Text fr., arab. - Catalogue of an exhibition of early photography of the two Holy Cities of Islam Mecca and Medina, held at the Institut du Monde Arabe in 2005. It focuses on on the work of three photographers: Mirza, Mohammed Helmy, and Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje. Finely printed and generously illustrated with nearly 100 full-page photos, all identified, most from archival sources and previously unpublished.