In a small shop in Tehran's Grand Bazaar, Mohammed Rafi sells coloured pencils. He has no less than 50,000 of them crammed into a tiny space. Photo: Arne Immanuel Bänsch/dpa
In the middle of the winding alleys of the Grand Bazaar, Tehran's bustling heart of commerce, Mohammed Rafi holds up a hand in search of a pencil in his miniature kingdom of colour.
In a shop space that barely covers three square metres, he zeroes in on a particular pencil, one of over 200 different colouring pencils from behind his counter – each one a testament to his passion.
