Omar of the Orient

Sharing interesting stories from around the Muslim world!


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Thanks to all my brothers and sisters who have joined me on this journey. Its been a long time coming😊

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Hikma History just posted a really cool video on Iran. Please take a look!

1 year ago | [YT] | 83

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Mosque of the Buried Village of al-Madam, UAE. The village was swallowed by the encroaching desert and residents were forced to abandon their homes. Some buildings are now entirely inside the dunes

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A child trying to pray like the big boys. Strasbourg Grand Mosque, France.

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Marmara University Faculty of Theology Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey. I have personally spent a lot of time in this mosque. It's one of my favorites in all of Turkey.

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A little early but you get the idea

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Jewish woman wearing a Gargush headdress, Yemen. Looks familiar, doesn't it? 🤔

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Colorized photo of Muhammad Khan - the Last Emir of Bukhara (Uzbekistan) circa 1911.

The emirate would later be abolished by the Soviet invasion in 1920 and replaced with the Bukharan People's Soviet Republic. Today, the territory of the defunct emirate lies mostly in Uzbekistan, with parts in Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan

(The man in red was a bureaucrat in Bukhara, ca.1910)

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The Martapura floating market in South Borneo, Indonesia

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A 557 year old open-air mosque in the Black Sea region of Turkey

The mosque is located some 800 meters (feet) above sea level on the Kadırga Plateau in between the provinces of Trabzon and Gümüşhane.

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