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Travel writing about places near and far, mixing on-site photography with scholarly reflection
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May 2025:

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Mosques and the Cityscape

June 18, 2022
Tags: cairo, islam, mosque, minaret, view, medieval, city

Three Things in the Background

December 18, 2021
Tags: dubai, construction, infrastructure, islam, mosque, minaret, residences
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Turkish Acropolis

March 01, 2020
Tags: Greece, books, map, parthenon, minaret, mosque, Ottomans, travel, preservation
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History of the Auwal Masjid

June 09, 2019
Tags: South Africa, mosque, history, sign, painting, minaret
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A Grand Unfinished Mosque

February 22, 2019
Tags: Senegal, mosque, minaret, architecture, icon
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The Sacred Construction Zone

February 15, 2019
Tags: Senegal, mosque, pilgrimage, construction, minaret, Mecca
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Lamp Fall

February 10, 2019
Tags: Senegal, mosque, minaret, history, pilgrimage, images
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First View of Touba's Great Mosque

February 09, 2019
Tags: Senegal, mosque, minaret, city, sacred space, road, pilgrimage

A Comparison Mosque

July 20, 2017
Tags: mosque, Morocco, minaret, architecture

Minaret Angle

July 20, 2017
Tags: mosque, minaret, architecture, Morocco