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Tag Archives: vernacular architecture

The Maghrib prayer at a temporary mosque in Al Markaziyah, Abu Dhabi. Worshippers have been praying at the mosque for over twelve years. Delores Johnson, The National

Abu Dhabi’s new mosque modernisation programme threatens the very traditions it is meant to protect

From the left, Alya Busamnoh, Azza Al Shamsi and Afnan Saeed Amin in a section of the compound made of palm fronds. Jeff Topping / The National

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