A niche with muqarnas on the main entrance of al-Bimaristan an-Nuri
A room cladded with ‘Ajami decoration in a Damascene house
Making falafel sandwiches
Making falafel sandwiches
Man with fresh bread
Cooling bread in the street before storage
Introducing the blue dye in boiling water to the silk threads. This process is repeated several times until the silk absorbs the blue dye effectively
Aghabani table cloth with gold and silver threads
A room cladded with ‘Ajami decoration in a Damascene house
Aghabani with customized geometric design combining leaves, flowers and branches
Aghabani table cloth
Aghabani table cloth
Making pickles
Aliya Alnuami is applying the relief paste on her ‘Ajami-work
Making pickles
View over the roof of the south-western Madrasat Ismaʿil Basha al-ʿAzm to the Umayyad Mosque with its high transept of the prayer hall with a central dome and its three minarets
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Making pickles
Eating breakfast in the shop
The minaret of Jamiʿ (Mosque) ash-Shaykh Muhyi ad-Din Ibn ʿArabi
ʿAbd al-Qadir al-Jazaʿiri cenotaph, beside the Mausoleum of Shaykh Muhyi ad-Din Ibn ʿArabi
Traditional production of animal glue
Jamiʿ (mosque) ash-Shaykh Muhyi ad-Din Ibn ʿArabi, seen from Friday’s suq
Traditional production of animal glue
Painting of a calligraphy work of a contemporary ‘Ajami decoration