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Mecca the Blessed, Medina the Radiant: The Holiest Cities of Islam

Mecca the Blessed, Medina the Radiant: The Holiest Cities of Islam

Hardcover

Series: Tuttle Specials

Comparative ReligionIslamGeneral Photography

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ISBN10: 0804849161
ISBN13: 9780804849166
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Published: Mar 28 2017
Pages: 192
Weight: 2.85
Height: 0.80 Width: 10.10 Depth: 10.10
Language: English
Mecca the Blessed, Medina the Radiant is an unprecedented photographic exploration of the holiest cities of Islam and the Hajj, or annual pilgrimage during Ramadan when more than a million faithful journey to Mecca's Great Mosque to commemorate the first revelation of the Qur'an (Koran).

This book allows both Muslims and those unfamiliar with the Islamic faith complete access to the holiest sites of one of the world's major religions, practiced by a quarter of the world's population but often misunderstood in the West.

Photographer Ali Kazuyoshi Namachi, a Muslim convert from Japan, garnered the full support of Saudi Arabian authorities--rarely given--to shoot in cities where photography is strictly controlled, and non-Muslims are not allowed.

An expansive work of photojournalism, Mecca the Blessed, Medina the Radiant includes:

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