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In the mosque doorway, 5 pairs of shoes scattered anyhow just outside. A tattered straw carpet in front, a tile floor beyond made of black and white tiles in a checkered pattern. The disorder of the shoes and the orderliness of the tiles form a striking contrast.

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Filename: Scattering of shoes outside a village mosque in Upper Egypt
Copyright: © JLD Tifft 2005. All rights reserved.
Image Size: 3600x2407 / 3.8MB; Egypt Egyptian shoes courtyard mosque simple poverty Islam religious practise disorder order contrast
Contained in galleries: EGYPT IN THE SADAT YEARS

In the mosque doorway, 5 pairs of shoes scattered anyhow just outside. A tattered straw carpet in front, a tile floor beyond made of black and white tiles in a checkered pattern. The disorder of the shoes and the orderliness of the tiles form a striking contrast.