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A horseshoe arch in a white wall opens onto bright blue sky, with the white sun high in its crown.
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Five Prayers

Noon Arch

No. 15 of 20 · free · 300 dpi

What you seeA horseshoe arch in a white wall opens onto bright blue sky, with the white sun high in its crown.

What it meansThe horseshoe arch, long loved in al-Andalus and the Maghreb, here frames the hour of Dhuhr.

Where it worksA fresh, minimal accent for a bathroom, a kitchen or a narrow wall.

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All 20 prints
Arched windows show the dawn sky above a long red carpet woven with straight rows of prayer places, each marked by a small gold niche, side by side.SaffNo. 16
An empty prayer mat lies on a flat city rooftop just after sunset, the sky still burning orange above a skyline of domes and minarets.RooftopNo. 17
A deep blue night sky full of stars, a crescent moon, and far below a single dome and minaret with one lit window.Night SkyNo. 18
A wide golden afternoon sky with long flat clouds, a soft pale sun and a low hill line with a distant minaret.Golden HourNo. 19
A pointed prayer niche set in a pale wall, a small lamp hanging inside, with a single prayer mat laid before it on a polished floor.MihrabNo. 20
Dawn over a quiet city of domes and minarets: the sky deepens from indigo above to rose at the horizon, with a thin crescent and the last stars still showing.FajrNo. 1
A white colonnade of pointed arches at midday, each opening full of high blue sky and one holding the white noon sun, reflected in a polished stone floor.DhuhrNo. 2
Afternoon light pours through a horseshoe arch and falls in a long patch across the floor, where an empty prayer mat lies in the light.AsrNo. 3

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