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Three date palms stand in silhouette against a huge full moon, with a low dome and minaret on the horizon.
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Old Cairo Nights

Date Palms

No. 13 of 20 · free · 300 dpi

What you seeThree date palms stand in silhouette against a huge full moon, with a low dome and minaret on the horizon.

What it meansThe date palm, named often in the Quran, has grown along the Nile since ancient times.

Where it worksA quiet, graphic piece for a bedroom or a minimal room.

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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

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