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4 unusual facts about Minaret


Leila Aboulela

Her second novel Minaret was nominated for the Orange Prize and the IMPAC Dublin Award.

She is also the author of the novels The Translator (a New York Times 100 Notable Book of the Year) and Minaret.

2005 Minaret, Grove Press, Black Cat (2005), ISBN 0-8021-7014-5

Minaret

;Morocco: Typically, a single square minaret; notable exceptions include a few octagonal minarets in northern cities -Chefchaouen, Tetouan, Rabat, Ouezzane, Asilah, and Tangier- and the round minaret of Moulay Idriss.


Alifa Rifaat

The most popular English translation of her work is of her collection of short stories, Distant View of a Minaret and Other Short Stories, which is translated by Denys Johnson-Davies.

El Golâa

As shown in the photo of the village, it remains at the top of the Hill as one mosques of the village (of which there are the minaret) and a public garden.

Emir Qurqumas Complex

Built in 1450–1456, it is in a ruinous state but is a good example of a Mamluk mausoleum, with a domed funeral chamber, a Madrasa, a Sabil, a monumental door, and a minaret.

Gobarau Minaret

The Gobarau Minaret (var. Gobirau, Goborau) is a 50-foot minaret located in the center of the city of Katsina, Northern Nigeria.

Kalyan minaret

The Kalyan minaret is a minaret of the Po-i-Kalyan mosque complex in Bukhara, Uzbekistan and one of the most prominent landmarks in the city.

Konye-Urgench

The most striking extant landmark of Old Urgench is the early 11th-century Gutluk-Temir Minaret, which, at 60 meters, used to be the tallest brick minaret prior to the construction of the Minaret of Jam - which was later surpassed by the Qutb Minar when it was completed in 1368.

Mosque of Segrate

It was the first mosque with a dome and minaret to be built in Italy after the demolition of the last mosques in Lucera in 1300.

Mudhafaria Minaret

Examples of Kufi calligraphy can be seen, showing the names of Muhammad and Mas'oudi Muhammadi, the builders of the Minaret.

Seville Cathedral

The Giralda is the former minaret of the mosque that stood on the site under Muslim rule, and was built to resemble the minaret of the Koutoubia Mosque in Marrakech, Morocco.

Vobkent

It is famous for a minaret constructed in 1196–1198, under the reign of Ala ad-Din Tekish.


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