minaret

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To reach Ghorjomi mosque, one of the biggest, we drove up hairpin mountain lanes, edged with blue hydrangeas, until we spotted the minaret.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

Other major landmarks of Mosul have also been restored - that wriggling minaret of al-Hadba, the Dominican al-Saa'a Convent and the complex of Al-Nouri mosque.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2025

The minaret of a mosque was tilting to one side.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 4, 2023

The earthquake just over a week ago maimed a six-century-old mosque in one Amizmiz's oldest neighbourhoods, taking a bite out of the pinky brown minaret.

From BBC • Sep. 17, 2023

They only stopped when the call from the minaret of a nearby mosque announced the arrival of a new morning.

From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat