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The old man and the view over the river In the alleys of Faizabad: Between the mud and stone walls, a path winds down to the Kokcha River. | Afghanistan Category | people
Between the Clay Part of the el-Badi Palace in Marrakech: The wall on the right is part of the dungeon complex and... Category | architecture
Afternoon in the cool alleys Between the walls of the houses in Kunduz, winding alleys with ditches stretch along. The trenches serve as drainage, as... Category | city

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In the Footsteps of Time Aït-Ben-Haddou: eine der ganz wenigen noch halbwegs gut erhaltenen Lehmbausiedlungen in Südmarokko. Bekannt wurde die Kasbah als Filmkulisse für Lawrence... Category | village
Oasis Castle The Tamnougalt Kasbah in the Dra Valley: Also known as the "Kasbah des ca'ds", it is located four kilometres south of Agdz... Category | architecture
The Boxes Aet-Ben-Haddou is one of the very few well-preserved mud-building settlements in southern Morocco. The Kasbah Aet-Ben-Haddou became known as a film backdrop... Category | architecture, village
Walls luminaires Tamnougalt Kasbah im Draa Tal: Auf der Dachterrasse wird eine getöpferter Lampe in der Nacht wahrscheinlich für Licht sorgen. |... Category | architecture
Hold Up Mode In the village of Baluk, North of Kunduz, the young Paschtune Ahmed lives with his family, the with a small farm... Category | portrait
School is out for... Girls at a village school in Char Dara district, near Kunduz, romp on the clay farm. In primary school... Category | village
Hole in the Wall All clay: Entrance to a residential building in Kunduz. The idiosyncratic passage way with the imposing door lintel is typical of the old... Category | architecture

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Old Deserts Clay In der Tamnougalt Kasbah im Draa Tal: Die teilweise restaurierte Ruine der “Kasbah von Tamnougalt”, auch bekannt unter der Bezeichnung... Category | blog
Locked and Safe In one of the abandoned villages on the Saiq Plateau in Jebel Akhdar: The entrance to a village house still seems... Category | village
Loamy View Shortly before the museum "The Orientalist" you can see the tower of the old mosque in the alleys of the medina in Marrakesh... Category | city
City Whisper View from the cemetery over the Shar-e-Nau district in Kabul with the striking snow-capped Koh-e-Asamai mountain, the highest elevation in the... Category | city
The Clay Village The old village consists of several narrowly built and partly interlocking residential castles. Despite the tourist flows and the... Category | village
Cooling In the pleasantly fresh streets of Al Misfah. The water jugs in the window contain cool water due to the clay jugs and evaporation.... Category | village
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The crumbling time Impressions from the old centre of the port of Mirbat. Mirbat was already in the 17th century as a trading post. Ships from India... Category | blog, city
In the track In the late morning in one of the many winding streets of the Medina in Marrakech, we are looking our way through it... Category | city
Patient Clay In the medina of Marrakesh: Here, too, there are graffiti artists who try their hand at centuries-old clay walls. | Morocco Category | city

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The other way of living Shortly behind Doshi in Baghlan province, one of the typical clay villages lies at the foot of the Hindu Kush in a River Valley. |... Category | village
The view through It is admittedly difficult to orient in the Medina of Marrakech, but after a certain time it recognizes... Category | architecture
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The Curse of the Water A report on the construction of water supply in Afghanistan. Water is a very precious commodity in Afghanistan. Actually, it is enough for... Category | blog
Through the dusty land Cattle drive through a village in Afghanistan: little further lies the Kunduz River, on whose banks it is green and the... Category | village
Oak way Entrance to a farm in the small town of Jorm in Badakhshan province | Afghanistan Category | village
My Home My Castle Innenhof im Fort Jabrin | Oman Category | architecture
Shopping Temple Evening light: Gate to one of the many bazaars in Kunduz | Afghanistan Category | bazaar
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The Escape The abandoned villages in Oman the rural population of Oman attracts it increasingly in the large metropolises such as Muscat, Nizwa or... Category | blog, village
City Limits On the way in the city of Khanabad: Clay houses and clay walls shape the outskirts of the small town at the Kunduz River | Afghanistan Category | city
The shyness and the camera A boy sits in front of his house in a village in the District of char DARA and hiding behind his hands as... Category | village
Broken Land On the edge of the line between Taloqan and Kunduz lies a village partly destroyed by the civil war | Afghanistan Category | village
Little Thirst The water pots made of clay in the Nizwa Souk appear as decoration, but are a common utensil in the Omani... Category | bazaar
Souk Evening Closed Nizwa Souk in the evening | Oman Category | architecture
Gone with the Sands Village in the province of Tahar just before sunset | Afghanistan Category | village, Nature
This Way The oasis of Bahla is one of the oldest Royal cities of Oman. It is about 180 km south of the capital Muscat at the foot... Category | architecture
To the Court Farm in Nikpay: on the left is the entrance into the courtyard, the door on the right leads into the earth closet | Afghanistan Category | village
Wall Bread A piece of bread in a wall of the ruins of a house in Kabul | Afghanistan Category | macro

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Corner Games Part of a house in the Heritage Village in Dubai | UAE Category | architecture
Village Life Baluc village near the town of Kunduz: The little boy at the well concerned the water supply for the courtyard of the family... Category | village, animals
Back to the Roots Evening mood at the hertiage village: the buildings in this district have been built old traditional Adobe construction according to and show the old... Category | architecture, city
Make new out of old Modern architecture in Dubai: A residential complex in the Arab city, which feels to the traditional construction of the old Arab architecture. Even... Category | architecture
Village Concerns Much junior in the village of char Gul Tepa: All children are pupils of the Turkmen families, today unfortunately is the region of... Category | village
Bi Bicycles After school: Two guys on the way home in Char Gul Tepa | Afghanistan Category | village, people
Mountain Grain Village in the province of Tahar shortly before Taloqan. Grain is grown on the hills | Afghanistan Category | village, Nature
Observations In the village of Aq Tapa in Qalay-i-Zal district a boy observes shy the street and the foreign visitors | Afghanistan Category | village, people
Live at the Edge On the edge of the desert in Qalay-i-Zal district during rain is starting | Afghanistan Category | village
Terrace View Clay village on the route between Keshem and Faizabad | Afghanistan Category | village
Two In the District of char Dara: two stables, two goals, two kids and two different garments before the entrances of their homes... Category | village, people
Wall Bracket Transparency in a house in char DARA. The Windows are manufactured in pure manual work, here are remnants of the film... Category | architecture