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Sep 14, 20231 min read

"A Colonial Gaze on Mecca: Networks Surrounding the First Documentary about the Hajj" #BRILL

Recently Rukayyah Reichling published her research about the first moving pictures about the Hajj and Mecca. #BRILL #hajj #media...

Feb 11, 20221 min read

MECCA FROM PAINTING TO PHOTOGRAPH - How the Dutch captured it with their Cameras

Rukayyah Reichling works on Media and the Hajj. In her MIDA project she focuses on the capturing of Mecca by Dutchmen. Reichling takes a...

Sep 14, 20211 min read

NEW PUBLICATION: First documentary about Mecca - how a Dutchman captured moving images of the Hajj

We are happy to announce the most recent publication of Rukayyah Reichling, one of our Early Stage Researchers based in Amsterdam: "A...

Sep 7, 20211 min read

Congrats Rukayyah - THREE MIN. PITCH at UvA

Condensing a whole doctoral research project into THREE minutes – is that even possible? Yes, it is! Rukayyah Reichling, our Early Stage...

Mar 9, 20211 min read

“Keeping an Eye on Imperial Mecca”: Upcoming Seminar Session!

In the next seminar organized by the Amsterdam Centre for Urban History, our ESR Rukayyah Reichling will present us with her ongoing...

Nov 14, 20201 min read

Film: ESR 13 Rukayyah Reichling

2020 has been extraordinary in many ways – also for Muslim pilgrims as this year’s hajj was cancelled for most of them. Epidemic...