Exit to Al-Haram

Masjid al haram, or the Great Mosque of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, is the holiest site in the Muslim world. Kazim Rashid’s home movie takes the audience to the very heart of Islam and splits the film into diptych form, with each frame awash with subtly contrasting scenes of men who bow in solemnity while others record worship on their mobile phones.

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