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The Recitation — real places & people

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Places of awe

The deep Sahara — the real desert behind the paperback's romance.

The deep Sahara — the real desert behind the paperback's romance.
The deep Sahara — the real desert behind the paperback's romance.

Seriouslyfab, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The Adrar — stone, sand and the long light.

The Adrar — stone, sand and the long light.
The Adrar — stone, sand and the long light.

Radosław Botev, CC BY 3.0 pl, via Wikimedia Commons

Chinguetti — a desert town of mud-brick and memory.

Chinguetti — a desert town of mud-brick and memory.
Chinguetti — a desert town of mud-brick and memory.

Dr. Ondřej Havelka (cestovatel), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Things of wonder (made by hand)

Chinguetti's manuscript libraries — the Word kept in the sand.

Chinguetti's manuscript libraries — the Word kept in the sand.
Chinguetti's manuscript libraries — the Word kept in the sand.

Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The lawḥ — the washed wooden tablet a child learns the recitation on.

The lawḥ — the washed wooden tablet a child learns the recitation on.
The lawḥ — the washed wooden tablet a child learns the recitation on.

Salihen edrees, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A Sahelian mud mosque — the day shaped around prayer.

A Sahelian mud mosque — the day shaped around prayer.
A Sahelian mud mosque — the day shaped around prayer.

Adam Jones, Ph.D., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Peoples, in their own dress

Ḥassāniyya dress — the household that takes the stranger in.

Ḥassāniyya dress — the household that takes the stranger in.
Ḥassāniyya dress — the household that takes the stranger in.

Ferdinand Reus from Arnhem, Holland, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The Tuareg veil — the desert's own people.

The Tuareg veil — the desert's own people.
The Tuareg veil — the desert's own people.

David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The mahadra — children at the recitation, Jakobus's small mirror.

The mahadra — children at the recitation, Jakobus's small mirror.
The mahadra — children at the recitation, Jakobus's small mirror.

Somfany, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The melḥfa — women of the western Sahara.

The melḥfa — women of the western Sahara.
The melḥfa — women of the western Sahara.

European Commission DG ECHO, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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