Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
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The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque is a mosque located in Abu Dhabi, the capital city of the United Arab Emirates. It is the country's largest mosque, and is the key place of worship for daily Islamic pray
View of the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque from the courtyard, 2018
View from Wahat Al Karama
Exterior
Water mirror and columns
Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
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Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan was an Emirati politician, philanthropist, and the founding father of the United Arab Emirates. Zayed served as the governor of Eastern Region from 1946 until he beca
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
…of true west, aligning it in the direction of the Kaaba in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The project was launched by the late president of the U.A.E., Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, who wanted to establish a structure that would unite the cultural diversity of the Islamic world with the historical and modern values of architecture…
Sheikh Zayed in 1974
Sheikh Zayed next to his son Sheikh Khalifa in 1971
Sheikh Zayed salutes Tunisian crowd during his visit to Kairouan in the 1970s
An Emirates Airbus A380 Year of Zayed livery at Milan Malpensa Airport, January 2018