A statue of Mimar Sinan sits in front of the Selimiye Mosque in Turkey’s Edirne (Wikimedia) Responsible for designing some of Turkey’s most impressive structures, Sinan was the Ottoman Empire’s chief architect in the 16th century Modern cities are often recognised for their skyscrapers, such as Dubai’s Burj Khalifa or London’s Shard. But that is not the case in Istanbul, where the …
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This historic photo shows the location of the Zamzam (Arabic: زمزم) Well in the Mataf area. The Zamzam Well has provided some 4000 years of almost continuous water supply, a living miracle. Note that the entry to the well and this marking was removed in 2003. The origin of the Zamzam Well Ebrahim (عليه السلام) took his son Ismail (عليه السلام) and the child’s …
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සෑම අභිරහසක් පිටුපසම විද්යාවක් තිබෙනවා. නමුත් සමහර පුදුමසහගත දේවල් විද්යාවෙන් ඔබ්බට ගිය විට, හුදෙකලාවෙ වුවත් අපේ මොළය සෑම විටම ඒ පුදුමසහගත සංසිද්ධිය ගැන සිතමින් සිටිනවා. අපි දැන් බලන්න යන්නේ එවැනි සංසිද්ධියක් ගැන තමයි. හරියට කඃබා මස්ජිදයේ ඉඳලා අඩි හැට හයක් නැගෙනහිර දෙසට වන්නට ළිඳක් තියෙනවා. මේ එක් ළිඳ තමයි මේ දක්වා මුළු ලෝකයම ආපසු හැරී බලන්නට සලසල තියෙන්නේ. මේ ළිඳේ …
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Pomegranates are a holy food for Muslims and Jews The princely pomeganate, ar-Rumm in Arabic, is mentioned in the Koran as one of the many delicious rewards awaiting in Paradise. Its numerous uses in cooking and medicine, as well as its beautiful structure, make the fruit a wonder for Muslims who believe that each pomegranate seed is a sign of the sustainer. Pomegranates …
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Abeer lost her fiance Ismael during the latest Israeli onslaught on Gaza in August 2022 (MEE) Israeli offensive left behind a trail of death and destruction, destroying the joy of many just beginning their married lives By Ahmed Al-Sammak in Gaza City, Occupied Palestine Before ending their last call at 9.05pm on 6 August, Abeer Harb told her …
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A Palestinian woman lays a wreath during a memorial ceremony in Kafr Qasim on 29 October 2006, for 50 Palestinian citizens of Israel massacred in 1956 (Reuters) The recent mass killing of Palestinians in Gaza comes two weeks after new revelations emerged on the 1956 Kafr Qasim massacre, a 70-year tradition that is enabled and supported by the West …
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