Jul 3 2012
7:33 am
Antoin Sevruguin, Two Ladies and a Child Reposing in the Harem, ca. 1899. ource: Brooklyn Museum

Antoin Sevruguin, Two Ladies and a Child Reposing in the Harem, ca. 1899.

ource: Brooklyn Museum

Posted 10 months ago
#1890s #19th century #victorians #victorian #vintage #history #harem #antoin sevruguin #middle east #hookah #smoking #children #odalisque
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Jun 21 2012
10:21 pm
A woman smoking hookah, Iran, ca. 1900.

A woman smoking hookah, Iran, ca. 1900.

Posted 11 months ago
#1900s #vintage #portrait #history #victorians #victorian #hookah #smoking #middle east #iran #persia
33 notes

Jun 21 2012
4:33 am
A Bedouin man smoking hookah at a cafe, Deir ez-Zor, Syria, 1920s.

A Bedouin man smoking hookah at a cafe, Deir ez-Zor, Syria, 1920s.

Posted 11 months ago
#1920s #bedouin #hookah #shisha #syria #middle east #vintage #portrait #history #smoking
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Jun 11 2012
1:47 pm
Robert Tytler and Charles Shepherd, Mughal emperor Abu Zafar Sirajuddin Muhammad Bahadur Shah Zafar in captivity in Delhi awaiting trial by the British for his support of the Uprising of 1857-58 and before his departure for exile in Rangoon, India, May 1858. Source: British Library

Robert Tytler and Charles Shepherd, Mughal emperor Abu Zafar Sirajuddin Muhammad Bahadur Shah Zafar in captivity in Delhi awaiting trial by the British for his support of the Uprising of 1857-58 and before his departure for exile in Rangoon, India, May 1858.

Source: British Library

Posted 11 months ago
#1850s #19th century #victorians #victorian #vintage #portrait #history #robert tytler #charles shepherd #exile #mughal empire #shah zafar #delhi #india #south asia #indian uprising of 1857 #uprising #rebellion #hookah #emperor #bahadur shah zafar II
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Mar 14 2012
1:40 pm
Antoin Sevruguin, Two Ladies and a Child Reposing in the Harem, Iran, 19th century. Source: Brooklyn Museum

Antoin Sevruguin, Two Ladies and a Child Reposing in the Harem, Iran, 19th century.

Source: Brooklyn Museum

Posted 1 year ago
#19th century #victorian #victorians #harem #hookah #smoking #shisha #middle east #iran #persia #antoin sevruguin #children #odalisque #vintage
14 notes

Feb 11 2012
3:14 pm
Photograph by Carl Mydans. Fanara, Egypt, September 1953.

Photograph by Carl Mydans. Fanara, Egypt, September 1953.

Posted 1 year ago
#1950s #suez #egypt #north africa #africa #carl mydans #hookah #shisha #vintage #portrait
31 notes

Jan 21 2012
9:06 pm
Palestinian men smoking hookah. Photograph by Frank Scherschel. Israel, May 1948.

Palestinian men smoking hookah. Photograph by Frank Scherschel. Israel, May 1948.

Posted 1 year ago
#1940s #israel #palestine #middle east #arab #frank scherschel #hookah #shisha
119 notes

Dec 24 2011
4:00 am
Israeli women smoking hookah. Photograph by Paul Schutzer. Israel, May 1960.

Israeli women smoking hookah. Photograph by Paul Schutzer. Israel, May 1960.

Posted 1 year ago
#1960s #israel #middle east #jewish #paul schutzer #hookah #smoking
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Dec 19 2011
6:00 am
John Phillips, Men smoking hookah at Manshieb Cafe, Amman, Jordan, May 1949.

John Phillips, Men smoking hookah at Manshieb Cafe, Amman, Jordan, May 1949.

Posted 1 year ago
#1940s #amman #cafe #hookah #hookah bar #hookah cafe #john phillips #jordan #middle east #middle east #shisha #smoking #vintage
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Dec 6 2011
10:30 am
A Muslim man carrying his hookah in one hand while balancing a pole holding his 5 year old old son in a convoy to West Punjab after the division of India. Photograph by Margaret Bourke-White. India, 1947.

A Muslim man carrying his hookah in one hand while balancing a pole holding his 5 year old old son in a convoy to West Punjab after the division of India. Photograph by Margaret Bourke-White. India, 1947.

Posted 1 year ago
#1940s #india #south asia #margaret bourke-white #punjab #division of india #hookah #child #migration #muslim
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