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| Minarets in three different styles |
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| Wall niche, known as a mihrab, that indicates the Qiblah (Mecca) |
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| Mihrab detail showing the lovely stone "eggs" |
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Al-Azhar Mosque in Islamic Cairo
Today I will try to keep my remarks to a minimum, since the whole point is to share the photos. Today's batch were taken on March 3, 2010. For more information, check out the Wikipedia article on Al-Azhar.
Our enthusiastic young guide was very eager to show us this marvelous book from the mosque library. I wish I had a copy!
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was finding why my inheritance ring stone is called noor al-azhar!!!thanks finally saw the stones..
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