Habuba Kabira, construction of a relieving arch using piled bricks, which are later removed
Habuba Kabira, master builder and his helper constructing the walls of a mud brick house
Habuba Kabira, during the construction of cantilever domes, the mortar is pulled up using a bucket
Habuba Kabira, mixture of sifted raw loam, chaff and water to produce clay bricks therefrom
Habuba Kabira, maintenance of the house by a further exterior plastering
Habuba Kabira, view into a plastered cantilever dome with openings and decorative layer
Habuba Kabira, the plastered new dome house and its garden
Habuba Kabira, to make burghul (wheat grits) the wheat is cooked in a huge pot and then carried to a drying place
Habuba Kabira, shell of the dome house made of dried clay bricks with quarry stone base
Habuba Kabira, plastering of the domes after completion of the shell
Habuba Kabira, inside the double-dome room with its relief arch
Near Habuba Kabira, a family trip by boat to their former village, that was flooded in 1973 by the Tabqa-Dam
Habuba Kabira, construction of the corner of a mud brick house
Habuba Kabira, construction of the base of a mud brick house
Habuba Kabira, the new dome house has received its first plaster layer
Habuba Kabira, in the courtyard clay bricks are lying out to dry
Adult son of the semi-nomadic family in their tent from the Maskana region
Habuba Kabira, entrance side of a room half deepened into the grown soil (in local dialect: debabe)
Habuba Kabira, back side of a room half deepened into the grown soil (in local dialect: debabe)
Habuba Kabira, Interior of the last existing deepened house (debabe), which was later used only as storage space
At-Turn, Double-dome house on the edge of the steppe close to Maskana
Guesthouse of a wealthy family in Maskana, attached is an iwan
Weekly market in Maskana, where the farmers of the region sell their fruit and vegetables
In the tent of a semi-nomadic family from the Maskana region, with storage bags in the background.
Habuba Kabira, preparation of the clay mass for the production of clay bricks
Habuba Kabira, clay bricks are drying – at the edge of the village, because there is enough space
Kitchen tent with fireplace of a semi-nomadic family from the Maskana region
Living space in the tent of semi-nomadic family from the Maskana region
In the living compartment of the semi-nomadic family’s tent (from Maskana region)
Tent made of jute sacks of a semi-nomadic family from the Maskana region
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Habuba Kabira, construction of a relieving arch using piled bricks, which are later removed
