Neighbors at the communal bread oven
My host family, the Bakhatis--their small shop is visible through the doorway on the right
Dhikr musicians
Dhikr musicians
The village musahharati (the "Waker"), waking people before dawn so that they can have a last bit of food and drink before beginning the day's fast during Ramadan
A new grandchild
Dwight and Sa'id Abu Ashraf
Muhammad Bakhati
Close friend Tulba Dissuqi and his mother
A neighbor
Baby ducklings
Close friend Maher picking mulberries (tut)
Dwight
Farhana Bakhati
Muhammad and 'Abd al-Hamid Bakhati
'Abd al-Hamid Bakhati
A brief rest while baking mirahrah bread
Dhikr musicians -- the munshid (singer) is visible in the lower right-hand corner holding the microphone
Members of a local Sufi order conducting a dhikr
Shaykh al-Ghafar, head of the village guard
Ramadan Iftar for breaking fast, with fruit juice ready to drink as soon as the fast has ended