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

She watched one tear the minaret off the top of the building.

From BBC • May 17, 2025

"To distinguish the Ottoman mosques, the minaret is usually pencil-shaped," said Mostafa Waziri, head of the Supreme Council of Antiquities.

From Reuters • Sep. 17, 2023

It overlooks the only beacon of hope that stays standing in Douzrou: The pink minaret of the village mosque.

From BBC • Sep. 13, 2023

As we walked the rest of the way, I lifted my eyes to the minaret that split the sky like the body of a bird between its two wings.

From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat