At an Alawite Maqaam, or religious shrine, near Latakia.
Sayyidah Ruqayya
The Mar Musa Christian Monastery, Syria, 2008
A small church atop a mountain in Mashta Al-Helu.
The Umayyad Mosque, located in the heart of the Old City.
A rainy summer day at Damascus' Umayyad Mosque, Syria, 2008
The Umayyad Mosque on a rare rainy summer day.
The outer wall of the Umayyad Mosque.
A mosque in Bosra, southern Syria.
The Sayyidah Zaynab Mosque.
A majlis speech given in Sayyidah Zaynab during Moharram, the month of mourning observed by Shia Muslims.
A sabeel, or refreshment stand, set-up for pilgrims in Sayyidah Zaynab during Moharram.
Pakistani Anjuman Shia pilgrims performing Matam (here, striking of the chest) outside the main gate of the Sayyidah Zaynab mosque.
An Iraqi procession carrying Misha'als on the streets outside Sayyidah Zaynab.
An Afghan Sayyid with black turban sitting on the minbar reading the majlis on the night of the 9th of Moharram.