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Eyesight can be restored, but what about recognition? Earlier studies have shown that in many cases, individuals who recover sight after prolonged blindness battle severe mental health problems. Some threaten to tear out their eyes or simply continue to act blind. Some are so depressed they commit suicide" More....

Existentialists prefer subjectivity, and view human beings as subjects in an indifferent, often ambiguous universe. More...

Litterature

Blindness by Jose Saramago

Led by the Blind (Homer, Jame Joyce, Saramago etc..) by Virginia Ste Owens

Philosophy and mysticism

The Masnavi i Ma'navi by Maulana Jalalu-'d-din Muhammad Rumi

Dar-al-Masnavi. Site dedicated to Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi.

Existentialism

Greek Tragedy

People

Evgen Bavcar, the blind photographer

Places

Tehran, a modern city?

Persian Information

Credits in Persian (Soureh Cinema)