The Citadel of Aleppo
The highest point of Aleppo, the Citadel sits imperiously over the city. You cannot help but marvel at the ingenuity and sheer labour that must have been required to build such a monumental edifice.
The Great Mosque of Damascus
A walk around one of the great monuments of Umayyad art and architecture.
The King Saud Mosque, Jeddah
A walk around Jeddah’s largest mosque as it began to fill up for prayer time.
A walk around Samarkand
Some shots from a few days walking around the capital of the Timurid Empire.