Curated by Rajiv Mehrotra

 

Seven Wonders of the Muslim World (60 min; 2008; dvd; English)                                                                    
Director: Faris Kermani

Explore the lives and beliefs of six young people whose usual places of worship are some of the most beautiful and historic mosques in the Muslim world. In this series of intimate portraits, join them as thy leave their homes and families to travel to Saudi Arabia on their journeys of a lifetime pilgrimage to Mecca, where the prophet Muhammad was born.

The seven wonders of the title include: The Grand Mosque in Mecca; The Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem; The Alhambra in Granada, Spain; The Blue Mosque in Istanbul; The Great Mosque of Djenne in Mali; The Imam Mosque in Esfahan, Iran; and The Badshahi Mosque in Lahore, Pakistan