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Majalis

UAE’s Mosques

Monuments Narrating the Aesthetics of Time and Space

Kamel Yousef during the session

Historian and cultural advisor Jamal Bin Huwaireb, CEO of the Mo- cyclopedia saying “We can divide this
hammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation, has requested study into two parts: the first repre-
the concerned authorities and researchers to document and register the sents an urban view of mosques in UAE,
UAE’s mosques, which may number more than 7000 mosques. and the second sheds light on the fea-
tures of future mosque architecture.”
This came in a session organized Bin Huwaireb said: “Mosques are The lecturer went on to say:
by the Jamal Bin Huwaireb Studies considered one of the most important “The Encyclopaedia includes a large
Center (JBHSC) entitled “An Urban pillars of the history of the UAE, and they number of pictures of the country’s
View on Mosques in the UAE” in which represent the memory of the region, mosques, which number according to
the researcher and translator Kamel but it is noted that the history of our the latest statistics, 6527. It also high-
Yousef spoke about the “Encyclopedia mosques has been overlooked, hence lights the architectural development
of Mosques in UAE”, in the presence of we call to register and document it.” of the mosques in UAE.”
a group of officials, intellectuals in ad-
dition to a number of media members Ten Chapters Scientific study
and journalists. Kamel Yousef highlighted the En- Kamel Yousef said: In the first

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