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Travel writing about places near and far, mixing on-site photography with scholarly reflection
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Do, do, do, lookin’ out my back door..

What I’m reading,
Nov & Dec 2024:

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quran

Measuring the Nile

December 14, 2024
Tags: cairo, water, river, medieval, quran

Assessing a Mosque

August 05, 2024
Tags: Egypt, mosque, design, quran, beauty, nation

Watch the Throne

August 05, 2024
Tags: Egypt, power, cairo, mosque, design, quran, arabic, worship

Traditions Next to Each Other

October 22, 2022
Tags: dubai, museum, art, statue, quran

Jefferson's Quran

January 30, 2022
Tags: expo, quran, books, nation, united states
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A Counter Aesthetic

May 10, 2020
Tags: London, architecture, design, islam, globalization, Ahmadiyya, calligraphy, quran

God's Favor

May 08, 2020
Tags: London, mosque, Ahmadiyya, arabic, quran, persecution
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Using Language

May 03, 2020
Tags: London, quran, language, mosque, islam, Ahmadiyya, arabic
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Wall Hanging, Clocks, Pulpit

April 05, 2020
Tags: Sierra Leone, mosque, islam, village, arabic, quran, prayer
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Islam in Sierra Leone

April 02, 2020
Tags: Sierra Leone, islam, quran, shrine, Senegal
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Portraits for Pilgrims

February 16, 2019
Tags: Senegal, images, pilgrimage, quran, shop
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Writing on the Wall

October 09, 2018
Tags: art, islam, Morocco, calligraphy, beauty, aesthetic, tile, quran
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The Ben Youssef Madrasa

October 08, 2018
Tags: Morocco, mosque, tile, quran, design
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The Quran's Case for Preservation

February 22, 2018
Tags: quran, preservation, ruins, travel
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Inside the Shrine

December 08, 2017
Tags: desert, Bedouin, Egypt, shrine, islam, quran
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