Emirati Ammar Al Attar’s images are serene images of prayer halls in public buildings in the UAE and Saudi Arabia.Īl Attar has captured them empty, with no manipulation of the lighting or set-up. It is an age-old tradition that depends on the whole community, and the atmosphere is celebratory.”Īlongside her photographs are two series of works exploring prayer rooms. “However, in Ramadan and at iftar time, everyone gathers and breaks their fast together. “Islam is a controversial subject at the moment – it is never seen as something that brings people together, only something that divides people, which is always bound up with politics,” she says. It was important, she says, to present a positive message about Muslims. One of the most humbling experiences, she says, was visiting Syrian refugees in makeshift tents: "They hardly had any food themselves, but they wanted to share with me." From her neighbour's home to the local mosque, she visited several places. On show at Gulf Photo Plus gallery in Dubai, the exhibition brings together three series of distinctly different photographs that underline the holy month’s spirit of community.īritish-Lebanese photographer Natalie Naccache's body of work, simply titled Iftar, documents the breaking of the fast within different segments of Beirut society. These are just some of the images in Observing the Ritual, a group exhibition celebrating Ramadan. Empty prayer areas offering silent moments of contemplation. Queues of worshippers in halls bursting to capacity.
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