Photos of the Islamic holy month of Ramazan in Bosnia and Herzegovina, made for the project I worked on during the 2013 Foundry Photojournalism Workshop in Sarajevo.
Lush vegetation flourishing in the idyllic Sarajevan summer at the outsets of the Dinaric Alps.The Miljacka River, a tributary of the River Bosna, runs through the heart of Sarajevo.Morning in the Emperor’s Mosque, the first mosque to be built in Sarajevo in 1457 following the Ottoman conquest. The mosque was dedicated to the then Sultan, Mehmed the Conqueror. Muslim men gather to pray during the Islamic holy month of Ramazan in the Ottoman-era Gazi Husrev-bey Mosque in Sarajevo’s historical quarter Baščaršija. Looking out across Sarajevo from Žuta Tabija, the Yellow Fortress.The youngest muezzin in Sarajevo recites the call to prayer from the minaret of the Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque during the Islamic holy month of Ramazan. Birds eye view of worshippers in the courtyard of Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque, Sarajevo.During the holy month of Ramazan Sunni muslims perform extra prayers at night called ‘tarawih’ (تراويح). Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque by night during the holy month of Ramazan.
Muslim women wait inside the Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque before the Tarawih begins.
Men performing Tarawih inside Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque in Sarajevo.
From the hills of Sarajevo, a view from an abandoned building.A man looking after his small herd of goats in the hills above Sarajevo.A tranquil corner tucked away in Sarajevo.Sunset over Sarajevo from the Yellow Fortress.Courtyard of the Gazi Husrev-Begova Medresa in the old quarter of Baščaršijska in Sarajevo.A women reads from the Quran during a quiet afternoon at the Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque during the month of Ramazan.Afternoon prayer in the courtyard of Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque in Sarajevo.The exquisite early evening summer light of Sarajevo. Woman perform tarawih in the Ottoman-era Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque in Sarajevo.Through the window, domes of the Ottoman-era Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque in Sarajevo.Lively nights in the old quarter of Baščaršijska following iftar, the breaking of the fast, during the holy month of Ramazan.
