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AlBatha Area in Riyadh – Street photography

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It was a quiet morning and a quick visit to this central area in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Recently I’ve started to focus on one thing only when I go in a photowalk, either capture candid street photographs or get closer and take stories from the people. Anyway this is only a short collection but I hope you enjoy it.

كان صباحاً هادئاً وجولة سريعة لوسط مدينة الرياض. مؤخراً قمت بالتركيز على شيئاً واحداً حينما أقوم بأي جولة تصوير، سواء تصوير حياة الشارع أو تسجيل القصص وتصوير حياة الناس. على كل حال هذه فقط مجموعة صغيرة وأتمنى أن تعجبكم.

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Table football – Jeddah

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Walking around the historical area in Jeddah AlBalad which is the old side of Jeddah city in Saudi Arabia, the kids there always get my attention and some play with table games like table tennis and in this case Table Football which is a miniature of the famous football but in a table and it can be player either 1v1 or 2v2. Khaled & Mohammed are playing against each other in a game they both love and really good at it

All photos captured in November 2017 – Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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Elder’s details 3 – People’s life

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An old man I came across in Jubail village in AlHasa, Saudi Arabia. This is someone I met before in my blog post Day 27 – AlHasa for my street life project & this time I saw him near his house in a different cloth, good thing is that he recognized me after speaking to him because our last meet was 2 years ago, I took  the chance to take a few photos in a different way then before.

رجل مسن صادفته في قرية الجبيل بالأحساء، بعد ما تمعنته به جيداً تذكرت إنني إلتقيت به سابقاً في احدى جولاتي ونشرت له صورة في تدوينة اليوم ٢٧ من مشروع حياة الشارع في السعودية وهذه المرة كان قريباً من منزله بلبسه المعتاد المريح والذي يسمى (وزار) الأمر الجيد أنه تذكرني حيث كان لقائي به قبل سنتين تقريباً وإلتقطت له عدة صورة بشكل مختلف قليلاً عن السابق.

All photos captured in Aug 2016 – AlHasa, Saudi Arabia

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Iran Streets Part 4 – Street photography

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Hello all, so about 2 years ago I traveled with my family to Mashhad city in Iran for a week, it wasn’t a photography trip but I did spent a lot of times photographing the streets & I was really impressed with the results I got from there. I didn’t open this folder until a few weeks ago & wanted to share with you some of the results of those scenes I’ve captured, I already posted a blog about my trip there when I got back 7 Days to Mashhad. I did a lot of street photography but rarely I did people’s life because a lot & I mean a lot don’t understand English or Arabic. So here are some of the results & more photos will come in other posts!

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Iran Streets Part 3 – Street photography

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Hello all, so about 2 years ago I traveled with my family to Mashhad city in Iran for a week, it wasn’t a photography trip but I did spent a lot of times photographing the streets & I was really impressed with the results I got from there. I didn’t open this folder until a few weeks ago & wanted to share with you some of the results of those scenes I’ve captured, I already posted a blog about my trip there when I got back 7 Days to Mashhad. I did a lot of street photography but rarely I did people’s life because a lot & I mean a lot don’t understand English or Arabic. So here are some of the results & more photos will come in other posts!

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Iran Streets Part 2 – Street photography

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Hello all, so about 2 years ago I traveled with my family to Mashhad city in Iran for a week, it wasn’t a photography trip but I did spent a lot of times photographing the streets & I was really impressed with the results I got from there. I didn’t open this folder until a few weeks ago & wanted to share with you some of the results of those scenes I’ve captured, I already posted a blog about my trip there when I got back 7 Days to Mashhad. I did a lot of street photography but rarely I did people’s life because a lot & I mean a lot don’t understand English or Arabic. So here are some of the results & more photos will come in other posts!

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Iran Streets Part 1 – Street photography

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Hello all, so about 2 years ago I traveled with my family to Mashhad city in Iran for a week, it wasn’t a photography trip but I did spent a lot of times photographing the streets & I was really impressed with the results I got from there. I didn’t open this folder until a few weeks ago & wanted to share with you some of the results of those scenes I’ve captured, I already posted a blog about my trip there when I got back 7 Days to Mashhad. I did a lot of street photography but rarely I did people’s life because a lot & I mean a lot don’t understand English or Arabic. So here are some of the results & more photos will come in other posts!

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Muharraq Central 2 – street photography

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Yet another street walk in Bahrain and again in Muharraq ( You can visit the first one here ) it was really quick because of the short time we had before sunset and I’ve used my canon with a 50mm lens instead of my fujifilm this time, The photos are less but I hope you enjoy it!

مرة اخرى جولة في البحرين وأيضاً في شوارع المحرق ( تستطيع زيارة التدوينة الأولى من المحرق هنا ) كانت زيارة سريعة جداً بسبب ضيق الوقت قبل غروب الشمس وقمت باستخدام كاميرا الكانون مع عدسة ٥٠مم بدلاً من كاميرا الفوجي، الصور قليلة ولكن أتمنى أن تروق لكم!

– All photos taken in June 2015

Please note that these photos are only a glimpse of the area and not necessary represent the city.

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Street walk in my hometown village

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Hello all, because my father had to leave AlHasa, AlQarah about 40 years ago for work we live in Dammam ever since but we always kept visiting our hometown village because of our relatives and in different occasions. So it’s natural for me to photograph the village as I admit didn’t do it earlier but happy that I’ve done more then once since 2015. The important of document the lives and the streets of an area lies after a few years ahead, thats why only a few photographers form the region value that and thats what I see in my street photos. Here are a few photos taken in May 2015 as first walk in this village. I already posted a photo from this walk 2 years ago

مرحبا بالجميع، بسبب أن والدي غادر قرية القارة بالأحساء قبل قرابة 40 عاماً بسبب العمل نحن نعيش بالدمام منذ ذلك الوقت ولكننا كنا نداوم على زيارة القرية بسبب وجود أقاربنا ولمختلف المناسبات. لذلك من الطبيعي أن اقوم بتصوير القرية وأعترف أنني لم أفعل ذلك مبكراً ولكن سعيد بأنني قمت بتصويرها أكثر من مرة من 2015. أهمية توثيق الحياة والشارع لمنطقة ما تكمن بعد عدة سنين، لذلك هناك قليل من المصورين من المنطقة الذين يرون هذه القيمة وهذا ما أراه عادة في صور حياة الشارع. هذه بعض الصور التي قمت بتصويرها في مايو 2015 في جولتي الأولى. قمت سابقاً بعرض أحد الصور قبل سنتين 

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Elder’s details – People’s life

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I met this old man at the door of his house, he was smoking and just sitting there like the usual, I really wanted to remember the conversation that took place but sadly I didn’t write it back then. I kept the processing simple and in colors for a change, let me know what you think about it.

قابلت هذا الرجل المسن على باب منزله، كان يقوم بالتدخين والجلوس بشكل معتاد بجانب المنزل، كنت أرغب فعلاً بتذكر المحادثة التي دارت بيني وبينه ولكن للأسف لم أقم بكتابتها في ذلك الوقت. عملت على المعالجة بشكل بسيط وملون من باب التغيير لذا أخبروني برأيكم بها.

All photos captured in April 2015 – Saihat, Eastern Region, Saudi Arabia

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