Standing inside the almost-complete prayer hall of Palo Alto’s first freestanding mosque on San Antonio Road, Durriya Tyabji sees a space reminiscent of a mosque built in Cairo, Egypt, in 1125 A.D.
Standing inside the almost-complete prayer hall of Palo Alto’s first freestanding mosque on San Antonio Road, Durriya Tyabji sees a space reminiscent of a mosque built in Cairo, Egypt, in 1125 A.D.
Egypt witnessed a flourishing Islamic culture after the Arab conquest, which was manifested in the construction of the first Islamic capital, the city of Al-Fustat, and the building of the Mosque of ...