Wendell Steavenson

Wendell Steavenson has worked for Time and has written for a variety of publications, including the Daily Telegraph and Prospect.

To and fro and back to the middle of the status quo

A Tuesday afternoon, raining, grey, darkening, Tehran downtown where the traffic is stuck like riveted mecchano. The first big crowd of students was inside the main gate of Tehran University,

By Wendell Steavenson

/ 25 Nov 2002

This side of the Evil Divide

The streets of Tehran, by Ali Khaligh ©. All images Courtesy of The Iranian I have just moved to Tehran; I have been here about a week. Before I left London

By Wendell Steavenson

/ 7 Nov 2002

Kabul spring: the poor place their bets

Part one: In the Titanic Bazaar 02 October 2002 A group of boys, skinny, seven or eight years old, dressed in dirty shalwar kameezes, carrying their profession around their neck

By Wendell Steavenson

/ 30 Oct 2002