Originally from Karachi, Pakistan, Abbas has an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering & computer science from Johns Hopkins University, and a graduate degree in philosophy from Columbia University. He lives with his wife, Margit Oberrauch, and their feline friend, FredericaKrueger, near the small, very beautiful city of Brixen in the Italian Alps.
Email: s.abbas.raza.1 [at] gmail.com
Wild apple tree still hanging on to its apples, if not its leaves, in Franzensfeste, South Tyrol. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.
I went a bit “meta” this week with this self-portrait by reflection in a framed photograph of my wife taken by Tanyth Berkeley which hangs in my office. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.
A box containing an assortment of Pakistani sweets given to me by the owner of a shop in Brixen, South Tyrol, in celebration of the birth of his first grandchild. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.
A surprisingly strong cube I made out of staples after seeing this video. Yes, I am a nerd! Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.
Interior wall in the very high-ceilinged lobby of the Munich airport Hilton, showing some of the rooms. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.
Wall with trees painted on it with a window showing real trees in Klausen, South Tyrol. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.
Vineyard in Neustift, South Tyrol. Apparently they put these rose bushes at the ends of the rows of grape vines because they are more susceptible to certain diseases and insects and act a bit like canaries in coal mines.