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Lights

Lights are lit and fires burn by the gate, nighttime symmetry until dawn. day #9 @dakiloulou for @burndiary #damascusgate #ramadan #lights #burndiary

Moon rises

Moon rises in a mist, white turns into shades of pink and blue, trees regain their colors. day #9 @dakiloulou for @burndiary #moonrise #colors #view #jerusalem #burndiary

Burning pages

Burning pages, one by one. A devoted man gets some help to discard schoolbook pages where Allah’s name appear, in the appropriate way. day #9 @dakiloulou for @burndiary #burn #fire #allah #jerusalem #burndiary

Sun reflection

The sun reflects on Ramadan decorations above our heads as we zigzag our way through the old city streets, dazed and unusually quiet until sun sets again. day #9 @dakiloulou for @burndiary #decorations #mission #oldcity #ramadan #jerusalem #burndiary

Night walk

An ultra-orthodox Jewish man walks by a building site with posters showing what will be: ‘To live at the peak, to be as close as can be’. Sounds so good, who would not want just that? Humans will keep doing their best to destroy this city. day #8 @dakiloulou for @burndiary #build #poster #jewish #ultraorthodox …

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Break from potato peeling

A. takes another break from the potato peeling, needs both hands to tell a younger brother what happened in the community since he last visited. day #8 @dakiloulou for @burndiary #potato #kugel #family #jewish #jerusalem #burndiary

Brothers in stripes

Brothers dressed in identical stripes catch the last rays of sun as they come out of the synagogue and hurry off somewhere, in this part of town everybody is always in a rush for no apparent reason. day #8 @dakiloulou for @burndiary #stripe #rush #jewish #jerusalem #burndiary

Good light

Step outside to finish off a little mission just in time for the eastern sun to start showing some mercy, good light is down to a couple of hours daily this time of year. day #8 @dakiloulou for @burndiary #mission #suncat #light #jerusalem #burndiary

Boy and horse

Boy on horseback by the old city walls, a stone throw away from where I used to live not too long ago. The unwritten list of familiar places never to call home gets longer. Oh Jerusalem, you are one of a kind, I did not miss you. day #7 @dakiloulou for @burndiary #ride #boy #horseback …

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