Hajj paintings

Egyptian tradition of painting Hajj pilgrims’ homes lives on

The pilgrimage season was one of the most important occasions on a calligrapher’s calendar with Hajj pilgrims hiring them to write and draw on their homes
Each artist uses their own unique style to portray modes of transport such as camels, planes and ships, holy sites like the Grand Mosque in Makkah, and passages from the Qur’an

By Mohamed El-Shamaa · 11 August 2019