Aliwaxima, Tehran's shoe-shine man in a red stiletto
A giant, racy-red motorised stiletto is not what you expect to see cruising down the avenues of Iran's capital but it certainly attracts attention, and business, for intrepid shoe-shine man "Aliwaxima"./ In conservative Tehran, where veils for women are mandatory and Islamic morality police still mount patrols, 42-year-old Aliwaxima proudly plies his trade unhindered, in his coquettish scooter. "I am the only shoe shine man in the country who works from his vehicle," says Mohammad Ali Hassan Khani, his real name, who could pass for a ...
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