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Jamal Bin Huwaireb:
The history of our mosques has been overlooked

chapter, we read the main features
of mosques architecture in UAE, and
shed light on the development of
mosque architecture in general.
The second chapter is a rare
study of the historic and archaeologi-
cal mosques in UAE, where the reader
is presented with an important set of
facts.
The third chapter contains a
glimpses of mosque architecture in
Abu Dhabi, where we find the ba-
sic facts that revolve around these
mosques in terms of architecture.
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque - Abu Dhabi
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque:
The lecturer said: The first official fied design domes. minaret, with 25 domes. Al Shuyoukh
documentation of ancient mosques Mosque is the first mosque in the
in Abu Dhabi dates back to the year Mosques in Dubai: Shindagha area, as it was built in 1897
1979. He also mentioned two exam- Kamel Yousef added: As for Dubai, with an area of 220 square meters.
ples of mosques; Al-Otaiba Mosque, the prosperity of commerce in the late The number of historical mosques
which was demolished and replaced nineteenth century was associated in Dubai is 20, including the Great
by the Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed the with the demand for the construction Mosque and Al Farooq Mosque
First Mosque. of mosques in residential and com- He went on to say: we learn about
Second, is the Sheikh Zayed Grand mercial areas, foremost among which the aesthetics of mosque architec-
Mosque, which has four minarets in is the Great Mosque on Dubai Creek, ture in Dubai through 14 mosques,
the Mamluk style and includes 72 uni- characterized by its unique style and foremost of which is: the Jumeirah
Mosque, the Grand Mosque, the
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al
Maktoum Mosque in Jumeirah, the
Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Mosque
Maktoum in Port Saeed.

Al Farooq Mosque:
Located in Al Safa First, Jumei-
rah, Al Farooq Omar Bin Al Khattab
Mosque is one of the most prominent
mosques of the Emirates. It was built
Al Farooq Mosque- Dubai Fatima Bint Ali Al Nuaimi Mosque in 1986 and was expanded in 2003.

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