Rukūʿ, Arabic ركوع, bowing with the upper body’, is a posture prescribed by ritual law during prayer in Islam. A bow is called: rakʿa(do)
The Islamic prayer. Ar-Rifa’ min Ar-Ruku’, or Inclination.
Tag: Holy Land
Holy Land is a term for the region referred to in the Hebrew Bible as Canaan, Eretz Israel or the Promised Land. Since the Roman Empire, the region has been called Palestine.
A Bedouin sheikh wearing burnoose.
A Bedouin sheikh wearing burnoose.
Egyptian fellahin watering the gardens near the pyramids.
Water is carried in these closely woven baskets to the gardens in the vicinity.
Fellah girl from Alexandria, Egypt, 19th c.
Fellah is the name given to peasants in the Near East
Clothing of the late antiquity and middle ages. 5th to 10th c.
Clothing of the late antiquity and Middle Ages. Carolingian, Eastern Roman Empire, Byzantium, Pre-Christian time.
Clothing of the early Christians and Arabians of the Middle east.
Clothing of the early Christians and Arabs in the Middle East from the 4th to the 6th century.
Jewish clothing in the ancient world.
Jewish costumes in antiquity. Noble, Warriors, King, High Priest, Levites,
Costume Arabe. Saracen with sword, 18th century.
Costumes historiques par Achille Devéria. Costume Arabe. Saracen 18th century.
Knights of Malta. Teutonic Knights. Nuns of the Order of St. John.
Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights and sword brother (Order of Brothers of the German House Saint Mary in Jerusalem, Ordo Teutonicus). Knights of Templar. Nuns of the Order of St. John. Knights of St John, or Knights of Malta.
A Mahazi and a Soualeh Bedouin. The Oriental Album.
A Mahazi and a Soualeh Bedouin by Prisse d’Avennes