Photo gallery by Diotima Matthijsen
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These photographs are taken by Diotima Matthijsen, one of Nina ter Laan’s bachelor students in the course „antropologie van de religie”. She took the pictures during a small research project in the Mescidi Aksa mosque in The Hague.
Sunrise from the east (Mecca) 
The niche nearest to Mecca: the myhrab 
Close-up: delicate mosaic 
Made of small tiles, de myhrab 
Morning light in the sacred space for women 
Allah’s name written in the carpet 
Women’s space: full view 
Praise the 99 names of Allah
