• Figure 6.10. In Ottoman Algiers, each moderate-to-large house had its own courtyards that allowed access to light and open air. In this photo, Algerian women are making carpet in a courtyard. (Source: Library of Congress; http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsc.05556.)

Algerian women are making carpet in a courtyard of a house

From Physical Space and Spatiality in Muslim Societies: Notes on the Social Production of Cities by Mahbub Rashid

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  • Political Science:Political History
  • African Studies
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