St Kilda Sunset

St Kilda Sunset

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Uploaded on Mar 8, 2008

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Jack's Car

Jack's Car

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Couple watching sunset

Couple watching sunset

Al Azhar park, Cairo, sunset. 10 minutes or so before the call to prayer went up. One of the best places I've found in Cairo to spend sunset.

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Uploaded on Feb 13, 2008

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Upper Egyptian

Upper Egyptian

I photo stalked this guy in a second-hand clothes market in Cairo.

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Bloody Knives

Bloody Knives

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Ashura - Self Inflicted Ritual Knife Wounds

Ashura - Self Inflicted Ritual Knife Wounds

This only took a few minutes of pretty frantic beating. Saieda Zeinab Mosque, Damascus, Syria.

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Uploaded on Jan 21, 2008

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Ashura - Chest Beating and Chanting

Ashura - Chest Beating and Chanting

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Mourning for Imam Hussein

Mourning for Imam Hussein

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Blood Droplet

Blood Droplet

This drop of blood landed on my face during the Ashura.

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Uploaded on Jan 21, 2008

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Knives meet Back

Knives meet Back

Knives hitting back during the Ashura (Saeda Zeinab Mosque, Syria)

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Uploaded on Jan 21, 2008

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Blood and Scars

Blood and Scars

The blood and Scars from ritual self-inflicted knife wounds - Ashura ceremony. Saieda Zeinab Mosque, Damascus, Syria

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Detail - Blood on Ashura Knives

Detail - Blood on Ashura Knives

There was one man who held all the knives and handed them out when they were needed.

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The Ashura Knife Holder

The Ashura Knife Holder

There was one man who held all the knives and handed them out when they were needed.

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Uploaded on Jan 21, 2008

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Ashura - Starting Young

Ashura - Starting Young

About 30 seconds after I took this photo, he beat himself with the knives - not hard enough to do as...

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Uploaded on Jan 21, 2008

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Ashura - Mid-Swing

Ashura - Mid-Swing

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Ashura - Crowd

Ashura - Crowd

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Spinning Dancer

Spinning Dancer

She was suspended 3 metres above the ground, dancing around a great big blue balloon, during the...

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Uploaded on Jan 15, 2008

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Bedouin -  Downtown Qamishly

Bedouin - Downtown Qamishly

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