TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nomachi,Kazuyoshi
AU  - Nasr,Seyyed Hossein
TI  - Mecca the blessed, Medina the radiant: the holiest cities of Islam 
SN  - 089381752X :
AV  - DS248.M4TR820.5 N66 1997
PY  - 1997///
CY  - New York, N.Y.
PB  - Aperture Foundation
KW  - Documentary photography
KW  - Mecca (Saudi Arabia).
KW  - Medina (Saudi Arabia)
KW  - Islam
KW  - Muslims
KW  - Mecca (Saudi Arabia)
KW  - Pictorial works
KW  - Religious life and customs
N1  - The Blessed and Radiant -- Cities of Islam--Mecca and Medina -- Mecca -- Medina -- Arabia
N2  - Mecca and Medina, two ancient cities in present-day Saudi Arabia, are sacred to all followers of Islam, one quarter of the world's population. The distinguished Japanese photographer Ali Kazuyoshi Nomachi, a convert to the Muslim faith, was given unprecedented access to both cities, including Medina's Mosque of the Prophet and Mecca's sacred center, the Ka'bah, the remarkable and beautiful building to which more than a million pilgrims travel every year during the holy month of Ramadan. Nomachi's rich color images include views of the teeming crowds making their annual pilgrimage, or "hajj; details of extraordinary Islamic architecture; portraits of faithful worshippers; and aerial and ground-level photographs of desert areas nearby. Accompanying the photographs and numerous archival illustrations, Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr's text forms a valuable guide to the spiritual and historical foundations of the Muslim faith
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