The entrance to the Umayyad Mosque, which used to be a church
The place for immodestly dressed women to put on provided overcoats
The courtyard of the Umayyad Mosque
Entryway of the mosque
Golden bookshelves
An inscription in Greek on the outside wall of the Mosque that reads, “Your kingdom, oh Christ, is an everlasting kingdom.” Alhamdulillah!
The inside of the Umayyad Mosque
A shrine containing Hussein’s (not Saddam) head. Hussein was the grandson of Muhammad and a Shi’ite hero and there were tons of Iranians there mourning the anniversary of his beheading. They were wailing and weeping loudly.
Another view of the courtyard
An HDR of the interior
The outer wall
A daylight view of the Umayyad Mosque; that’s not dirt on my lens, it’s birds.
A night-time view of the mosque courtyard
The Umayyad foyer at night
This is one of my favorite night shots of the Umayyad
The outer wall of Umayyad
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