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Contents

Overview
1Islam
Architecture
2Islamic architecture
Holy sites
3Mohammad Sadiq: Mecca (1880-1881)
4Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje & Abd al Ghaffar: Pilgrimage to Mecca (1884-1885)
5Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje: Bilder aus Mekka (1889)
6H.A. Mirza & Sons: Views of Mecca and Medina (1907)
7Saudi Arabia: The Haj - Abbas Hilmi album
Locations
8Jerusalem: Temple Mount and the Al-Aqsa Mosque
Using calligraphy to reflect on the role of women
9Shirin Neshat: Women of Allah
10Lalla Essaydi: Les Femmes du Maroc

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