The walls that ring the city of Harar, Ethiopia, look much as they did hundreds of years ago, July 21, 2007. For 1,000 years, this city on a hilltop has been a center of Islamic faith in the Horn of Africa, with a forbidding, 4-meter (13-foot) wall surrounding ancient mosques and serpentine alleyways. Harar was named a UNESCO World Heritage site last year, joining some of the world's top landmarks such as the Grand Canyon in the United States, the Great Wall of China and the Acropolis in Greece. It is also the fourth holiest city in Islam — behind Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Anita Powell)
An antique hand written Quran is displayed inside the museum in Harar, Ethiopia, July 21, 2007.
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