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Abu Dhabi, UAE, Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Tinmal, Atlas, Morocco, Great Mosque, 12th century (Almohads), severely damaged in the strong earthquake on September 8, 2023.
Samarkand, Registan, Ulugh Beg Madresa, Ulugh Beg with scholars (astronomers)
Mada'in Saleh, Saudi Arabia: driving with my Nissan XTerra from Doha, Qatar to Berlin in Nov. 2016
King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (ITHRA), Dahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Camels in Shahaniyya, Qatar before the race
'Imperial Days' in Constantinople, Kaiser Wilhelm II and Mehmed V in the carriage, 1917
Nemrud Dağı, Eastern Turkey (1988)
Iznik plate with Panther, wearing a bell on a chain, 16th c., Museum of Islamic Art (MIA), Doha, Qatar
Camel ride next to the Pyramids (in the background Agfa advertisment): photo album documenting a Mediterranean trip (1928)
Rudolf Belling (1896 - 1972)
Among the specialist books in the estate of Katharina Otto-Dorn (1908-1999) were two catalogs and three newspaper clippings by Rudolf Belling, one of the most important sculptors of the 20th century, who – ostracized by the Nazis – emigrated to Istanbul in 1937. A dedication in the catalog for a 1956 exhibition at the Ernst Osthaus Museum in Hagen suggested that Katharina Otto-Dorn and Rudolf Belling knew each other and presumably even met.
