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mikhalsarah · 4 years

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Jesus

So we’re all banging on about what race Jesus was. Again. And now somebody wants to pull down statues of Jesus and make him....what exactly? Less like this apparently (and definitely out with the blue eyes).

So I though it would be instructive to look at the people living today who are most likely to descend from the same general genetic pool and see whether the above representation is accurate or inaccurate. So who are Jews most related to?

As with many of these sorts of things, it’s best to disregard most of the outliers and concentrate on the center. For this purpose I’ll look at the Cypriots (a population which Ashkenazi and Sephardi Jews overlap), the Syrians, Lebanese Jordanians and Druze (where Azerbaijani, Georgian and Iranian Jews overlap), and theYemenite and Lebanese (who overlap with Yemenite Jews). Also, Palestinians.

This is a selection of typical Cypriot males, around the age Jesus would have been during his ministry. It’s from composites of many photographs of Cypriot men. He’s not so different from the Jesus picture above.

But this man is also Cypriot (Greek Cypriot), and I have an old friend who is a Turkish Cypriot Muslim woman with light brown/blonde hair and green eyes.

So let’s move on to the Syrians, Jordanians and Druze.

This is a set of composites reflecting the area once called Mesopotamia, which would have bordered Israel to the north-east and included parts of what is now Syria.

This is a young Syrian man interviewed for a piece on Syrian refugees, and as you can see, paler skin, medium brown hair, and green and blue eyes are found in Syria as well. If I saw him on the street in Europe he would not stand out as as foreign. I once dated a German who looked a lot like this.

Apparently there’s a whole instagram account for checking out Lebanese men.

This Lebanese guy was not behaving very Jesus-like, but the many descriptions of Jesus based on skeleton from the period and what little descriptions there are suggest he was about 5 and a half feet tall and wiry. Lack of a description of him as handsome, which was popular in writings, suggest he was more of an average looking guy. Despite most Jews of the day having short hair, Jesus’ brother, James the Just, has been described as wearing his hair in uncut “locks”, so you never know.

And lo and behold, Lebanese men come in a pale, blonde and blue-eyed variety.

Jordan (He’s pretty pale too...)

Jordanian Beduoin (He’s fairly dark)

And this little Jordanian girl has blonde hair, but it didn’t say which ethnic group within Jordan she came from.

A Druze soldier (probably Israel)

But Druze come with other colouring too, including blondes or red hair with freckles!

Palestinian

Many of the earliest images of Jesus were based on Greek ideals. This man is Greek but if you told me he was Lebanese I wouldn’t disbelieve you.

Just for fun I’m adding this guy from Kuwait because I accidentally typed in Kuwait when I was meaning to type in Yemen.

And I am laughing my head off right now, because this Kuwaiti guy looks soooo much like my ex-husband,..add a smattering of freckles across the nose and you’re done. My ex is 1/2 Scottish, 1/4 Irish, and 1/4 Welsh!

But lets get back to Yemen.

#jesus #colour #color #race #middle east #shaun king

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sonicsupernovakuci · 5 years

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First Playlist of Sonic Supernova

While I get all the rebranding worked out, here’s what I played tonight. Hope y’all enjoyed the show! ~ Ekureina

The Zoots - Hey, Hello - Single’ Subhumans - Follow the Leader - Crisis Point*** Squid - The Cleaner - Town Center EP*** Beduoine - Sunshine Sometimes - Bird Songs of a Killjoy Bruce Cockburn - Seven Daggers - Crowing Ignites*** Bill Scorzari - When Will My Time Come Along - Now I'm Free*** - Andy Statman - Ain't No Place for a Girl Like You - Monroe Bus Clairo - Softly - Immunity*** Long Beard - Means to Me - Means to Me***x Olivia Jean - In Two - Night Owl *** Nadia Shpachenko - h.o.p.e. - The Poetry of Places*** Astronauts Etc - 9 Fingers - Living in Symbol*** Robbie Walden Band - 50 Years Too Late - When the Rooster Crows Amy Speace - Both Feet on the Ground - Me and the Ghost of Charlemagne*** Origami Ghosts - Keeper Sutherland - Healthy Travel Potions*** Lower Dens - Galapagos - The Competition*** Dear Boy - Limelight - The Strawberry EP*** Lower Dens - Young Republicans - The Competition*** - Nathan Bajar - Mia's Song - Playroom*** Marika Hackman - I'm not where you are - Any Human Friend*** Peaer - Multiverse - A Healthy Earth*** Bleached - Hard to Kill - Don't You Think You've Had Enough*** Body Wash - Another Plane - Comforter*** Kishi Bashi - Song for You - Omoiyari

#kuci #kuciFM #sonic supernova #playlist

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lightinalexandria · 3 years

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July 1st, 2021: Psychogeography and Coffeeshop Culture in Alexandria, Egypt يوليو ١

Several of my posts from two years ago talked about the daily routines and rituals of my life here in Alexandria. I'm pleased to report that the broad strokes haven't changed, but I'll add some layers on top.

Psychogeography: Credit to my dear friend Clem for giving me an intellectual framework for the crabwalk that is my daily commute across the city. You can read here about the idea of psychogeography.

I need to go vaguely northwest from home to school, and south east in the afternoon. It's about a mile and then some each way. The breeze coming off the Mediterranean Sea is always orienting, so I can't really go wrong. Every day, then, I left myself drift northwest in the morning, and southeast in the afternoon. I turn left or right based on permanent features like trees, and more often changing features like the amount of shade, the traffic on a given street at a given time, smells of food attracting or garbage repelling. It's rare that I take the same way twice in a week, which was deeply surprising to this creature of habit.

I don't think I've ever done this in my own city, or too many others. I want the most direct route, and I check the map. Here, I know it's about a half hour walking with infinite permutations, and every other day I find a shop or store or teahouse or old building to check out. And with the joy (or frustration, depending on the day) of simple successful transactions for food or services, my paths through the city are increasingly marked by shopkeepers or vendors to wave and say hello. It's a little thing, but it's also a big thing. I find my psychogeography subject to the tugs of these very loose social bonds, wanting to take a left and wave hello. I feel a sense of belonging in Alexandria that is wildly out of proportion with how long I've lived here, how well I can speak/read the language right now, and if I'm being honest the depth of my social network. Why? I wonder how much this plunge into psychogeography has to do with it, exploring and knowing a city like a child knows their neighborhood, capriciously and with all the senses. I want to remember to get on my bike and do the same when I'm back in Colorado.

Coffeeshop قهوة Culture

In Arabic it's pronounced "AH-who-ah," which means both coffee and coffeeshop/teahouse. I don't see how social life here could function without them. They spill over every street, with a few chairs/tables inside and most outside. They change character and cast throughout the day, from the old men sitting and sipping tea with their newspapers in the morning, to the couples stealing some time alone in the afternoon, to the throngs of young men that come to shoot the breeze and smoke cigarettes or hookah and play dominos all night.

Alcohol is scarce in Egypt, but this city runs on caffeine and nicotine. I'm not sure if I'm more surprised by how early people starting smoking, or how late they keep drinking caffeine. My friends are consistently downing cups of coffee from 10 PM- 1 AM. In the wee hours I see them get sleepy and leave, which means their bodies are somehow immune to the caffeine coursing through?

Bio-chemical wonders aside, coffeeshops are a shared social space, it seems in a way that I think about travellers' taverns from centuries past. Take all this with a grain of salt and ask an Egyptian friend, but it seems like night and day from coffeeshops in the US. If it's called a coffeeshop at all and not a gas station that serves coffee, it's usually the millennial crowd. Here, I see older Beduoins in a gallibayya with a basket of mangos next to the banker in a business suit with an earpiece. Everyone's drinking the same tea and the same coffee. Tea is usually 5 EGP -about 30 cents- and a small cup of Nescafe 10 EGP -about 60 cents-. In the brutal late morning and afternoon heat, everyone's at a coffeeshop if they're not at work. When the soccer matches are on, the shops set up TVs and circular seating.

Going out with friends here doesn't mean going to a packed bar. It means finding a little oasis in the city, pulling as many plastic chairs and tables around as you need, sitting in the shade and if you're lucky the breeze. I have a secret, too. Most coffeeshops sell fresh yogurt drinks with fresh fruit, and that's my jam. Many than a few shop owners have definitely forgotten my name but wave when I go by and shout "Habibi! Zabedi b/mooz!" (Hey friend! Yogurt and milk!)

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uclaradio · 6 years

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UCLA Radio’s Best of 2017 - Music and Genre Directors

This year, UCLA Radio’s music director and genre directors compiled a list of their favorite releases this past year. Take a peek and explore some of our favorite albums of this past year.

Alison Chi - Music Director

1. SZA - Ctrl

I don’t know a single person who doesn’t like SZA’s sophomore album Ctrl. There are so few albums that can capture people’s attention these days - it’s all about the singles and never the album as a whole but something about Ctrl is cohesive from start to finish. The way each song weaves into each other is seamless and you’ll truly be rewarded if you sit down and listen to the album straight through. Is there even a single bad song on this album?

2. Giraffage - Too Real 3. Slowdive - Slowdive 4. Turnover - Good Nature 5. Land of Talk - Life After Youth 6. Cigarettes After Sex - Cigarettes After Sex 7. Julien Baker - Turn Out the Lights 8. Valerie June - The Order of Time 9. Slow Dancer - In A Mood 10. Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me

Megan Hullander - Rock Genre Director

1. King Gizzard & The Flying Wizard - Flying Microtonal Banana

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard’s Flying Microtonal Banana was the first in a series of five albums promised to be released in 2017 (one of which has still yet to come) including a concept album ridden with the drama of human and non-human emotions, a jazzy collaboration with Mild High Club, and an album given as a gift to fans - the rights of which are “owned” by all. Flying Microtonal Banana is unique in that the band customized their instruments in effort to find spaces between existing tones, or “microtones.” The album is named for one of these instruments which does, in fact, look quite similar to a banana.

2. Thee Oh Sees - Orc 3. The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Open Minds Now Close 4. Alex Cameron - Forced Witness 5. Ron Gallo - Temporary Slave 6. Ariel Pink - Dedicated to Bobby Jameson 7. Ty Segall - Sentimental Goblin 8. ORB - Naturality 9. Kikagaku Moyo - Stone Garden 10. Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile - Lotta Sea Lice

Gabe Cortina - Rock Genre Director

1. Limp Wrist - Facades

Featuring Martin from Los Crudos on vocals as well as members of Hail Mary, Devoid of Faith, By the Throat, and Kill the Man Who Questions, the versatility of Limp Wrist sound has never been more apparent. Identifying as queercore, the band has a fast hardcore sound and lyrical themes concerning gay identity politics. The mixing of album is something which also stood out to me, it’s able to polished without sounding over produced. Martin’s vocal style perfectly matches the killer riffs and speedy drums in both intensity and aggression. Halfway through this album, the band’s sound switches to a disco-ey almost dark-wave- techno sound which they pull of with perfection. This album is solid and I highly recommend it to both longtime fans of punk and people who are looking for an introduction to punk music alike.

2. Despise You / Coke Bust - Split LP 3. Gay Kiss - Rounded Down 4. Exit Unit - St 2017 5. Glue - S/T MLP 6. Lumpy and the Dumpers - Those Pickled Fuckers 7. Goolagoon / ACxDC - Split 8. Burnout - West Coast Tour 2017 CS 9. Sex Prisoner / Harm Done - Split 10. Meth Leppard - Discography 2015-2017

Gabe Punk Genre Director Top 10 Albums of 2017 from anon-10212970514769336 on 8tracks Radio

Alana Enriquez - Pop Genre Director

1. Beach House - B-Sides and Rarities

This compilation happened to be release on a day where I had only gotten around an hour of sleep the night before, and I cried within one minute of the first track. It’s Beach House at their most dreamy, their most blaring, their most haunting. Old tracks with new renditions and fresh ones meld into something spellbinding that doesn’t require the logistical unity of a formal album. B-Sides and Rarities has been on a weekly rotation for me for the entire second half of 2017, and probably for the entirety of 2018, unless they release something else for me to cry to during my morning routine.

2. Florist - If Blue Could Be Happiness 3. High Bloom - Implied Sun 4. Alvvays - Antisocialites 5. The Drums - Abysmal Thoughts 6. Slowdive - Slowdive 7. Steve Lacy - Steve Lacy’s Demo 8. You’ll Never Get to Heaven - Images 9. Pedro Infante - Cien años... pensando en ti 10. Big Thief - Capacity

Alana Myers - Pop Genre Director

1. Wolf Alice - Visions Of A Life

Looking back at this past September, I remember sitting in my apartment late at night, counting down until midnight when Wolf Alice’s second record Visions of a Life would be released. I haven’t ever heard anything quite like Visions of a Life before, and I think the reason it resonates so much with me is the way it perfectly encompasses the feelings that come with the uncertainty of young adulthood, and the feelings of life in general - love, anger, sadness, extreme joy, and everything in between. The album digs itself into darkness, but at its core, lies a piece of work that is ambitious, honest, and a solid listen from start to finish.

2. MUNA - About U 3. Tei Shi - Crawl Space 4. Declan McKenna - What Do You Think About the Car? 5. Stormzy - Gang Signs & Prayer 6. Will Joseph Cook - Sweet Dreamer 7. HAIM - Something to Tell You 8. Lorde - Melodrama 9. Paramore - After Laughter 10. Circa Waves - Different Creatures

Alex Saakyan - Pop Genre Director

1. Lana Del Rey - Lust For Life

With an album cover that graces a smile, cheek to cheek of Lana Del Rey, it is no surprise as to why this record has been nicknamed as Del Rey’s first ‘happy album.’ Retiring from the ‘sad girl’ aesthetic of her previous records, Del Rey delivers an optimistic and authentic approach to her music. With tracks like ‘When the World Was at War’ and ‘God Bless America’ we see Del Rey take a more honest approach from her Americana aesthetic as she speaks of the hard times people in this country face. With tracks like ‘Get Free’ she delivers her mission statement: “Finally, I’m crossing the threshold/From the ordinary world/To the reveal of my heart,” She’s honest, she’s free, with a much optimism and a lust for life.

2. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN. 3. Lorde - Melodrama 4. Kelela - Take Me Apart 5. Majid Jordan - The Space Between 6. Harry Styles - Harry Styles 7. Calvin Harris - Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1 8. Tyler, the Creator - Flower Boy 9. Dua Lipa - Blow Your Mind 10. Kesha - Rainbow

Christian Wright - World Genre Director

1. Jay Som - Everybody Works

Melina Duterte’s sophomore album is a bedroom production jewel. Every song, incredibly cohesive as a whole, traverses the beautifully lush sonic worlds her mind seemingly conjures up. That’s not to say the ten tracks that span Everybody Works are simple happenstances that fall together nicely; they definitely sound like labors of love. Rather her voice, certain of itself, transmits to the listener so powerfully, making sense out of all the disorder that comes with self-doubt and personal struggle. “Won’t forget to climb,” she sings on E.W’s. final track, “For Light,” beautifully steering the qualms of trying to make it in this world.

2. Nikolas Escudero - Synthesis 3. Haley Heynderickx - Unpeeled (Live) 4. Fleet Foxes - Crack-Up 5. Bedouine - Beduoine 6. Japanese Breakfast - Soft Sounds from Another Planet 7. Lomelda - Thx 8. Hand Habits - Wildly Idle (Humble Before the void) 9. Kevin Morby - City Music 10. Wednesday Campanella - Superman

Ethan Lee - Jazz Genre Director

1. Nick Hakim - Green Twins

Nick Hakim blurs the line between psychedelic, soul, funk, rock, and jazz with his debut album, Green Twins. With lush melodies to command his songs and a spacey approach to recording production, Hakim creates his own unique sound and challenges the notions and implications of a music genre. With a brand of sound that emulates Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Hakim's soundscape fills in colorful textures with his diverse instrumentation on top of steady, pulse-like rhythms. From spacey, reflective post-R&B rock songs like "Bet She Looks Like You" to jazzy, rhythmic pulses in "Miss Chew" and slow, soulful ballads like "Needy Bees," Green Twins has just about everything you need in a debut album from an artist as complex as Nick Hakim.

2. Tyler the Creator - Flower Boy 3. Kamasi Washington - Harmony of Difference 4. Rex Orange County - Apricot Princess 5. Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah - Diaspora 6. Moses Sumney - Aromanticism 7. Steve Lacy - Steve Lacy’s Demo 8. Brockhampton - Saturation II 9. Smino - blkswn 10. Antonio Sanchez - Bad Hombre

Mark Edmonds - Electronic Genre Director

1. Moon Boots - First Landing

First Landing is Moon Boots' debut album. Moon Boots manages a deep overtone with techy-melodies. 'Never Get to You' is a standout track that will light up any dance floor or pool party.

2. Rezz - Mass Manipulation 3. Oliver - Full Circle 4. Various Artists - Anjunadeep Vol. 9 5. Illenium - Awake 6. Giraffage - Too Real 7. Four Tet - New Energy 8. Odesza - A Moment Apart 9. Cosmic Gate - Materia Chapter.Two 10. Bicep - Bicep

Beliz Urkmez - Electronic Genre Director

1. Lorde - Melodrama

For me, Lorde's music means emotion in its purest, most honest form. Her sophomore album, Melodrama, captures her youth, her growth, her path to becoming a woman of her own and loving herself and all the ephemeral experiences in between. Mastering her craft, Lorde finds a cohesion between her atmospheric synths, harmonies, beats and the bittersweet wisdom in her lyrics. Especially in "Liability," a beautiful piano-ballad where she sings, "I understand, I'm a liability/ Get you wild, make you leave/ I'm a little much for everyone." Lorde is truly one of a kind and Melodrama proves she is one of the best artists today.

2. Gorillaz - Humanz 3. London Grammar - Truth Is a Beautiful Thing 4. HAIM - Something to Tell You 5. Alexandra Savior - Belladonna of Sadness 6. Temples - Volcano 7. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds - Who Built the Moon? 8. Wolf Alice - Visions of a Life 9. Cigarettes After Sex - Cigarettes After Sex 10. Mura Masa - Mura Masa

Alex Ivanova - Folk/Singer-Songwriter Genre Director

1. Kiran Leonard - Derevaun Seraun

This is probably the most sonically beautiful album I’ve listened to in years. 22-year-old Kiran Leonard blends voice, piano, and string trio into an album with each movement representing a different piece of literature, seeing as the album was written to celebrate the re-opening of Manchester’s Central Library. The album is intensely personal, and raw, as Leonard’s voice is in the spotlight, accompanied by mournful accompaniment. I recommend this album endlessly.

2. The Spirit of the Beehive - pleasure suck 3. Jay Som - Everybody Works 4. Joan of Arc - He’s Got the Whole This Land Is Your Land in His Hands 5. Kindling - Hush 6. Синекдоха Монток - MMXVII (Parts 1 & 2) 7. Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger in the Alps 8. Sidney Gish - Ed Buys Houses 9. Tagubu & Klimperei - I Don't Remember The First Time 10. Nnamdi Ogbonnaya - DROOL

#best of 2017

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ternu-ra · 4 years

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Brainstorm // 1. Collision w/ 04cvr in Berlin 2. Kunstsenter 3. tiger doggo on the bus 4. beduoin’s home 5. Heaven in Oslo

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chrislaguna1-blog · 6 years

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Luftwaffe personnel sitting on the wing of a Messerschmitt Bf 110 converse with a Beduoin

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stretchinnovation-blog · 5 years

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Highest quality beduoin stretch Tents made with the best material Stretch tent innovation

#stretch tents #bedouin stretch tents #stretch tents for sale #tents

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yorkcalling · 7 years

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Bedouin Soundclash supporting The Specials and Toots & The Maytals

For the first-time ever, influential British icons The Specials and legendary reggae heroes Toots And The Maytals will share the stage at three dates across the UK this summer. Opening this already stacked lineup are the reggae infused ska-rock band, Bedouin Soundclash, and DJ Matt McManamon of The Dead 60s fame. (more…)

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#Beduoin Soundclash #Matt McManamon #The Specials #Toots And The Maytals

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risingpakistan · 11 years

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The Faisal Mosque

The Faisal Mosque is the largest mosque in Pakistan, located in the national capital city of Islamabad. Completed in 1986, it was designed by Turkish architect Vedat Dalokay to be shaped like a desert Bedouin's tent. It is situated at the north end of Faisal Avenue, putting it at the northernmost end of the city and at the foot of Margalla Hills, the westernmost foothills of the Himalayas. It is located on an elevated area of land against a picturesque backdrop of the Margalla Hills. This enviable location represents the mosque's great importance and allows it to be seen from miles around day and night.

The Faisal Mosque is conceived as the National Mosque of Pakistan and named after the late King Faisal bin Abdul-Aziz of Saudi Arabia, who supported and financed the project. The largest mosque in South Asia, the Faisal Mosque was the largest mosque in the world from 1986 until 1993, when it was overtaken in size by the newly completed Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca, Morocco. Subsequent expansions of the Masjid al-Haram (Grand Mosque) of Mecca and the Al-Masjid al-Nabawi (Prophet's Mosque) in Medina, Saudi Arabia, during the 1990s relegated Faisal Mosque to fourth place in terms of size.

History

The impetus for the mosque began in 1966 when the late King Faisal bin Abdul-Aziz supported the initiative of the Pakistani Government to build a national mosque in Islamabad during an official visit to Pakistan.

In 1969, an international competition was held in which architects from 17 countries submitted 43 proposals. The mosque was designed by Turkish architect Vedat Dalokay.[3] Construction of the mosque began in 1976 by National Construction of Pakistan, led by Azim Khan and was funded by the government of Saudi Arabia, at a cost of over 130 million Saudi riyals (approximately 120 million USD today). King Faisal bin Abdul Aziz was instrumental in the funding, and both the mosque and the road leading to it were named after him after his assassination in 1975. The mosque was completed in 1986, and used to house the International Islamic University.

Many conservative Muslims criticised the design at first for its unconventional design and lack of a traditional dome structure, but most criticism ended when the completed mosque's scale, form, and setting against the Margalla Hills became evident.

The Faisal Mosque is the work of Turkish architect Vedat Dalokay, who won the Aga Khan Award for Architecture for the project. The mosque's architecture is modern and unique, lacking both the traditional domes and arches of most other mosques around the world.

The mosque's unusual design is a departure from the long history of South Asian Islamic architecture, fusing contemporary lines with the more traditional look of an Arab Bedouin's tent, with its large triangular prayer hall and four minarets. However, unlike traditional masjid design, it lacks a dome. The minarets borrow their design from Turkish tradition and are thin and pencil like.

The shape of the Faisal Mosque is an eight-sided concrete shell inspired by a desert Beduoin's tent and the cubic Kaaba in Mecca, flanked by four unusual minarets inspired by Turkish architecture. The architect later explained his thinking to design school students:[4]

The Faisal Mosque has covered area of 5,000 m2 (54,000 sq ft). It can accommodate 10,000 worshipers in its main prayer hall,[1] 24,000 in its porticoes,[1] 40,000 in its courtyard,[1] and another 200,000 in its adjoining grounds. Although its covered main prayer hall is smaller than that of the Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca (the world's third largest mosque), Faisal Mosque has the third largest capacity of accommodating worshipers in its adjoining grounds after the Masjid al-Haram (Grand Mosque) of Mecca, the Al-Masjid al-Nabawi (Prophet's Mosque) in Medina.[5] Each of the Mosque's four minarets are 80 m (260 ft) high (the tallest minarets in South Asia) and measure 10 x 10 m in circumference.

References in literature

The Faisal Mosque is described in the book The Kite Runner by Khalid Hosseini, and is frequently referenced in the work of Michael Muhammad Knight, who came to the mosque to study Islam as a teenager.

#Vedat Dalokay #Saudi Arabia #Medina #Masjid al-Nabawi #Masjid al-Haram #Margalla Hills #Islamabad #Faisal Mosque

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