The ghuttras and aghals

• Photographer
  maher Attar, Qatar
• Website
  http://www.maherattar.com

After the muezzinsâ?? melodic call to prayer, row upon row of hastily abandoned shoes can be found outside every mosque. Inside, the ghuttras and aghals (headscarves and black cords) of the worshippers hang suspended on the wall, temporarily set aside for prayer.

Maher Attar is a highly renowned photographer with 30 years of experience at international photo agencies including AFP, Sygma and Corbis in Paris. He set up his own agency in 2002. In 2006, he founded Art&Privilège, a publishing company specialising in photography, which has published a number of books, and became an Epson-certified "Digigraph".