Twin minarets of the Great Mosque

Twin minarets of the Great Mosque of Mecca dominate this Holy City. Within its courtyard stands the small cubic building which is the focal point of the Islamic religion worldwide – the Ka’bah the first House of God on earth built by the patriarch Abraham and his son Ismael and to which all Muslims kneel in prayer five times a day around the world. Kenya's renowned photojournalist Mohamed Amin portrays these crowning moments in the life of men, rich and poor, from places as far apart as Malaysia and Mali, Nigeria and Japan, Indonesia and Iraq.
He was among the first to be given permission to photograph sections of the Sacred Mosque in Mecca and the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina.