tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20179300.post5757630505122287959..comments2023-11-05T13:01:51.043+01:00Comments on Al-Baal Café: A minox to Mecca...Shaykhspeara Sha'irahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00833022453340893713noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20179300.post-56555021476736774632007-05-31T22:59:00.000+02:002007-05-31T22:59:00.000+02:00Yes I believe it must have been. Actually the fct ...Yes I believe it must have been. Actually the fct that no one knew he was taking them makes it even more real and special because he caught people in the "act" of devotion and worship.Shaykhspeara Sha'irahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00833022453340893713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20179300.post-72438784693579035542007-05-31T12:35:00.000+02:002007-05-31T12:35:00.000+02:00what a great exibition, must have been exilirating...what a great exibition, must have been exilirating for him taking the photographs.Optimistic Guardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02764913219566229721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20179300.post-10104795809140794242007-05-30T01:03:00.000+02:002007-05-30T01:03:00.000+02:00Inshallah one day soon D reb. I am yet to go, but ...Inshallah one day soon D reb. I am yet to go, but someday God willing.Shaykhspeara Sha'irahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00833022453340893713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20179300.post-67236112702956969552007-05-29T15:31:00.000+02:002007-05-29T15:31:00.000+02:00This was a great collection of pictures, Although ...This was a great collection of pictures, Although I'v heard so much about the emotions that are evoked when a person goes for pilgrimage, i have not yet experienced it, Inshallah soon.Destitute Rebelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14706187924135646590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20179300.post-36328486349062913952007-05-29T12:43:00.000+02:002007-05-29T12:43:00.000+02:00Well Umar, CNN has managed to get special permits ...Well Umar, CNN has managed to get special permits although they are never in the actual crowd circling mecca. If you have seen the movie Baraka, they filmed in Mecca but I don't recall if they were allowed to go inside the area around teh kaba...I think that is the tricky part to get permission for. Outside the Kaba a lot of people have managed to take pictures or get permission for it. You really should look into it...I'll be waiting to post the link to your own exhbition one day inshallah!Shaykhspeara Sha'irahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00833022453340893713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20179300.post-73257148112210379562007-05-29T05:20:00.000+02:002007-05-29T05:20:00.000+02:00those are great photos. thanks for sharing.i'd rea...those are great photos. thanks for sharing.<BR/><BR/>i'd really like an opportunity some day to take photos either during the hajj or some other time around the kaaba. do you know what the exact rules are pertaining to photography there? is there a way to get a "permit" of some sort?Umarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13082287470698569257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20179300.post-50089087549399186652007-05-28T00:50:00.000+02:002007-05-28T00:50:00.000+02:00I totally know what you mean. I mean even for me a...I totally know what you mean. I mean even for me as a muslim, who hasn't been there, many of the images are new to me, unseen previously. I can just imagine what he must have been feeling and how hard it must have been to get a decent shot with those crowds of millions around him while containing his own spiritually overwhelming feelings.Shaykhspeara Sha'irahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00833022453340893713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20179300.post-22612296650691279812007-05-27T19:14:00.000+02:002007-05-27T19:14:00.000+02:00These are amazing!I really got such a wide range o...These are amazing!<BR/><BR/>I really got such a wide range of emotions from viewing them:<BR/>- little intimate moments within the mass of people<BR/>- the feeling of how secretive he was about feeling - taboo/haram - but how important it was for him to do this to share the story<BR/>- the bond that all these pilgims share<BR/><BR/>truly awesome images - thanks for sharing them with us!nzmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03160346268566279764noreply@blogger.com