Archive for the 'photography' Category

23
Dec
08

silhouette of a mosque

a cookie for you, if you can guess which one!

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23
Dec
08

frustrated!

grrr.

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19
Dec
08

inspirational history of my craft

check this out.

15
Dec
08

kee-ya

ever practice your bruce lee impression in front of the mirror?

nah. me neither.

…and in both of them there is good…

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05
Dec
08

source of strength

original post: june 5th, 2007

“if only I had some strength against you, or a stong pillar to lean on”

- Lut, عليه السلام

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04
Dec
08

old – interactive space

original post: june 5th, 2007.

this was at the Islamic Center in downtown Washington D.C.  during the shoot some guy came over and kicked us out.

his reason?  in a thick arab accent, with spittle dribbling down his beard, he yelled, “this is not islam!  this is modeling, and you cannot do modeling and be a muslim!”

so we left.

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02
Dec
08

portrait

what makes a portrait?

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01
Dec
08

muslim day at six flags 08 – d.c.

photographs from the muslim day at six flags.

happened all over the country.  this one was in d.c.

i got there at 10:45 am.  no line – so i rode all of the roller coasters twice, popped a few advils to kill the headache, and then went to work.

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29
Nov
08

new york + jackson heights

JC Penney triple decker

Jackson Heights

shoe

hookah

bike_gate

graffiti man

begging for change

street shawarma

ice cream man