divlja kupina

earth gives us everything

Gaza, Palestine (2004). Photographed by Abid Katib.

Brika, a Tunisian woman pictured above, described the symbolism of her tattoo in stunning detail. “I have the stars and the moon on my cheeks,” she said. “They’re the most beautiful things my eyes have seen. I don’t know how to read or write and I don’t have any devices like you, but I know my land and my Earth, the stars and moon help me navigate it. That’s why I’m here.” ::: Al-Arashi recalled a particularly affecting conversation with a cab driver, an Amazigh (Berber) man living in Morocco. When she asked how his people had survived after being conquered by the Romans, the Italians, the French and now the Arabs, he replied: “Because of women. When your world is run by women, it never dies.”

Iran, 1964.

Photographs by Bruce Davidson

Grey ghost of mountains (snow leopard) in Ladakh, India

Photographed by @dr.arboretum_forest

Worshippers perform a prayer called 'Tarawih' during the eve of the first day of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan at the Hagia Sophia mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

جاده خاکی [Hit the Road] (Panah Panahi, 2021)

First Ramadan Iftar in Gaza, Palestine.

YEMEN 1980s Maria & Pascal Maréchaux

Iran, 1956, Nomad families near Shiraz. Inge Morath

A man washes a rug the day before Nowruz or the Persian New Year, near Kohna Deh village in Afghanistan. Known as khāne-takānī, this spring-cleaning ritual keeps evil away, so people can bring fresh, new energy into their new year.

Kiana Hayeri

Through the Olive Trees (Abbas Kiarostami, 1994)

northern kurdistan, 2004 by scott wallace