101 Objects from the Lands of Islam- How to Count, Cook, Calligraph and More, From Morocco to Indonesia, #47-#52

JOURNEYS

-CAMEL HOBBLES, WHEN NOMADS AND CARAVANEERS STOP FOR THE NIGHT, CAMELS TOO MUST BE STOPPED

-LATEEN SAIL, PRACTICAL RIG FOR DHOWS, FELUCCAS, AND FACTORY-MADE SUNFISH SAILBOATS

-QURAN RECITATION CD, HUNG FROM A CAR'S REAR VIEW MIRROR, MUCH MORE OSTENTATIOUS THAN A BOXED QURAN ON THE BACK SEAT SHELF

-TUAREG CAMEL TRAPPINGS, LEATHER TRIM AND POMPOMS, often also TACKED GAUDILY AROUND THE WINDOWS OF THE FRONT CAB AS DECORATION FOR TRANS-SAHARAN LORRIES

-ASTROLABE

-CALOTYPE OF TAJ MAHAL BY PHOTOGRAPHER DR. JOHN MURRAY, CIRCA 1856, WHO ESTABLISHED THE STANDARD POVS FOR MILLIONS OF SELFIE AND SNAPSHOT CRAZED TOURISTS, THOSE WHO APPEAR TO PLUCK UP THE PLACE BY ITS DOME TOPPED FINIAL BETWEEN FOREFINGER AND THUMB, WHO FOLLOWED IN FOLLOWING CENTURIES

 

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