Muslim Roots in Beersheba, Israel

Beersheba, Israel. 12th July, 2015. Oriental lamps inscribed in Arabic decorate the interiors of the Museum of Islamic and Near East Cultures on a background of draped Ottoman era windows. The 1906 Ottoman era 'Great Mosque', which served local Muslims for prayer until Israel's 1948 independence, opened as the Museum of Islamic and Near East Cultures in 2014 following a 2011 Supreme Court ruling allowing its use as a museum, providing it focused on the culture of Islam.

Muslim Roots in Beersheba, Israel

Beersheba, Israel. 12th July, 2015. Bedouin Sheikh ALI offers coffee to visitors in small, traditional, ceramic cups called 'finjan', at the Joe Alon Bedouin Heritage Center, just outside the city of Beersheba.

Muslim Roots in Beersheba, Israel

Beersheba, Israel. 12th July, 2015. The 1906 Ottoman era 'Great Mosque', which served local Muslims for prayer until Israel's 1948 independence, opened as the Museum of Islamic and Near East Cultures in 2014 following a 2011 Supreme Court ruling allowing its use as a museum, providing it focused on the culture of Islam.

Muslim Roots in Beersheba, Israel

Beersheba, Israel. 12th July, 2015. The 1906 Ottoman era 'Great Mosque', which served local Muslims for prayer until Israel's 1948 independence, opened as the Museum of Islamic and Near East Cultures in 2014 following a 2011 Supreme Court ruling allowing its use as a museum, providing it focused on the culture of Islam.

Muslim Roots in Beersheba, Israel

Beersheba, Israel. 12th July, 2015. Oriental lamps inscribed in Arabic decorate the interiors of the Museum of Islamic and Near East Cultures on a background of draped Ottoman era windows. The 1906 Ottoman era 'Great Mosque', which served local Muslims for prayer until Israel's 1948 independence, opened as the Museum of Islamic and Near East Cultures in 2014 following a 2011 Supreme Court ruling allowing its use as a museum, providing it focused on the culture of Islam.

Muslim Roots in Beersheba, Israel

Beersheba, Israel. 12th July, 2015. Bedouin Sheikh ALI offers coffee to visitors in small, traditional, ceramic cups called 'finjan', at the Joe Alon Bedouin Heritage Center, just outside the city of Beersheba.

Muslim Roots in Beersheba, Israel

Beersheba, Israel. 12th July, 2015. The 1906 Ottoman era 'Great Mosque', which served local Muslims for prayer until Israel's 1948 independence, opened as the Museum of Islamic and Near East Cultures in 2014 following a 2011 Supreme Court ruling allowing its use as a museum, providing it focused on the culture of Islam.

Muslim Roots in Beersheba, Israel

Beersheba, Israel. 12th July, 2015. The Museum of Islamic and Near East Cultures opens its doors with an exhibition titled 'Knots' and dedicated to the Islamic art form of carpets. The 1906 Ottoman era 'Great Mosque', which served local Muslims for prayer until Israel's 1948 independence, opened as the Museum of Islamic and Near East Cultures in 2014 following a 2011 Supreme Court ruling allowing its use as a museum, providing it focused on the culture of Islam.

Muslim Roots in Beersheba, Israel

Beersheba, Israel. 12th July, 2015. 'Motherland 1994' art installation by Menashe Kadishman displays at the entrance to the Museum of Islamic and Near East Cultures. The 1906 Ottoman era 'Great Mosque' served local Muslims for prayer until Israel's 1948 independence. The museum opened in 2014 following a 2011 Supreme Court ruling allowing its use as a museum providing it focused on the culture of Islam.

Muslim Roots in Beersheba, Israel

Beersheba, Israel. 12th July, 2015. The 1906 Ottoman era 'Great Mosque', which served local Muslims for prayer until Israel's 1948 independence, opened as the Museum of Islamic and Near East Cultures in 2014 following a 2011 Supreme Court ruling allowing its use as a museum, providing it focused on the culture of Islam.

Muslim Roots in Beersheba, Israel

Beersheba, Israel. 12th July, 2015. 'She' (from the series 'Bird People'), 2014, by Polish artist Miroslawa Truchta-Nowicka, is displayed in an exhibition titled Pulp and Fiction, at the Negev Museum of Art.

Muslim Roots in Beersheba, Israel

Beersheba, Israel. 12th July, 2015. The 1906 Ottoman era 'Great Mosque', which served local Muslims for prayer until Israel's 1948 independence, opened as the Museum of Islamic and Near East Cultures in 2014 following a 2011 Supreme Court ruling allowing its use as a museum, providing it focused on the culture of Islam.

Muslim Roots in Beersheba, Israel

Beersheba, Israel. 12th July, 2015. The Museum of Islamic and Near East Cultures opens its doors with an exhibition titled 'Knots' and dedicated to the Islamic art form of carpets. The 1906 Ottoman era 'Great Mosque', which served local Muslims for prayer until Israel's 1948 independence, opened as the Museum of Islamic and Near East Cultures in 2014 following a 2011 Supreme Court ruling allowing its use as a museum, providing it focused on the culture of Islam.