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The top of a minaret with its open pavilion and ribbed cap rises from below into a deep night sky beside a thin crescent moon.
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Old Cairo Nights

Crescent

No. 15 of 20 · free · 300 dpi

What you seeThe top of a minaret with its open pavilion and ribbed cap rises from below into a deep night sky beside a thin crescent moon.

What it meansThe crescent moon marks the start of each month in the Islamic calendar, and is watched for at the beginning and end of Ramadan.

Where it worksA spare, quiet piece for a bedroom, a prayer corner or a small wall.

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A stepped lane climbs between painted walls with lamps and potted plants, under an arch towards a lit door and a minaret at the top.Medina StepsNo. 19
A paved mosque courtyard at night, with a domed ablution fountain in front of a lantern-lit arcade, a great dome and a minaret behind.Mosque CourtyardNo. 20
A narrow lane between tall painted houses with wooden balconies and lit windows, strung with lanterns, leading to a striped gateway beneath a minaret and a carved stone dome under a full moon.The LaneNo. 1
A tall pale minaret with two balconies and an open pavilion topped by a bulb rises over a dark city, beside a crescent moon.Mamluk MinaretNo. 2
A single carved stone dome with a zigzag pattern and a row of lit windows sits beneath a large full moon.Moon and DomeNo. 3

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