All posts tagged “souq

Photograph of a brightly lit scene in an alley way in a souq with a tall stack of colourful plastic bins on the left.

Surrounded, on all sides

Closing my eyes with this image in mind, I can feel the same breeze on my sun on my skin and breeze in my hair from this day. And I can remember the sound of the tarp blowing gently in the winter breeze. That was […]

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Photograph of an empty alley in a souq/market in Bahrain where all the market stalls are closed

Sunday is Monday

In Bahrain, the working week starts on a Monday. But while living there, I still worked Monday-Friday. On Sundays, Muharraq souq was always empty. Friday or Saturday mornings, this scene would look very different. But mid-morning on a Sunday—empty (basically). I say basically because you […]

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Photo of the back of two people surrounded by hanging Moroccan lights.

Surrounded

Sometimes, I’m in the right place at the right time. To be honest, that’s how most of my photography actually goes. Rarely do I plan to go out specifically for photography. Which I need to change—when summer’s over. These two people were totally mesmerised by […]

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