Akkasah launches 12 historical photo albums - in pictures

  • A portrait captured in Damascus, Syria in 1966 from Sommerreise in den Nahen Osten (Summer Trip to the Near East). All Photos: Akkasah: Photography Archive, NYUAD
    A portrait captured in Damascus, Syria in 1966 from Sommerreise in den Nahen Osten (Summer Trip to the Near East). All Photos: Akkasah: Photography Archive, NYUAD
  • Sommerreise in den Nahen Osten (Summer Trip to the Near East). Merchants and a musician playing a guembri in Lebanon, 1966
    Sommerreise in den Nahen Osten (Summer Trip to the Near East). Merchants and a musician playing a guembri in Lebanon, 1966
  • Sommerreise in den Nahen Osten (Summer Trip to the Near East). A portrait of a man wearing an aghal and keffiyeh in Palestine, 1966
    Sommerreise in den Nahen Osten (Summer Trip to the Near East). A portrait of a man wearing an aghal and keffiyeh in Palestine, 1966
  • Mena House Hotel, Giza, Egypt, 1898
    Mena House Hotel, Giza, Egypt, 1898
  • A caravan arrives at Bethlehem, Palestine, 1898
    A caravan arrives at Bethlehem, Palestine, 1898
  • Kucuk Hasan Pasha Mosque, Crete, 1898
    Kucuk Hasan Pasha Mosque, Crete, 1898
  • A man in the courtyard of the Umayyad Mosque, Damascus, Syria, in 1898
    A man in the courtyard of the Umayyad Mosque, Damascus, Syria, in 1898
  • A street scene beside Jaffa Gate including a photography studio and barbers in Jerusalem, Palestine, 1898
    A street scene beside Jaffa Gate including a photography studio and barbers in Jerusalem, Palestine, 1898
  • Vers la Tunisie...Sur le Kairouan (A Trip to Tunisia on the Kairouan). Stonemasons work at Dar Chaabane El Fehri, Nabeul, Tunisia, circa 1951
    Vers la Tunisie...Sur le Kairouan (A Trip to Tunisia on the Kairouan). Stonemasons work at Dar Chaabane El Fehri, Nabeul, Tunisia, circa 1951
  • Vers la Tunisie...Sur le Kairouan (A Trip to Tunisia on the Kairouan). A woman weaves on a loom in Matmata, Tunisia, circa 1951
    Vers la Tunisie...Sur le Kairouan (A Trip to Tunisia on the Kairouan). A woman weaves on a loom in Matmata, Tunisia, circa 1951
  • First oil gusher at Baba Gurgur in Kirkuk, Iraq. 1927
    First oil gusher at Baba Gurgur in Kirkuk, Iraq. 1927
  • H E Irving Taylor's A trip in Algeria, 1901-1902. Constantine, Algeria, 1902
    H E Irving Taylor's A trip in Algeria, 1901-1902. Constantine, Algeria, 1902
  • The Royal Mausoleum of Mauretania (Kubr-er-Rumia), Tipaza, Algeria, from Africa Album - A trip across northern Algeria, 1912-1920
    The Royal Mausoleum of Mauretania (Kubr-er-Rumia), Tipaza, Algeria, from Africa Album - A trip across northern Algeria, 1912-1920
  • The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya in Mumbai, originally named Prince of Wales Museum of Western India, in use as a Children's Welfare Centre and a Military Hospital during WWI. From Aviation in Mesopotamia Campaign WWI, circa 1917
    The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya in Mumbai, originally named Prince of Wales Museum of Western India, in use as a Children's Welfare Centre and a Military Hospital during WWI. From Aviation in Mesopotamia Campaign WWI, circa 1917
  • Iraq and Kurdistan - compiled by an RAF serviceman. A group portrait of several men and children pose in front of an airplane in Iraq, circa 1936-1938
    Iraq and Kurdistan - compiled by an RAF serviceman. A group portrait of several men and children pose in front of an airplane in Iraq, circa 1936-1938
  • Iraq and Kurdistan - compiled by L Wells of RAF Hinaidi. From the top left clockwise: an aerial view of Baghdad, men at a chaikhana (tea house), a view of Al Rashid Street, and scribes. Baghdad, Iraq, circa 1934-1936
    Iraq and Kurdistan - compiled by L Wells of RAF Hinaidi. From the top left clockwise: an aerial view of Baghdad, men at a chaikhana (tea house), a view of Al Rashid Street, and scribes. Baghdad, Iraq, circa 1934-1936
  • Iraq and Kurdistan - compiled by L Wells of RAF Hinaidi. Baghdad, Iraq. Circa 1934-1936. A copper smith. Copyright Akkasah: Photography Archive, NYUAD
    Iraq and Kurdistan - compiled by L Wells of RAF Hinaidi. Baghdad, Iraq. Circa 1934-1936. A copper smith. Copyright Akkasah: Photography Archive, NYUAD
  • Women and children march for peace during the Iran Oil Crisis. Iran, 1951
    Women and children march for peace during the Iran Oil Crisis. Iran, 1951
  • Hand drawn front page of Impressions of Iraq compiled by L Wells of RAF Hinaidi, circa 1929
    Hand drawn front page of Impressions of Iraq compiled by L Wells of RAF Hinaidi, circa 1929
  • A group portrait of several men and children in Ahvaz, Iran (Sheikh Mizal Khan's men), from Photographs of Iran, Iraq, Caucasus and Turkey - A.P.H. Hotz, circa 1890
    A group portrait of several men and children in Ahvaz, Iran (Sheikh Mizal Khan's men), from Photographs of Iran, Iraq, Caucasus and Turkey - A.P.H. Hotz, circa 1890