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Citadel of Erbil
Citadel of Erbil

    The Kurdistan Region in north of Iraq has one of the most aesthetically pleasing views. Erbil specifically, is one of the most populated cities and the capital of the Kurdistan Region. Did you know that human settlement at Erbil may be dated back to the 5th millennium BC? One of the most ancient buildings is the Citadel of Erbil. The...

Great Mosque of al-Nuri
Great Mosque of al-Nuri

   With a diverse society, comes diverse symbols and monuments within a community. One of these monuments is the Great Mosque of Al-Nuri in Mosul, Nineveh Governate. Tradition holds that the mosque was first built in the late 12th century, although it underwent many renovations over the years. The mosque withstood various hostile invading...

Great Mosque of Kufa
Great Mosque of Kufa

  The Great Mosque of Kufa, is located in Kufa, Al-Najaf Al-Ashraf Governate, Iraq and is one of the earliest surviving mosques in the world. The mosque, built in the 7th century, was home to Ali ibn Abi Talib, and contains the shrine of Muslim ibn Aqeel, Hani ibn Urwa, and the revolutionary, Al-Mukhtar. According to hadith, the first person who...

Al-Nabi Yunus Mosque
Al-Nabi Yunus Mosque

One of the many religious symbols in Nineveh is the Al-Yunus (AS) Mosque. Yunus is the Arabic name for Prophet Jonah. He was a prophet sent by Allah to tell people to only worship Allah as the one true God. The tenth chapter of the Quran, Yunus, is named after him. Prophet Yunus (AS) was sent to Nineveh, an ancient town in current day Iraq, around 800 BC. People of...

Al-Sahlah Mosque
Al-Sahlah Mosque

The Al-Sahlah Mosque is one of the primary significant mosques in the city of Kufa, Iraq, and is one of the best-known Islamic mosques built in the first/seventh century by some Arab tribes of Kufa, about two kilometres northwest of the Great Mosque of Kufa. The mosque is of great importance to Shia Muslims, and it is believed that the mosque was initially...

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