Libya, Zliten. Men and Young Boys Exiting the Mausoleum of Sidi Abdulsalaam al-Asmar, died 1575.


The men wear a juba, the traditional lightweight white overgarment. The shrine was seriously damaged in August 2012 by Salafists (fundamentalists) who oppose the building of shrines to honor holy men.


Size: 5120px × 3413px
Location: Zliten, Libya
Photo credit: © Charles O. Cecil / Alamy / Afripics
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