minaret
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He saw great beauty in the natural world, often sharing photos with friends of hawks soaring over the mosque’s minaret.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026
Monday's itinerary includes a visit to the Great Mosque of Algiers -- with the world's highest minaret -- and the Basilica of Our Lady of Africa, overlooking the Bay of Algiers.
From Barron's ● Apr. 13, 2026
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
In one recording, a song about banishing darkness, associated with the current Jewish festival of Hanukkah, is heard sung in Hebrew through a loudspeaker in a minaret.
From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2023
We were astonished, for the minaret was so high.
From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat
"I could talk to you for three hours about the family lineages, the mosques' minarets and why the mud-brick walls never collapse in the rain," he told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026
Famed for its palaces, tiled mosques and minarets, Isfahan - where blasts were heard overnight - is also a major centre for military industry.
From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2024
The wheat and potato fields there run right up to the Gaza border fence, within sight of the apartment buildings, water towers and minarets of the Palestinian village of Abasan just beyond it.
From New York Times ● Apr. 6, 2024
Yildiz, a master of Mahya, the unique Turkish tradition of stringing religious messages and designs between minarets, is facing the twilight of a practice deeply ingrained in Turkish culture that is also taken for granted.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 11, 2024
I imagine the beautiful gold-domed mosque and minarets that stand beside the community building.
From "Amina's Voice" by Hena Khan
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