Yearly Archives: 2021 Mosques – masjed or masjid – are a prominent feature in any Islamic landscape (eg.: Jama Mosque). With their beautiful domes, their graceful arches, and their soaring minarets, these houses of Muslim worship draw attention upwards and engender admiration, reverence and calm. During a short stay in Muscat, capital city of the Sultanate of Oman […]  A walking tour with a companion and a camera is a great way to get to know a section of city, and to absorb the local colour and history. I was lucky enough to have a friend who had been living and working in Colombo, Sri Lanka, for a few years before I visited the […]  California’s Eastern Sierras are a jaw-droppingly beautiful outdoor playground. How lucky was I to have a photography-friend with not one, but two bases in this rugged and gorgeous area! Like me, she is a fan of mountain walks and flowers, and we had timed my trip to line up with the best of the mountain […]  The Netherlands is known for its flat landscape punctuated by canals and dikes. If fact, I was taught at school that dyke was a Dutch word. While it is true that dijk (pronounced ‘dyke’) is a common word in Dutch, it comes from the same Old German word that gave English ‘ditch’. Sadly, the little […]  The Kara/Karo people, a small tribe of Omotic people, living on the east bank of the Lower Omo River in Ethiopia, are perhaps best known for their love of beads and face paint. With fewer than two thousand members, the Kara are one of the smallest tribes in the region. They are related to the […] |
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