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  • 15 JUNE 2105 - NARATHIWAT, NARATHIWAT, THAILAND:   Market vendors in the market in Narathiwat.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 JUNE 2105 - NARATHIWAT, NARATHIWAT, THAILAND: People on motorcycles in the market in Narathiwat.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    NarathiwatPattaniMarkets006.jpg
  • 10 APRIL 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thai Muslim women walk through a Muslim neighborhood near Ton Son Mosque in Bangkok. A Pew Research Center study recently released identified Islam as the fastest growing religion in the world. Masjid Ton Son was the first mosque in Bangkok, founded in 1688 during the reign of King Narai, of the Ayutthaya era. Muslims are about 5 percent of Thailand, but make up a bigger proportion of Bangkok. Thailand's deep south provinces are Muslim majority.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 APRIL 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Girls walk into Masjid Ton Son in Bangkok before Friday prayers. (Masjid is the Thai word for Mosque.) A Pew Research Center study recently released identified Islam as the fastest growing religion in the world. Masjid Ton Son was the first mosque in Bangkok, founded in 1688 during the reign of King Narai, of the Ayutthaya era. Muslims are about 5 percent of Thailand, but make up a bigger proportion of Bangkok. Thailand's deep south provinces are Muslim majority.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    FridayPrayersTonSonMosque003.jpg
  • 19 NOVEMBER 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Muslim shopkeeper butchers goat meat in Khlong Toei Market in Bangkok. Between July and September the economy expanded just 0.6 percent compared to the previous year, the National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) reported. Thailand's economy achieved a weak 0.2 per cent growth across the first nine months of the year. The NESDB said the Thai economy is expected to grow by 1 percent in 2014. Authorities say the sluggish growth is because tourists have not returned to Thailand in the wake of the coup in May, 2014, and that reduced demand for computer components, specifically hard drives, was also hurting the economy. Thailand is the leading manufacturer of computer hard drives in the world. The Thai government has announced a stimulus package worth $11 billion (US) to provide cash handouts to farmers and promised to speed up budget spending to boost consumption.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ThaiEconomySlumps020.jpg
  • 18 AUGUST 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:      A Muslim woman rides the Chao Phraya Express Boat in Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand has emerged as a popular vacation destination for people from around the world. Thais are traditionally tolerant of other religions and lifestyles and that tolerance has propelled Thailand into the first rank of tourist destinations for gays and straights from the US and Europe and Muslims and Jews from the Middle East.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 JULY 2013 - PATTANI, PATTANI, THAILAND:  Children play while a group of women pray in Pattani Central Mosque in Pattani, Thailand, Tuesday night on the first night of Ramadan. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, and the month in which Muslims believe the Quran was revealed. Muslims believe that the Quran was sent down during this month, thus being prepared for gradual revelation by Jibraeel (Gabriel) to the Prophet Muhammad. The month is spent by Muslims fasting during the daylight hours from dawn to sunset. Fasting during the month of Ramadan is one of the Five Pillars of Islam.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RamadanStarts2013012.jpg
  • 09 JULY 2013 - PATTANI, PATTANI, THAILAND:  A child peers out of a group women praying in Pattani Central Mosque in Pattani, Thailand, Tuesday night on the first night of Ramadan. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, and the month in which Muslims believe the Quran was revealed. Muslims believe that the Quran was sent down during this month, thus being prepared for gradual revelation by Jibraeel (Gabriel) to the Prophet Muhammad. The month is spent by Muslims fasting during the daylight hours from dawn to sunset. Fasting during the month of Ramadan is one of the Five Pillars of Islam.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RamadanStarts2013011.jpg
  • 09 JULY 2013 - PATTANI, PATTANI, THAILAND: Muslim headscarves (hijab) for sale in the market in Pattani.  Pattani, along with Narathiwat and Yala, are the only three Muslim majority provinces in Thailand.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PattaniMarket070913029.jpg
  • 09 JULY 2013 - PATTANI, PATTANI, THAILAND:  Muslim poultry vendors in the market in Pattani.  Pattani, along with Narathiwat and Yala, are the only three Muslim majority provinces in Thailand.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PattaniMarket070913021.jpg
  • 09 JULY 2013 - PATTANI, PATTANI, THAILAND:  A Muslim vegetable vendor in the market in Pattani.  Pattani, along with Narathiwat and Yala, are the only three Muslim majority provinces in Thailand.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PattaniMarket070913012.jpg
  • 09 JULY 2013 - PATTANI, PATTANI, THAILAND: A Muslim fruit vendor in the market in Pattani.  Pattani, along with Narathiwat and Yala, are the only three Muslim majority provinces in Thailand.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PattaniMarket070913009.jpg
  • 11 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    A Muslim woman walks through the Ban Krua neighborhood in Bangkok. The Ban Krua neighborhood of Bangkok is the oldest Muslim community in Bangkok. Ban Krua was originally settled by Cham Muslims from Cambodia and Vietnam who fought on the side of the Thai King Rama I. They were given a royal grant of land east of what was then the Thai capitol at the end of the 18th century in return for their military service. The Cham Muslims were originally weavers and what is known as "Thai Silk" was developed by the people in Ban Krua. Several families in the neighborhood still weave in their homes.             PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BanKrua0111040.jpg
  • 11 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    A Muslim woman walks through the Ban Krua neighborhood in Bangkok. The Ban Krua neighborhood of Bangkok is the oldest Muslim community in Bangkok. Ban Krua was originally settled by Cham Muslims from Cambodia and Vietnam who fought on the side of the Thai King Rama I. They were given a royal grant of land east of what was then the Thai capitol at the end of the 18th century in return for their military service. The Cham Muslims were originally weavers and what is known as "Thai Silk" was developed by the people in Ban Krua. Several families in the neighborhood still weave in their homes.             PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BanKrua0111039.jpg
  • 11 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   Girls from a neighborhood Muslim school walk into a Mosque for noon prayers in the Ban Krua neighborhood in Bangkok. The Ban Krua neighborhood of Bangkok is the oldest Muslim community in Bangkok. Ban Krua was originally settled by Cham Muslims from Cambodia and Vietnam who fought on the side of the Thai King Rama I. They were given a royal grant of land east of what was then the Thai capitol at the end of the 18th century in return for their military service. The Cham Muslims were originally weavers and what is known as "Thai Silk" was developed by the people in Ban Krua. Several families in the neighborhood still weave in their homes.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BanKrua0111034.jpg
  • 11 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   Girls from a neighborhood Muslim school walk into a Mosque for noon prayers in the Ban Krua neighborhood in Bangkok. The Ban Krua neighborhood of Bangkok is the oldest Muslim community in Bangkok. Ban Krua was originally settled by Cham Muslims from Cambodia and Vietnam who fought on the side of the Thai King Rama I. They were given a royal grant of land east of what was then the Thai capitol at the end of the 18th century in return for their military service. The Cham Muslims were originally weavers and what is known as "Thai Silk" was developed by the people in Ban Krua. Several families in the neighborhood still weave in their homes.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BanKrua0111033.jpg
  • 11 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   Girls from a neighborhood Muslim school walk into a Mosque for noon prayers in the Ban Krua neighborhood in Bangkok. The Ban Krua neighborhood of Bangkok is the oldest Muslim community in Bangkok. Ban Krua was originally settled by Cham Muslims from Cambodia and Vietnam who fought on the side of the Thai King Rama I. They were given a royal grant of land east of what was then the Thai capitol at the end of the 18th century in return for their military service. The Cham Muslims were originally weavers and what is known as "Thai Silk" was developed by the people in Ban Krua. Several families in the neighborhood still weave in their homes.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BanKrua0111032.jpg
  • 11 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    An Imam walks to his Mosque in the Ban Krua neighborhood in Bangkok. The Ban Krua neighborhood of Bangkok is the oldest Muslim community in Bangkok. Ban Krua was originally settled by Cham Muslims from Cambodia and Vietnam who fought on the side of the Thai King Rama I. They were given a royal grant of land east of what was then the Thai capitol at the end of the 18th century in return for their military service. The Cham Muslims were originally weavers and what is known as "Thai Silk" was developed by the people in Ban Krua. Several families in the neighborhood still weave in their homes.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BanKrua0111008.jpg
  • 03 JANUARY 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:         A woman travling on the Bangkok-Yala train opens the window in her train car at Hua Lamphong Train Station in Bangkok Tuesday. Travelers flocked to Bangkok bus and train stations Tuesday, the last day of the long New Year's weekend in Thailand. The New Year holiday in Thailand is called the "seven deadly days" because of the number of fatal highway and traffic accidents. As of Monday Jan 2, 367 people died in highway accidents over the New Year holiday in Thailand, a 25.7% increase over the same period in 2016.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 JUNE 2105 - NARATHIWAT, NARATHIWAT, THAILAND: People on motorcycles in the market in Narathiwat.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 JUNE 2105 - NARATHIWAT, NARATHIWAT, THAILAND:  Shopping in the market in Narathiwat.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    NarathiwatPattaniMarkets003.jpg
  • 10 APRIL 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Muslim woman on a Chao Phraya Express Boat on the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok.  A Pew Research Center study recently released identified Islam as the fastest growing religion in the world.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    FridayPrayersTonSonMosque038.jpg
  • 10 APRIL 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thai Muslim women walk through a Muslim neighborhood near Ton Son Mosque in Bangkok. A Pew Research Center study recently released identified Islam as the fastest growing religion in the world. Masjid Ton Son was the first mosque in Bangkok, founded in 1688 during the reign of King Narai, of the Ayutthaya era. Muslims are about 5 percent of Thailand, but make up a bigger proportion of Bangkok. Thailand's deep south provinces are Muslim majority.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    FridayPrayersTonSonMosque035.jpg
  • 10 APRIL 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thai Muslim women leave Ton Son Mosque in Bangkok after Friday mid day prayers. A Pew Research Center study recently released identified Islam as the fastest growing religion in the world. Masjid Ton Son was the first mosque in Bangkok, founded in 1688 during the reign of King Narai, of the Ayutthaya era. Muslims are about 5 percent of Thailand, but make up a bigger proportion of Bangkok. Thailand's deep south provinces are Muslim majority.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    FridayPrayersTonSonMosque034.jpg
  • 10 APRIL 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Girls walk into Masjid Ton Son in Bangkok before Friday prayers. (Masjid is the Thai word for Mosque.) A Pew Research Center study recently released identified Islam as the fastest growing religion in the world. Masjid Ton Son was the first mosque in Bangkok, founded in 1688 during the reign of King Narai, of the Ayutthaya era. Muslims are about 5 percent of Thailand, but make up a bigger proportion of Bangkok. Thailand's deep south provinces are Muslim majority.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    FridayPrayersTonSonMosque009.jpg
  • 19 NOVEMBER 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Muslim shopkeeper butchers goat meat in Khlong Toei Market in Bangkok. Between July and September the economy expanded just 0.6 percent compared to the previous year, the National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) reported. Thailand's economy achieved a weak 0.2 per cent growth across the first nine months of the year. The NESDB said the Thai economy is expected to grow by 1 percent in 2014. Authorities say the sluggish growth is because tourists have not returned to Thailand in the wake of the coup in May, 2014, and that reduced demand for computer components, specifically hard drives, was also hurting the economy. Thailand is the leading manufacturer of computer hard drives in the world. The Thai government has announced a stimulus package worth $11 billion (US) to provide cash handouts to farmers and promised to speed up budget spending to boost consumption.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ThaiEconomySlumps019.jpg
  • 19 NOVEMBER 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Muslim shopkeeper butchers goat meat in Khlong Toei Market in Bangkok. Between July and September the economy expanded just 0.6 percent compared to the previous year, the National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) reported. Thailand's economy achieved a weak 0.2 per cent growth across the first nine months of the year. The NESDB said the Thai economy is expected to grow by 1 percent in 2014. Authorities say the sluggish growth is because tourists have not returned to Thailand in the wake of the coup in May, 2014, and that reduced demand for computer components, specifically hard drives, was also hurting the economy. Thailand is the leading manufacturer of computer hard drives in the world. The Thai government has announced a stimulus package worth $11 billion (US) to provide cash handouts to farmers and promised to speed up budget spending to boost consumption.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ThaiEconomySlumps018.jpg
  • 09 JULY 2013 - PATTANI, PATTANI, THAILAND:  Women pray in Pattani Central Mosque in Pattani, Thailand, Tuesday night on the first night of Ramadan. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, and the month in which Muslims believe the Quran was revealed. Muslims believe that the Quran was sent down during this month, thus being prepared for gradual revelation by Jibraeel (Gabriel) to the Prophet Muhammad. The month is spent by Muslims fasting during the daylight hours from dawn to sunset. Fasting during the month of Ramadan is one of the Five Pillars of Islam.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RamadanStarts2013010.jpg
  • 09 JULY 2013 - PATTANI, PATTANI, THAILAND:  Women pray in Pattani Central Mosque in Pattani, Thailand, Tuesday night on the first night of Ramadan. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, and the month in which Muslims believe the Quran was revealed. Muslims believe that the Quran was sent down during this month, thus being prepared for gradual revelation by Jibraeel (Gabriel) to the Prophet Muhammad. The month is spent by Muslims fasting during the daylight hours from dawn to sunset. Fasting during the month of Ramadan is one of the Five Pillars of Islam.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RamadanStarts2013009.jpg
  • 09 JULY 2013 - PATTANI, PATTANI, THAILAND:  Women pray in Pattani Central Mosque in Pattani, Thailand, Tuesday night on the first night of Ramadan. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, and the month in which Muslims believe the Quran was revealed. Muslims believe that the Quran was sent down during this month, thus being prepared for gradual revelation by Jibraeel (Gabriel) to the Prophet Muhammad. The month is spent by Muslims fasting during the daylight hours from dawn to sunset. Fasting during the month of Ramadan is one of the Five Pillars of Islam.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RamadanStarts2013008.jpg
  • 09 JULY 2013 - PATTANI, PATTANI, THAILAND:  Muslim poultry vendors in the market in Pattani.  Pattani, along with Narathiwat and Yala, are the only three Muslim majority provinces in Thailand.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PattaniMarket070913020.jpg
  • 09 JULY 2013 - PATTANI, PATTANI, THAILAND:  Muslim women walk through the market in Pattani.  Pattani, along with Narathiwat and Yala, are the only three Muslim majority provinces in Thailand.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PattaniMarket070913019.jpg
  • 09 JULY 2013 - PATTANI, PATTANI, THAILAND:  A blind Muslim woman begs in the market in Pattani.  Pattani, along with Narathiwat and Yala, are the only three Muslim majority provinces in Thailand.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PattaniMarket070913017.jpg
  • 09 JULY 2013 - PATTANI, PATTANI, THAILAND:  Women chat over a cooler chest of a yogurt drink in the market in Pattani.  Pattani, along with Narathiwat and Yala, are the only three Muslim majority provinces in Thailand.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PattaniMarket070913001.jpg
  • 11 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A Muslim woman at a mosque in the Ban Krua neighborhood in Bangkok. The Ban Krua neighborhood of Bangkok is the oldest Muslim community in Bangkok. Ban Krua was originally settled by Cham Muslims from Cambodia and Vietnam who fought on the side of the Thai King Rama I. They were given a royal grant of land east of what was then the Thai capitol at the end of the 18th century in return for their military service. The Cham Muslims were originally weavers and what is known as "Thai Silk" was developed by the people in Ban Krua. Several families in the neighborhood still weave in their homes.                 PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BanKrua0111050.jpg
  • 11 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   Girls from a neighborhood Muslim school walk into a Mosque for noon prayers in the Ban Krua neighborhood in Bangkok. The Ban Krua neighborhood of Bangkok is the oldest Muslim community in Bangkok. Ban Krua was originally settled by Cham Muslims from Cambodia and Vietnam who fought on the side of the Thai King Rama I. They were given a royal grant of land east of what was then the Thai capitol at the end of the 18th century in return for their military service. The Cham Muslims were originally weavers and what is known as "Thai Silk" was developed by the people in Ban Krua. Several families in the neighborhood still weave in their homes.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BanKrua0111031.jpg
  • 11 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    An Imam walks to his Mosque in the Ban Krua neighborhood in Bangkok. The Ban Krua neighborhood of Bangkok is the oldest Muslim community in Bangkok. Ban Krua was originally settled by Cham Muslims from Cambodia and Vietnam who fought on the side of the Thai King Rama I. They were given a royal grant of land east of what was then the Thai capitol at the end of the 18th century in return for their military service. The Cham Muslims were originally weavers and what is known as "Thai Silk" was developed by the people in Ban Krua. Several families in the neighborhood still weave in their homes.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BanKrua0111009.jpg
  • 11 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:     A Muslim man walks through the Ban Krua neighborhood in Bangkok. The Ban Krua neighborhood of Bangkok is the oldest Muslim community in Bangkok. Ban Krua was originally settled by Cham Muslims from Cambodia and Vietnam who fought on the side of the Thai King Rama I. They were given a royal grant of land east of what was then the Thai capitol at the end of the 18th century in return for their military service. The Cham Muslims were originally weavers and what is known as "Thai Silk" was developed by the people in Ban Krua. Several families in the neighborhood still weave in their homes.                 PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BanKrua0111046.jpg
  • 11 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    A Muslim motorcycle taxi at a Mosque in the Ban Krua neighborhood in Bangkok. The Ban Krua neighborhood of Bangkok is the oldest Muslim community in Bangkok. Ban Krua was originally settled by Cham Muslims from Cambodia and Vietnam who fought on the side of the Thai King Rama I. They were given a royal grant of land east of what was then the Thai capitol at the end of the 18th century in return for their military service. The Cham Muslims were originally weavers and what is known as "Thai Silk" was developed by the people in Ban Krua. Several families in the neighborhood still weave in their homes.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BanKrua0111036.jpg
  • 11 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    A teacher talks to a student at a Muslim school in the Ban Krua neighborhood in Bangkok. The Ban Krua neighborhood of Bangkok is the oldest Muslim community in Bangkok. Ban Krua was originally settled by Cham Muslims from Cambodia and Vietnam who fought on the side of the Thai King Rama I. They were given a royal grant of land east of what was then the Thai capitol at the end of the 18th century in return for their military service. The Cham Muslims were originally weavers and what is known as "Thai Silk" was developed by the people in Ban Krua. Several families in the neighborhood still weave in their homes.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BanKrua0111030.jpg
  • 11 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A teacher at a Muslim school in the Ban Krua neighborhood in Bangkok. The Ban Krua neighborhood of Bangkok is the oldest Muslim community in Bangkok. Ban Krua was originally settled by Cham Muslims from Cambodia and Vietnam who fought on the side of the Thai King Rama I. They were given a royal grant of land east of what was then the Thai capitol at the end of the 18th century in return for their military service. The Cham Muslims were originally weavers and what is known as "Thai Silk" was developed by the people in Ban Krua. Several families in the neighborhood still weave in their homes.                  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BanKrua0111028.jpg
  • 11 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:     A Buddhist woman and Muslim man walk through the Ban Krua neighborhood in Bangkok. The Ban Krua neighborhood of Bangkok is the oldest Muslim community in Bangkok. Ban Krua was originally settled by Cham Muslims from Cambodia and Vietnam who fought on the side of the Thai King Rama I. They were given a royal grant of land east of what was then the Thai capitol at the end of the 18th century in return for their military service. The Cham Muslims were originally weavers and what is known as "Thai Silk" was developed by the people in Ban Krua. Several families in the neighborhood still weave in their homes.                 PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BanKrua0111044.jpg
  • 11 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    A Thai Muslim man walks to mosque in the Ban Krua neighborhood in Bangkok. The Ban Krua neighborhood of Bangkok is the oldest Muslim community in Bangkok. Ban Krua was originally settled by Cham Muslims from Cambodia and Vietnam who fought on the side of the Thai King Rama I. They were given a royal grant of land east of what was then the Thai capitol at the end of the 18th century in return for their military service. The Cham Muslims were originally weavers and what is known as "Thai Silk" was developed by the people in Ban Krua. Several families in the neighborhood still weave in their homes.                  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BanKrua0111043.jpg
  • 11 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    A Thai Muslim man walks to mosque in the Ban Krua neighborhood in Bangkok. The Ban Krua neighborhood of Bangkok is the oldest Muslim community in Bangkok. Ban Krua was originally settled by Cham Muslims from Cambodia and Vietnam who fought on the side of the Thai King Rama I. They were given a royal grant of land east of what was then the Thai capitol at the end of the 18th century in return for their military service. The Cham Muslims were originally weavers and what is known as "Thai Silk" was developed by the people in Ban Krua. Several families in the neighborhood still weave in their homes.                  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BanKrua0111042.jpg
  • 11 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    A Muslim man in the Ban Krua neighborhood in Bangkok. The Ban Krua neighborhood of Bangkok is the oldest Muslim community in Bangkok. Ban Krua was originally settled by Cham Muslims from Cambodia and Vietnam who fought on the side of the Thai King Rama I. They were given a royal grant of land east of what was then the Thai capitol at the end of the 18th century in return for their military service. The Cham Muslims were originally weavers and what is known as "Thai Silk" was developed by the people in Ban Krua. Several families in the neighborhood still weave in their homes.                PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BanKrua0111038.jpg
  • 11 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    A Muslim man in the Ban Krua neighborhood in Bangkok. The Ban Krua neighborhood of Bangkok is the oldest Muslim community in Bangkok. Ban Krua was originally settled by Cham Muslims from Cambodia and Vietnam who fought on the side of the Thai King Rama I. They were given a royal grant of land east of what was then the Thai capitol at the end of the 18th century in return for their military service. The Cham Muslims were originally weavers and what is known as "Thai Silk" was developed by the people in Ban Krua. Several families in the neighborhood still weave in their homes.                PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BanKrua0111037.jpg
  • 11 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    Muslim men at a Mosque in the Ban Krua neighborhood in Bangkok. The Ban Krua neighborhood of Bangkok is the oldest Muslim community in Bangkok. Ban Krua was originally settled by Cham Muslims from Cambodia and Vietnam who fought on the side of the Thai King Rama I. They were given a royal grant of land east of what was then the Thai capitol at the end of the 18th century in return for their military service. The Cham Muslims were originally weavers and what is known as "Thai Silk" was developed by the people in Ban Krua. Several families in the neighborhood still weave in their homes.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BanKrua0111035.jpg
  • 11 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    A teacher talks to a student at a Muslim school in the Ban Krua neighborhood in Bangkok. The Ban Krua neighborhood of Bangkok is the oldest Muslim community in Bangkok. Ban Krua was originally settled by Cham Muslims from Cambodia and Vietnam who fought on the side of the Thai King Rama I. They were given a royal grant of land east of what was then the Thai capitol at the end of the 18th century in return for their military service. The Cham Muslims were originally weavers and what is known as "Thai Silk" was developed by the people in Ban Krua. Several families in the neighborhood still weave in their homes.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BanKrua0111029.jpg
  • 11 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   Muslim students walk through the Ban Krua neighborhood in Bangkok. The Ban Krua neighborhood of Bangkok is the oldest Muslim community in Bangkok. Ban Krua was originally settled by Cham Muslims from Cambodia and Vietnam who fought on the side of the Thai King Rama I. They were given a royal grant of land east of what was then the Thai capitol at the end of the 18th century in return for their military service. The Cham Muslims were originally weavers and what is known as "Thai Silk" was developed by the people in Ban Krua. Several families in the neighborhood still weave in their homes.              PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BanKrua0111024.jpg
  • 11 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   Muslim students walk through the Ban Krua neighborhood in Bangkok. The Ban Krua neighborhood of Bangkok is the oldest Muslim community in Bangkok. Ban Krua was originally settled by Cham Muslims from Cambodia and Vietnam who fought on the side of the Thai King Rama I. They were given a royal grant of land east of what was then the Thai capitol at the end of the 18th century in return for their military service. The Cham Muslims were originally weavers and what is known as "Thai Silk" was developed by the people in Ban Krua. Several families in the neighborhood still weave in their homes.              PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BanKrua0111023.jpg
  • 11 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A boy from the local Muslim school in the Ban Krua neighborhood in Bangkok. The Ban Krua neighborhood of Bangkok is the oldest Muslim community in Bangkok. Ban Krua was originally settled by Cham Muslims from Cambodia and Vietnam who fought on the side of the Thai King Rama I. They were given a royal grant of land east of what was then the Thai capitol at the end of the 18th century in return for their military service. The Cham Muslims were originally weavers and what is known as "Thai Silk" was developed by the people in Ban Krua. Several families in the neighborhood still weave in their homes.                 PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    A Muslim man in his home in the Ban Krua neighborhood in Bangkok. The Ban Krua neighborhood of Bangkok is the oldest Muslim community in Bangkok. Ban Krua was originally settled by Cham Muslims from Cambodia and Vietnam who fought on the side of the Thai King Rama I. They were given a royal grant of land east of what was then the Thai capitol at the end of the 18th century in return for their military service. The Cham Muslims were originally weavers and what is known as "Thai Silk" was developed by the people in Ban Krua. Several families in the neighborhood still weave in their homes.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BanKrua0111013.jpg
  • 11 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    A Muslim man in his home in the Ban Krua neighborhood in Bangkok. The Ban Krua neighborhood of Bangkok is the oldest Muslim community in Bangkok. Ban Krua was originally settled by Cham Muslims from Cambodia and Vietnam who fought on the side of the Thai King Rama I. They were given a royal grant of land east of what was then the Thai capitol at the end of the 18th century in return for their military service. The Cham Muslims were originally weavers and what is known as "Thai Silk" was developed by the people in Ban Krua. Several families in the neighborhood still weave in their homes.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A dancer's formal head covering rests on a pillar between performances at the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok. The Erawan Shrine (in Thai San Phra Phrom) is a Hindu shrine in Bangkok, Thailand that houses a statue of Phra Phrom, the Thai representation of the Hindu creation god Brahma. A popular tourist attraction, it often features performances by resident Thai dance troupes, who are hired by worshippers in return for seeing their prayers at the shrine answered. On 21 March 2006, a man vandalised the shrine and was subsequently killed by bystanders. The shrine is located by the Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel, at the Ratchaprasong intersection of Ratchadamri Road in Pathum Wan district, Bangkok, Thailand. It is near the Bangkok Skytrain's Chitlom Station, which has an elevated walkway overlooking the shrine. The area has many shopping malls nearby, including Gaysorn, CentralWorld and Amarin Plaza. The Erawan Shrine was built in 1956 as part of the government-owned Erawan Hotel to eliminate the bad karma believed caused by laying the foundations on the wrong date..The hotel's construction was delayed by a series of mishaps, including cost overruns, injuries to laborers, and the loss of a shipload of Italian marble intended for the building. Furthermore, the Ratchaprasong Intersection had once been used to put criminals on public display. An astrologer advised building the shrine to counter the negative influences. The Brahma statue was designed and built by the Department of Fine Arts and enshrined on 9 November 1956. The hotel's construction thereafter proceeded without further incident. In 1987, the hotel was demolished and the site used for the Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 AUGUST 2007 -- ISTANBUL, TURKEY: Turks get off one of the ferries that brings commuters across the Bosphorus Strait between the European and Asian side of Istanbul, Turkey. Although Turkey is officially secular, well over 90 percent of Turks are Moslem. Some women in Turkey dress in Western styles, other wear a head scarf and still others wear traditional Moslem covering from head to toe. Istanbul, a city of about 14 million people, and the largest city in Turkey, straddles the Bosphorus Straits between Europe and Asia. It is one of the oldest cities in the world. It was once the center of the Eastern Roman Empire and was called Constantinople, named after the Roman Emperor Constantine. In 1453, Mehmet the Conqueror, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, captured the city and made it the center of the Ottoman Turkish Empire until World War I. After the war, the Ottoman Empire was dissolved and modern Turkey created. The capitol was moved to Ankara but Istanbul (formerly Constantinople) has remained the largest, most diverse city in Turkey.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 08 AUGUST 2007 -- ISTANBUL, TURKEY: Turks get off one of the ferries that brings commuters across the Bosphorus Strait between the European and Asian side of Istanbul, Turkey. Although Turkey is officially secular, well over 90 percent of Turks are Moslem. Some women in Turkey dress in Western styles, other wear a head scarf and still others wear traditional Moslem covering from head to toe. Istanbul, a city of about 14 million people, and the largest city in Turkey, straddles the Bosphorus Straits between Europe and Asia. It is one of the oldest cities in the world. It was once the center of the Eastern Roman Empire and was called Constantinople, named after the Roman Emperor Constantine. In 1453, Mehmet the Conqueror, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, captured the city and made it the center of the Ottoman Turkish Empire until World War I. After the war, the Ottoman Empire was dissolved and modern Turkey created. The capitol was moved to Ankara but Istanbul (formerly Constantinople) has remained the largest, most diverse city in Turkey.    Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 01 JUNE 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thais protest the loss of free speech by covering their mouths and putting their hands shaped as guns to their head during a protest against the coup in Bangkok. The Thai army seized power in a coup that unseated a democratically elected government on May 22. Since then there have been sporadic protests against the coup. The protests Sunday were the largest in several days and seemed to be spontaneous "flash mobs" that appeared at shopping centers in Bangkok and then broke up when soldiers arrived. Protest against the coup is illegal and the junta has threatened to arrest anyone who protests the coup. There was a massive security operation in Bangkok Sunday that shut down several shopping areas to prevent the protests but protestors went to malls that had no military presence.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 JUNE 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thais protest the loss of free speech by covering their mouths and putting their hands shaped as guns to their head during a protest against the coup in Bangkok. The Thai army seized power in a coup that unseated a democratically elected government on May 22. Since then there have been sporadic protests against the coup. The protests Sunday were the largest in several days and seemed to be spontaneous "flash mobs" that appeared at shopping centers in Bangkok and then broke up when soldiers arrived. Protest against the coup is illegal and the junta has threatened to arrest anyone who protests the coup. There was a massive security operation in Bangkok Sunday that shut down several shopping areas to prevent the protests but protestors went to malls that had no military presence.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 JUNE 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thais protest the loss of free speech by covering their mouths and putting their hands shaped as guns to their head during a protest against the coup in Bangkok. The Thai army seized power in a coup that unseated a democratically elected government on May 22. Since then there have been sporadic protests against the coup. The protests Sunday were the largest in several days and seemed to be spontaneous "flash mobs" that appeared at shopping centers in Bangkok and then broke up when soldiers arrived. Protest against the coup is illegal and the junta has threatened to arrest anyone who protests the coup. There was a massive security operation in Bangkok Sunday that shut down several shopping areas to prevent the protests but protestors went to malls that had no military presence.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 JANUARY 2018 - GUINOBATAN, ALBAY, PHILIPPINES: A ticket taker on the back of a "Jeepney" with a face mask and his head covered during an ash fall. Mayon volcano continued to erupt but not as dramatically as it did last week. The small eruptions are still sending ash clouds over communities west of the volcano and the government is encouraging people to stay indoors, wear face masks and avoid strenuous activities when ash is falling.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Red Shirt protesters take cover on Rama IV Road in Bangkok after troops fired toward them at the intersection of Rama IV and Witthayu Roads in Bangkok Friday morning. The protesters started the incident by firing rockets and throwing rocks at the troops. Tensions among Red Shirt protesters demanding the dissolution of the current Thai government rose overnight after Seh Daeng, the Red Shirt's unofficial military leader was shot in the head by a sniper. Gangs of Red Shirts have taken over military checkpoints on Rama IV and are firing small rockets at military helicopters and army patrols in the area. Troops have responded by firing towards posters.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 APRIL 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND: A worker in the salt fields near Samut Songkhram, Thailand. Even though it's very hot and humid, workers cover themselves from head to toe for protection from the sun. The 2013 salt harvest in Thailand and Cambodia has been impacted by unseasonably heavy rains. Normally, the salt fields are prepped for in December, January and February, when they're leveled and flooded with sea water. Salt is harvested from the fields from late February through May, as the water evaporates leaving salt behind. This year rains in December and January limited access to the fields and rain again in March and April has reduced the amount of salt available in the fields. Thai salt farmers are finishing the harvest as best they can, but the harvest in neighboring Cambodia ended 6 weeks early because of rain. Salt has traditionally been harvested in tidal basins along the coast southwest of Bangkok but industrial development in the area has reduced the amount of land available for commercial salt production and now salt is mainly harvested in a small part of Samut Songkhram province.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 APRIL 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND: A worker in the salt fields near Samut Songkhram, Thailand. Even though it's very hot and humid, workers cover themselves from head to toe for protection from the sun. The 2013 salt harvest in Thailand and Cambodia has been impacted by unseasonably heavy rains. Normally, the salt fields are prepped for in December, January and February, when they're leveled and flooded with sea water. Salt is harvested from the fields from late February through May, as the water evaporates leaving salt behind. This year rains in December and January limited access to the fields and rain again in March and April has reduced the amount of salt available in the fields. Thai salt farmers are finishing the harvest as best they can, but the harvest in neighboring Cambodia ended 6 weeks early because of rain. Salt has traditionally been harvested in tidal basins along the coast southwest of Bangkok but industrial development in the area has reduced the amount of land available for commercial salt production and now salt is mainly harvested in a small part of Samut Songkhram province.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Red Shirt protesters take cover on Rama IV Road in Bangkok after troops fired toward them at the intersection of Rama IV and Witthayu Roads in Bangkok Friday morning. The protesters started the incident by firing rockets and throwing rocks at the troops. Tensions among Red Shirt protesters demanding the dissolution of the current Thai government rose overnight after Seh Daeng, the Red Shirt's unofficial military leader was shot in the head by a sniper. Gangs of Red Shirts have taken over military checkpoints on Rama IV and are firing small rockets at military helicopters and army patrols in the area. Troops have responded by firing towards posters.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Red Shirt protesters take cover on Rama IV Road in Bangkok after troops fired toward them at the intersection of Rama IV and Witthayu Roads in Bangkok Friday morning. The protesters started the incident by firing rockets and throwing rocks at the troops. Tensions among Red Shirt protesters demanding the dissolution of the current Thai government rose overnight after Seh Daeng, the Red Shirt's unofficial military leader was shot in the head by a sniper. Gangs of Red Shirts have taken over military checkpoints on Rama IV and are firing small rockets at military helicopters and army patrols in the area. Troops have responded by firing towards posters.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Red Shirt protesters take cover on Rama IV Road in Bangkok after troops fired toward them at the intersection of Rama IV and Witthayu Roads in Bangkok Friday morning. The protesters started the incident by firing rockets and throwing rocks at the troops. Tensions among Red Shirt protesters demanding the dissolution of the current Thai government rose overnight after Seh Daeng, the Red Shirt's unofficial military leader was shot in the head by a sniper. Gangs of Red Shirts have taken over military checkpoints on Rama IV and are firing small rockets at military helicopters and army patrols in the area. Troops have responded by firing towards posters.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Red Shirt protesters take cover on Rama IV Road in Bangkok after troops fired toward them at the intersection of Rama IV and Witthayu Roads in Bangkok Friday morning. The protesters started the incident by firing rockets and throwing rocks at the troops. Tensions among Red Shirt protesters demanding the dissolution of the current Thai government rose overnight after Seh Daeng, the Red Shirt's unofficial military leader was shot in the head by a sniper. Gangs of Red Shirts have taken over military checkpoints on Rama IV and are firing small rockets at military helicopters and army patrols in the area. Troops have responded by firing towards posters.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Red Shirt protesters take cover on Rama IV Road in Bangkok after troops fired toward them at the intersection of Rama IV and Witthayu Roads in Bangkok Friday morning. The protesters started the incident by firing rockets and throwing rocks at the troops. Tensions among Red Shirt protesters demanding the dissolution of the current Thai government rose overnight after Seh Daeng, the Red Shirt's unofficial military leader was shot in the head by a sniper. Gangs of Red Shirts have taken over military checkpoints on Rama IV and are firing small rockets at military helicopters and army patrols in the area. Troops have responded by firing towards posters.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 APRIL 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: An animal head in a stall for designer clothing in the Chatuchak Weekend Market in Bangkok. Chatuchak Weekend Market in Bangkok is reportedly the largest market in Thailand and the world's largest weekend market. Frequently called J.J., it covers more than 35 acres and contains upwards of 5,000 stalls.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MARCH 2015 - NA KHOK, SAMUT SAKHON, THAILAND:  A worker on a salt farm, covered head to food to protect her from the sun, rakes salt in a pond in Samut Sakhon, Thailand. The coastal provinces of Samut Sakhon and Samut Songkhram, about 60 miles from Bangkok, are the center of Thailand's sea salt industry. Salt farmers harvest salt from the waters of the Gulf of Siam by flooding fields and then letting them dry through evaporation, leaving a crust of salt behind. Salt is harvested through dry season, usually February to April. The 2014 salt harvest went well into May because the dry season lasted longer than normal. Last year's harvest resulted in a surplus of salt, driving prices down. Some warehouses are still storing salt from last year. It's been very dry so far this year and the 2015 harvest is running ahead of last year's bumper crop. One salt farmer said prices are down about 15 percent from last year.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 NOVEMBER 2010 - PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI: Juste Brianly, 10 months old, lies on wooden platform covered in plastic sheeting with a Creole copy of the New Testament by his head, in a Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF - Doctors Without Borders) cholera treatment center near the airport in Port-au-Prince. Cite Soleil, a sprawling slum area in PAP is ground zero for the cholera epidemic in the Haitian capital. An outbreak of cholera in northern Haiti about a month ago has spread across the nation. Tens of thousands of people have been hospitalized and treated for cholera and more than 1,100 have died. Cholera is a water borne illness that causes severe diarrhea and death by dehydration in a matter of hours.  MSF uses plastic sheeting and no mattresses to control the spread of the disease. The plastic is easier to sterilize and doesn't absorb liquids the way mattresses and fabrics do.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ    choleraepidemic
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  • 09 MARCH 2015 - NA KHOK, SAMUT SAKHON, THAILAND:  A worker on a salt farm, covered head to food to protect her from the sun, rakes salt in a pond in Samut Sakhon, Thailand. The coastal provinces of Samut Sakhon and Samut Songkhram, about 60 miles from Bangkok, are the center of Thailand's sea salt industry. Salt farmers harvest salt from the waters of the Gulf of Siam by flooding fields and then letting them dry through evaporation, leaving a crust of salt behind. Salt is harvested through dry season, usually February to April. The 2014 salt harvest went well into May because the dry season lasted longer than normal. Last year's harvest resulted in a surplus of salt, driving prices down. Some warehouses are still storing salt from last year. It's been very dry so far this year and the 2015 harvest is running ahead of last year's bumper crop. One salt farmer said prices are down about 15 percent from last year.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MARCH 2015 - NA KHOK, SAMUT SAKHON, THAILAND:  A worker on a salt farm, covered head to food to protect her from the sun, rakes salt in a pond in Samut Sakhon, Thailand. The coastal provinces of Samut Sakhon and Samut Songkhram, about 60 miles from Bangkok, are the center of Thailand's sea salt industry. Salt farmers harvest salt from the waters of the Gulf of Siam by flooding fields and then letting them dry through evaporation, leaving a crust of salt behind. Salt is harvested through dry season, usually February to April. The 2014 salt harvest went well into May because the dry season lasted longer than normal. Last year's harvest resulted in a surplus of salt, driving prices down. Some warehouses are still storing salt from last year. It's been very dry so far this year and the 2015 harvest is running ahead of last year's bumper crop. One salt farmer said prices are down about 15 percent from last year.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 NOVEMBER 2010 - PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI: Juste Brianly, 10 months old, lies on wooden platform covered in plastic sheeting with a Creole copy of the New Testament by his head, in a Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF - Doctors Without Borders) cholera treatment center near the airport in Port-au-Prince. Cite Soleil, a sprawling slum area in PAP is ground zero for the cholera epidemic in the Haitian capital. An outbreak of cholera in northern Haiti about a month ago has spread across the nation. Tens of thousands of people have been hospitalized and treated for cholera and more than 1,100 have died. Cholera is a water borne illness that causes severe diarrhea and death by dehydration in a matter of hours.  MSF uses plastic sheeting and no mattresses to control the spread of the disease. The plastic is easier to sterilize and doesn't absorb liquids the way mattresses and fabrics do.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ    choleraepidemic
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