“The stunning Sinan Pasha Mosque in Prizren, Kosovo, designed by the famed Ottoman architect Sinan and built in 1615. Local legend says that bits and pieces of a nearby Orthodox monastery that had been abandoned before the arrival of the Ottomans were collected to be used in the mosque’s construction. In the mosque there is a large open women’s balcony on top, but when the bottom wasn’t full it was also common for women to pray on the bottom as well, even at the front as the 1st photo shows.” Photos by Alex Shams










