Speak the wind / Hoda Afshar.

"Poetry and reality seem to combine with the winds that coalesce into spirit possession on the islands in the Strait of Hormuz, as the extreme southern tip of Iran. There it can get to 45 degrees centigrade, and nearby US nuclear powered submaries and oil tankers make their way into and out of Persian Gulf. The concentration of power and history in this narrow waterway is astonishing. To adopt standard nomenclature and call it a 'choke-point' seems insufficient unless you take it literally. In maps it comes across as a freak of nature, part of a child's puzzle with the southern element shaped like a horn protruding into the sea while the northern element opposite is an inverted V shaped inlet as it awaiting the south to close in. Imagine the helmsman navigating a long tanker through these tight bends."--From "Winds of History" by Michael Taussig, in English on folded page 3 of printed paper wrapper.