Hand printed fabric combining plant and animal motifs
Aghabani table cloth
Al-Madrasa ar-Rukniyya al-Barraniyya – view from the south
Aghabani table cloth
Aghabani table cloths with gold and silver threads
Hanging dyed silk to dry after washing it in cold water
Hanging dyed silk to dry after washing it in cold water
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
Making falafel sandwiches
Hand carved wood block used for printing fabrics
The minaret of Jamiʿ (Mosque) ash-Shaykh Muhyi ad-Din Ibn ʿArabi
Mausoleum az-Zahir Baybars, mosaics covering the southern wall
Making pickles
Making pickles
Aghabani table cloth
Making falafel sandwiches
Cooling bread in the street before storage
Aghabani with customized geometric design combining leaves, flowers and branches
Aghabani table cloth with gold and silver threads
Aghabani table cloth with gold and silver threads
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
Man with fresh bread
Chickpeas
Stories
Modern interpretations of the traditional craft of ‘Ajami (workshop of Aliya Alnuami)
Door and windows of a room in the ground floor, Khan Sulayman Basha al-ʿAzm
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
A room in the family wing (haramlik or juwwani), Asʿad Basha al-ʿAzm Palace
Jamiʿ (mosque) ash-Shaykh Muhyi ad-Din Ibn ʿArabi, seen from Friday’s suq
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