A distinctive architectural feature of an Islamic mosque is the minaret. Minarets are generally a tall spire with an onion-shaped top. Minarets provide a visual focal point and are used for the call to prayer.
Styles vary regionally and by period. The mosque serves as a place where Muslims can come together for prayer) as well as a center for information, education, and dispute settlement. The Imam leads the prayer.
But I guess I won't be visiting the inside anytime soon.
This picture is so GOLDEN!! Newly arrived, we headed to the embassy area. Our own embassy written in Arabic. Sweet! I walk over and stood in front of the sign and snaped a shot. I swear, guards came filtering out of the walls. I wasn't allowed to touch my camera and had to wait til the head security officer came out to talk to me, which was standing 15 minutes in 120 degree heat. After showing proper identification, showing the picture, and admitting my ignorance of the "NO Photography" law around any embassy, I was able to keep this one photo.
At the local grocery store, you still bag the produce but they weigh and tag it before you go to the check out line.
An the smell of fresh fish wafting throughout the store.
These are old fort doors. A popular use of these old doors is to convert them to coffee tables and place a glass on top.
How hot is it when even the ceiling fans droop?
A subdivision full of houses and townhomes.
The local cinema...on that note Dunkin Donuts is considered a dessert and doesn't open til after 4 PM.
Lulu's market looks like a casino at night. This store has it all for the Indian population. They have a large section of sari's premade and fabrics to choose complete with a tailer.
Everywhere we go, we try a new fresh juice. This was an Omani melon.
If you ever need a tradesman for the day, you can find them on a local corner in Ruwi.
The Grand Mosque lit up at night. The prayer rug is, now, the second largest rug and took four years to produce.
The vegetable souk. Where you can get bulk items cheap.
You can even hire young boys to help you cart your groceries around.
Each day, they unload their trucks and set up shop on a large covered slab.
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