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What Goes Around Comes Around

While exploring the Üsküdar region on the Asian side of Turkey, I heard the call to prayer at a mosque with a spiral-shaped exterior said with the utmost focus. I couldn’t help but wonder how everything revolves around our purpose - literally, in the case of this mosque and what we have to offer what surrounds us.

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