Emir Tankiz

The beauty of the Hamam in this "Khan" in the Souk al Attarine, in the Old City,

where Al-Quds University's CfJS is located...

U Thant

The hall of the house where the party was happening betrayed the job of the hostess...

East Jerusalem, near the Rockfeller Museum ...

Marcel Proust

The smiling veiled "jeunes filles en fleur"... Jaffa turned Balbec...

Mere Poularde

The Mont Saint Michel's tradition of "omelette" re-interpreted by Middle Eastern kitchen fusion artists...

Naum Gabo

Some construction work is just that: constructivism...
Building a fly-over in Jerusalem

Vladimir Illich Ulianov

Some paintings would rather not to have been acquired by nomadic diplomats...

Saint Anthony of Lisbon

Fist time I see sacred ustensils of a Roman Catholic Mass waiting patiently in the last row...
(St Anthony's Church, Jaffa)

Wong Kar-wai

I know nothing about "My Blueberry Nights" starring Jude Law and Norah Jones at Cannes..

At lunch today the blueberry pie was the star itself...

Albert London

"War-room" of a TV station, just round the corner of Chimichanga restaurant...

Abdul Malik ibn Marwan

Today I woke up early to make sure I would find the access to the the Haran al Sharif open.

Ten years ago I visited the magnificent interiors of the Mosques. Presently it's not possible. How sad...

Umar ibn al-Khahab

There it is: "the" Dome par excellence, in its full glory...

Louis Pasteur

Parmalat meets CocaCola... ( The old lady selling these in the souk was quite reticent in having me taking a photo.. Afraid of a lenghty pursuit in Court for infringement of copyright law?.. )

Untitled *

Near-blasphemous use of architectural detail... (Old City, Al-Quds)

* all the names of persons associated to blasphemy that came to my mind would offend at least one group of people ... This post will remain "untitled" I'm afraid...