Landmark museum of Islamic treasures.
A skyline of 2,500-year-old gingerbread tower houses with white gypsum trim, one of the oldest cities in the world.
An avenue of turquoise-tiled mausoleums in Samarkand, the finest tilework in Central Asia.
Oman's vast, serene grand mosque.
Ninth-century mosque with the spiralling Malwiya minaret.
Swahili island town of donkeys, dhows and carved doorways.
Great Mud Mosque town, UNESCO-listed.
Sarajevo's Ottoman old bazaar.
One of the world's largest mosques.
One of the oldest continuously inhabited cities: the Umayyad Mosque, Straight Street and the Souq al-Hamidiyah.
Pyramidal earthen tomb of the Songhai emperor, bristling with wooden stakes.
Ancient city of the Patriarchs.
One of Islamโs oldest and grandest mosques, glittering with gold mosaics.
Al-Baladโs coral-stone merchant houses with carved wooden balconies, a UNESCO gateway for centuries of Mecca pilgrims.
Ancient Islamic city of 82 mosques, where hyenas are fed by hand at night.
15th-century mosque at Bagerhat, UNESCO-listed.
Eighty-two white marble domes, the worldโs largest hand-knotted carpet and reflective pools โ Abu Dhabiโs masterpiece.
Ancient fortified towns of the Mzab.
Labyrinthine Swahili trading town of carved doors and spice bazaars.
The "Pink Mosque", famous for the kaleidoscope its stained glass throws at dawn.
Remote 65-metre brick minaret, alone in a river gorge since the 12th century.
Medieval quarter of a thousand minarets: the Khan el-Khalili bazaar, Al-Azhar mosque and the Sultan Hassan madrasa.
Istanbul's six-minareted mosque.
Moorish palace-fortress of Granada.
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