the towers of the house old & new jpg ابراج البيت

[جوري]

I am pretty sure, the topic has been briefly mentioned here before.. I thought I'd share some pix..











jedah by night





old jeddah





sisters? from Jeddah



old Jeddah again







this is a Mashrabiya,Shanashil (Arabic: مشربية or شناشيل‎) is the Arabic term given to a type of projecting oriel window enclosed with carved wood latticework located on the second storey of a building or higher, often lined with stained glass. The mashrabiy (sometimes shanshool or rushan) is an element of traditional Arabic architecture used since the middle ages up to the mid twentieth century

[alcurad]

nostalgia.
actually, the abraj look more impressive on paper, the rest is nice.
on the other hand, I didn't get the idea behind the sisters pic, were they part of the landscape

[جوري]

It isn't about landscape it is about Jeddah--- indigenous folks & all.. although I do have a purpose behind it

[Tilmeez]

I didn't get the idea behind the sisters pic, were they part of the landscape

these have been posted to get reps from one of our brothers... (Guess the name)
**Laughing Meanly**

[جوري]

negative reps?

lol.. actually I put them to corroborate a point from another post, where an islamophobe claimed that an aussie woman was being persecuted for not wearing a face veil in Sauid Arabia