Balcony of a house in Cairo, Egypt 🤍 🇪🇬

🇯🇵🇹🇷 Yamada Torajirō a Japanese businessman considered to have laid the foundation of Japanese-Turkish relations. He was one of the first Japanese people to convert to Islam and make the Hajj to Mecca, changing his name to Abdülhalil, later changing it to Yamada Sōyū after 1923.

🇷🇺🇵🇸 Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish (right) and Soviet academic Yevgeny Primakov, both recipients of the Ibn Sina Prize, Moscow, 1983. 🥇The prize recognized contributions to science and culture. Ibn Sina, also known as Avicenna, was an Iranian Muslim philosopher and physician whose medical and philosophical works influenced scholars for centuries.

🇦🇲 Children Drinking from a Pulpulak in Yerevan, Soviet Armenia, 1985. Pulpulaks are traditional public drinking fountains found throughout Armenia, offering free drinking water to passersby. Many are built in memory of loved ones, making them both a symbol of generosity and a lasting tribute.

🇱🇧 Mother Teresa During the Evacuation of Children in West Beirut, 1982. Mother Teresa was born in Skopje in 1910 to an Albanian family. She founded the Missionaries of Charity in India in 1950, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979, and was declared a saint in 2016.

🇹🇷🇺🇲 An immigrant from the Ottoman Empire arriving in the USA, 1912

🇦🇲 Yerevan, Armenia, 1985.

Uzbek girl wearing traditional clothing 🇺🇿

Rainbow mountains, Peru 🇵🇪

🇮🇶 A Sabean (Mandaean) Silversmith at Work in His Jewelry Shop, Baghdad, Mesopotamia, 1932. The Iraqi Mandaeans are the world's last ancient Gnostic community, following the path of John the Baptist and renowned as master silversmiths who believe in the sanctity of flowing waters.

🇱🇾 23-year old Muammar Gaddafi walking through London in traditional clothing, 1965. Gaddafi remained deeply attached to Libyan and Bedouin traditions, often wearing traditional clothing and using Tuareg and Bedouin tents during his travels.

🇸🇾 Syrian men getting their shoes polished in Damascus, 1973.

🇮🇷 Ancient Persian Backgammon Sets Designed by a Company in Mashhad, Iran. 🎲 Backgammon has ancient roots in Mesopotamia and Persia, where early board games laid the foundations for a tradition that has endured for centuries.

Wedding portrait of Tamara Yandieva, an Ingush actress and singer, 1989.