last weekend i was with my family on our farm, where my grandmother grew up. it is a small valley called Kinserdalen, deep into the Sognefjord. at this point i had not yet learned that there was an ongoing debate about building a mosque in the community of Sogn and Fjordane. this is the last [...]
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..and now, there is a mosque in Sogn, Norway
Posted in al zaabi tribe, Uncategorized on May 20, 2010 | 2 Comments »
some inspiration
Posted in Uncategorized on April 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
house within a house the dovecote studio museum of islamic art by i.m pei kuwait nationa lassembly by Jorn Utzon house-in-tinos niyang river visitor center by standardarchitecture zhaoyang-studio
what if nothing happens?
Posted in Uncategorized on April 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Tribe discovers money in heritage
Posted in Uncategorized on April 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
article in “the national”, newspaper in UAE, March 10. 2010, written by Anna Zacharias The hands of Aisha Mohammed during a weaving demonstration at the Habus tribe festival in Ras al Khaimah. Older women in the tribe are finding their traditional handicrafts in demand. For women, the first Habus tribe festival is about more than [...]
al jazeerah al hamra, back-scenery for moviemakers
Posted in Uncategorized on April 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
i meet up with Abdullah (director from ras al khaimah), Walid (director) and Fahed (sound-technician from Yemen & ras al khaimah), who have their own company, Faradees Films. they where working with a short movie about a little girl caught in a dream-world. they used several locations in ras al khaimah, one of them was [...]