I'm now in the U.S. visiting family, but found these great pictures on the Pakistani Dawn Newspaper website. When I return to Islamabad I would like to start taking more pictures like this because many of these images are what I often see in my daily life there.

Happy holidays to everyone!

A boy praying in a mosque.Animals taken to be sold for the celebration of the Eid ul Azha celebration which marks the moment when Abraham almost sacrificed his son to God. Muslims celebrate this now by sacrificing an animal and sharing the meat with family, friends and the poor.


Father and son in the marketplace on a motorcycle.


Camels being prepared in the market to be sold for Eid sacrifices.


A man collecting old tires to sell.
Tourists in an art gallery/co-op in Islamabad.


Man with a goat and a monkey performing in the street for people.


Roadside open-air barber shop.