Undercover

Because Allah says so 

Pooky boo !!

Photographer unknown

"If you tickle us,do we not laugh? "  

Azan in custody

Photo taken by Saba Al Muhtaseb 

Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem,behind an Israeli check point

  

Thread of return

Photo taken by Saba Al Muhtaseb

An abandoned sewing factory in Hebron,Palestine 

Take a closer look ! The worker did not leave without 

feeding the sewing machine one more thread,a thread of 

hope,one might say,a thread of return .  

Arachnidian settlement

Photo taken by Saba Al Muhtaseb 

A spider's web taking place inside a door keyhole of an abandoned Palestinian house in Hebron,Palestine 

Is Israel recruiting spiders to build settlements behind Obama's back now ? One may wonder .

Divine architecture

Photo taken by Saba Al Muhtaseb

A mosque looking after a church in Amman,Jordan 

The coin dealer

An Iraqi refugee, he has been embracing this corner of the world for the past 20 years, I used to buy coins from him when I was a kid. When he asked me about this sudden interest in taking a photo of him, I lied. I lied and told him I was going on a trip to the US and wanted my childhood memories to accompany me all the way over the Atlantic. And then, just at this moment a smile came along to shine his dark rough complexion. He rushed through his rusty, dusty old coins, pulled one out and asked me in kindness to memorize the symbol it carried on it. I observed the symbol and nodded. He then asked, “Can you get me a belt from the US with this symbol carved on its buckle on your way back to Jordan?”

“Would you wait for a year till I get back?” I replied.

“I would, even for five years,” he answered as if he was promised immortality.

“I will get you one,” I lied. I walked away, damned, banned from heaven, hovering in vain trying to recall the directions (North, South, West … East is no longer one of mine).

If you are interested in finding out what symbol he was talking about, check out the picture below !