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[ibn-batuta]

[smsomah]

Mosque in Kairouan, Tunisia. From the book Nordafrika: Marokko, Algerien, Tunesien, Libyen; Hedwig Wimmer, 1956

[commodorecrybaby]

afghanistan 1973-1974

[manifest05]

This is so beautiful I want to cry

[shihlun]

Majd Ariss

“Syrian Dervishes Chant and Sway in Frenzy Ecstasy”

1957

[mondfaenger]

Shepherd of the old city, Iran, 1956

© Photo by Inge Morath

[lindazahra-deactivated20180610]

IRAN  in the 1960s, 70s and 80s by Roland and Sabrina MICHAUD

[fotojournalismus]

Iran, 1970.

Photographs by Gabriele Basilico

[harmonia-art]

[mideastcuts]

‘Abd al-Qadir Hisari Prayer Book. Illustrated manuscript. Turkey, A.H.1180 / A.D.1766. Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper. Binding: leather and gold.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

[suzani]

Benkov P.P. (1879-1949), Russian artist painting in Uzbekistan between 1860-1940. Considered a Central Asian Impressionist. Tashkent Museum of Art.

[tanyushenka]

Mattéo BRONDY (1866-1944) Cour de Palais à Meknès.

[tanyushenka]

Paul JOUVE (1878-1973) Cavalier Arabe devant une tente, 1911 (lithography) 

[pelomundodascidades]

Winston Churchill, A view of Marrakech, Morocco, 1943

[julaibib]

Masjid al-Haram "Great Mosque in the city of Makkah" 1930. 

[easternmicrotones]

Art of Firas Jabakhanji

[modernbaghdad]

Baghdad Scene, painting by Faiq Hassan, 1967

منظر بغدادي، لوحة برسم فائق حسن، ١٩٦٧

[cupofmeat]

"The Admiralty Place, Algiers", Léon Cauvy. Oil on canvas.

[cupofmeat]

“Le souq des tissus”, Ketty Carré. Oil on canvas laid on cardboard.