had a great day on a city orientation tour with my work... that way you don't look stupid when guests come up to you and ask you things like, " so where is the mosque???" and " what is it like??"
photos from top to bottom...
1- my group from the hotel, standing in the courtyard, can hold 70,000 worshippers, marble cool to the touch even in the sun...
2- beautiful chandelier, and on the walls are the 99 names of allah
3- inside prayer hall, carpet has no seams!!!
4- inside the female prayer hall looking out onto the courtyard... seperate hall when praying due to you ending up shoulder to shoulder with the person in front of and beside you..
5- from outside... far right is a seperate structure, the tomb of the first sheik zayed, grand mosque named in his honour, koran is read 24 hours a day outside his tomb because he was so respected... people read until tired, then someone else takes over...
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