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S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

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, Frederica Krueger, near the small, very beautiful city of Brixen in the Italian Alps. Email: s.abbas.raza.1 [at] gmail.com

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Monday Photos

Posted on Monday, Apr 8, 2024 1:20AMMonday, April 8, 2024 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

At a pond in Vahrn, South Tyrol.

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Monday Photo

Posted on Monday, Apr 1, 2024 1:15AMMonday, April 1, 2024 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

Rust dripping down the side of an old blue railway carriage, from a horizontal iron bar not included in this photo, at the train station in Franzensfeste, South Tyrol.

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Monday Photo

Posted on Monday, Mar 25, 2024 1:15AMMonday, March 25, 2024 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

Magnolias and blue sky last week in Meran, South Tyrol.

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Monday Photo

Posted on Monday, Mar 18, 2024 1:10AMMonday, March 18, 2024 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

Self portrait by reflection in a glass door in Meran, South Tyrol.

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Monday Photo

Posted on Monday, Mar 11, 2024 1:15AMMonday, March 11, 2024 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

Train entering Franzensfeste, South Tyrol, from the south.

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Monday Photo

Posted on Monday, Mar 4, 2024 1:15AMMonday, March 4, 2024 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

At the Italian town of Limone sul Garda.

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Monday Photo

Posted on Monday, Feb 26, 2024 1:15AMMonday, February 26, 2024 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

Cars in front of the train station of Franzensfeste, South Tyrol, during a brief but heavy snowfall last week.

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Monday Photo

Posted on Monday, Feb 19, 2024 1:10AMMonday, February 19, 2024 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

Rose-ringed parakeets at a children’s zoo in Brixen, South Tyrol.

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Monday Photo

Posted on Monday, Feb 12, 2024 1:10AMMonday, February 12, 2024 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

Walking above the village of Schalders in the South Tyrol on Saturday morning.

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Monday Photo

Posted on Monday, Feb 5, 2024 1:15AMTuesday, February 6, 2024 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

In the woods above the village of Aicha in the South Tyrol over the weekend.

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Monday Photo

Posted on Monday, Jan 29, 2024 1:15AMMonday, January 29, 2024 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

Roadway with snow, water, salt, and a manhole in Franzensfeste, South Tyrol.

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Monday Photo

Posted on Monday, Jan 22, 2024 1:15AMMonday, January 22, 2024 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

People, and a pigeon, are always walking around in Franzensfeste, South Tyrol.  

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Monday Photo

Posted on Monday, Jan 15, 2024 1:25AMMonday, January 15, 2024 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

I accidentally stuck my foot into this picture of the ground in the woods near Franzensfeste, South Tyrol.

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Monday Photo

Posted on Monday, Jan 8, 2024 1:10AMMonday, January 8, 2024 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

A painting at the Löwenhof Hotel in Vahrn, South Tyrol.

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Monday Photo

Posted on Monday, Jan 1, 2024 1:15AMMonday, January 1, 2024 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

The raging waters of the Eisack river flowing through Franzensfeste at twilight.

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Monday Photo

Posted on Monday, Dec 25, 2023 1:15AMMonday, December 25, 2023 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

Karachi.

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Posted on Monday, Dec 18, 2023 1:15AMMonday, December 18, 2023 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

At the Abu Dhabi airport.

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Monday Photo

Posted on Monday, Dec 11, 2023 1:15AMMonday, December 11, 2023 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

Karachi sunset: A sea of houses between me and the ocean and the sun.

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Monday Photo

Posted on Monday, Dec 4, 2023 1:20AMMonday, December 4, 2023 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

A majestic Black Kite outside the 5th floor window of a hotel in Karachi.

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Monday Photo

Posted on Monday, Nov 27, 2023 1:10AMMonday, November 27, 2023 by S. Abbas Raza (Weekly Photo)

At my brother Javed’s house in Karachi last night.

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The original site was designed by S. Abbas Raza in 2004 but soon completely redesigned by Mikko Hyppönen and deployed by Henrik Rydberg. It was later upgraded extensively by Dan Balis in 2006. The next major revision was designed by S. Abbas Raza, building upon the earlier look, and coded by Dumky de Wilde in 2013. And this current version 5.0 has been designed and deployed by Dumky de Wilde in collaboration with S. Abbas Raza.

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