Girl holding a white dove in a Gaza refugee camp
A burning farmhouse in Gaza
Palestinian police searching a Hamas home
A man selling fish in Gaza
Fleeing protestor in the West Bank
An engaged couple in Isfahan, Iran
Imam Mosque, Iran
Iranian girls playing near an irrigation canal
Masked women in Minab, Iran
A deceased child in Somalia
UN troops arresting snipers in Mogadishu, Somalia
Razanne dolls on a couch in Michigan
A Lebanese-American woman mowing her lawn in Michigan
Muslim prisoners at Friday prayers
Bodyguards at an election rally in Lebanon
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Girl With White DoveFor nearly 20 years, renowned photojournalist Alexandra Avakian has photographed Muslims around the world. In her travels, she's witnessed life, death, weddings, prayer, famine, and uprising. Her new book, Windows of the Soul, offers readers a unique and intimate view of the Muslim world with breathtaking images she often risked her life to get. Here, an August 1994 photo shows a Palestinian girl holding a dove on the roof of her home in the Shati Refugee Camp in Gaza.
Photograph and caption by Alexandra Avakian

Windows of the Soul

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