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The Kaaba drawn straight on, its black kiswa crossed by a gold band, the gold door raised above the white marble floor at dawn.
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Kiswa at Dawn

No. 1 of 20 · free · 300 dpi

What you seeThe Kaaba drawn straight on, its black kiswa crossed by a gold band, the gold door raised above the white marble floor at dawn.

What it meansThe Kaaba in Makkah is the qibla, the direction Muslims face in prayer; its cloth covering, the kiswa, is renewed every year.

Where it worksA calm centrepiece for a hallway, prayer corner or living room wall.

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The Green Dome of the Prophet's Mosque in Madinah with its lantern and crescent, white minarets on either side, under a dawn sky.Green Dome at DawnNo. 2
A panel of white marble eight-point stars set in pale grey stone, each star outlined in a fine gold line, inside a plain stone border.Haram MarbleNo. 3
The Kaaba at night on the white marble floor, its gold band catching the light, with the lit arcades and two minarets beyond.Mataf by NightNo. 4
The Ottoman arcade of Masjid al-Haram in elevation: pointed arches on slender marble columns under a row of small lead domes, at dawn.Ottoman RiwaqNo. 5
The gold door of the Kaaba set into the black kiswa, its two leaves divided into panels of stars and roundels.Bab al-KaabaNo. 6
The opened umbrellas of the Prophet's Mosque seen from the marble floor at dawn: pale canopies on tall white columns, with the mosque wall and two minarets beyond.Courtyard ShadeNo. 7
A long corridor of black and white striped arches with gilded capitals and hanging lanterns, opening onto the night sky.Madinah by NightNo. 8
The gold and glass enclosure of the Station of Abraham on its marble base, the black kiswa rising behind.Maqam IbrahimNo. 9

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