Islam in Post-Taliban Afghanistan
Islam in Post-Taliban Afghanistan
Islam in Post-Taliban Afghanistan
Islam in Post-Taliban Afghanistan
TLS famous Blue Mosque (aka Rawze-e-Sharif) in Mazar-i-Sharif (aka Mazar-e Sharif) in Northern Afghanistan. Afghans (including women in burquas) pass in FG. TLS of minaret framed by trees.
Islam in Post-Taliban Afghanistan
Fantastic MS of elderly beggar dressed in overflowing, multi-colored rags, squatting on ground with beggar's bowl. The man has seriously deformed feet. CU beggar's face. CU deformed feet of beggar. MS crowd (including Afghan state soldier dressed in Soviet brown woodland camouflage uniform) gathered around to watch old man begging. CU multi-colored rags. MS crowd around beggar. Extreme poverty.
Islam in Post-Taliban Afghanistan
MS of shell damage to otherwise beautiful mosque. TLS Afghan men in turbans & robes chat outside mosque. MS damage to mosque. TLS men and boys outside the mosque. TLS mosque. TLS bird on top of the mosque near loudspeaker. TLS men and boys outside mosque entrance. MS damage on mosque. MS loudspeaker on top of mosque. Pan up and down exterior of mosque. TLS Afghan men talking.
Islam in Post-Taliban Afghanistan
CU young Afghan man. Pan across various buildings of the mosque. LS establishing shots of beautiful mosque, crowds & traffic in FG.
Islam in Post-Taliban Afghanistan
TLS of Islamic men praying in mosque.
Islam in Post-Taliban Afghanistan
TLS two Afghan men talking to each other in the mosque; other men pray in the BG. TLS man and boy enter the mosque. TLS two men talking to each other. TLS men praying.
Islam in Post-Taliban Afghanistan
TLS Afghan man praying in mosque; shots employ in-camera strobe effect. CU carpet in mosque; shots employ in-camera strobe effect. MS shot of interior dome with in-camera strobe effect. MS interior decoration in mosque with in-camera strobe effect. TLS Afghan man praying with in-camera strobe effect.
Islam in Post-Taliban Afghanistan
TLS Afghan woman in white burqua (burka) walking in street. MS Afghan man in turban inside the mosque looking at the camera with in-camera strobe effect. MS interior of dome with in-camera strobe effect. MS Afghan man walking past camera with in-camera strobe effect. MS interior of dome with in-camera strobe effect. MS interior decoration of mosque with in-camera strobe effect.
Islam in Post-Taliban Afghanistan
CU turbaned man speaking on portable microphone. CU Islamic equivalent of Tarot cards. MS Sufi Mystic-like Afghan man sits on ground, reads Islamic equivalent of Tarot cards to assembled crowd for men and boys. CU "tarot" cards. TLS Blue Mosque. MS man reading fortunes. He takes the piece of paper printed with the cards and folds it up. MS men watching the fortune teller.
Islam in Post-Taliban Afghanistan
MS Young Afghan man sings calls to night prayer. Muezzin. Chanting, singing, Islam, Muslim. Dark image but fantastic audio.