Mihrab Photo | TrekEarth

Photographer’s Note

The tiled Mihrab of a mosque in Linz/Austria. I´m doing a Practical Training at a Secondary Modern School in Linz right now, and I visited (with the children) a mosque, the synagogue and the cathedral.

A mihrab is a small niche. Every mosque has a Mihrab - it shows the direction of the holy town Mecca. The believers must turn to this direction when they pray.

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stego (22350) 2007-05-10 18:49

Hi Gisi,

It's very nice, for its simplicity, both the place and the compo. That red carpet is r and also the lack of sharpness, but I guess that the light conditions didn't help you.

By coincidence I am reading an auto-biography by a Pakistani young woman (Sabatina) that lived in Linz. She went into much trouble with her family because she wanted to live like a common Austrian girl, to the point of having been sentenced to death by some Muslim authorities and now she lives hidden fearing to be found. I hope that such stories are not so common.

Regards, José.

gunbud (27779) 2007-05-11 9:37

Hi Gisi,
Wonderful clean simple photo with excellent colors and fine details. The shadows are a great addition this lovely photo.
Regards, Tom

siolaw (25720) 2007-05-13 2:49

A good POV on this Mihrab(what is a Mirhab, by the way! ;D) with well chosen vertical framing, nice light, colors andtiles textures...
Greetings
Laurent

ekinokswest (2974) 2007-06-26 20:19

thanks for sharing . your photo is also a good example of preace and freedom of religion globally. it s a pity there was so small light inside, so the upper part of photo seems darker