Eva & Hans-H. Alpers Photography

Jerusalem - Israel / 2017 - 2019

Jerusalem is completely different, with a palpable tension: when Muslims returning from prayer on the Temple Mount in large numbers on Fridays encounter people of Jewish faith in the Old City. 

People of different ethnicities are praying at the Western Wall and leaving their wishes on slips of paper. Muslims who come to pray on the Temple Mount and sometimes also encounter Jews who are allowed to be there at limited times. 

Black Christians carrying the cross on the Via Dolarosa or the joyful gathering of Coptic Christians in front of the Deir Es-Sultan monastery on the roof of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. 

East Jerusalem, which has such a different street scene to West Jerusalem. 

Jews are allowed to enter the Temple Mount at certain times and under police protection.