surviving years and years of deprivations and symbolizing to kabulis the spirit of resiliency itself Well.....that's sad news, indeed. To my eyes, Marjan symbolized hope. However, in thinking about that dear old lion's death I choose to believe that when he heard the swoosh of kites flying over Kabul, heard the roars from the football stadium, experienced the renewed sounds of music in the air and heard the click-click of chess pieces being moved around chessboards....well, the old guy knew that there was plenty of hope around and it was okay for him to let go and fly off, amid kite strings, to wherever it is the spirits of animals go.
Peace to you Marjan and peace to Afghanistan.
[Diana Smith, via the Internet]