Middle East

Explore

Discover Islamic heritage sites and Places of interest. Select a continent or country from the All Countries dropdown menu, then you may refine your search by category. To search for a particular keyword or title, use the search page, available from the top menu. Heritage sites (older than ~60 years) are displayed with a shaded background.

THE QUR’AN FACTORY, MADINAH

The King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Qur’an is a printing plant located in Madinah. It was established in 1984 by king Fahd, the king of Saudi Arabia at the time.

BĀB AS-SAGHĪR CEMETERY

Syria

ENTRANCE TO BĀB AS-SAGHĪR CEMETERYGRAVES AT BĀB AS-SAGHĪR CEMETERYGet Directions How to get here: The graveyard is a...

AZ-ZAHIRIYAH LIBRARY

Syria

AZ-ZAHIRIYAH LIBRARYAZ-ZAHIRIYAH LIBRARY INTERIORGet Directions How to get here: Located to the North-West of the...

DARUL HADITH ASHRAFIYYA

Syria

DARUL HADITH ASHRAFIYYAGet Directions How to get here: Just a 4 minute walk from the Umawi Musjid in the direction of...

CITADEL

Jordan

CITADEL WALLSSTATUE OF SALAH AD-DIN INFRONT OF THE CITADELTHE NORTHERN WALL OF THE CITADELGet Directions How to get...

SOUK AL-HAMIDIYAH

Syria

SOUK AL-HAMIDIYAHGet Directions How to get here: The souk begins on the main road of the old city – Al Thawra Street –...

GRAVE OF SALAH AL-DIN IBN AYYUB RA

Syria

GRAVE OF SALAH AL-DIN IBN AYYUB RAINTERIOR OF THE GRAVE OF SALAH AL-DIN IBN AYYUB RAGet Directions How to get here:...

THE UMAYYAD GRAND MOSQUE, SYRIA

Syria

The Umawi MusjidThe courtyard of the MusjidThe interior of the Umawi MusjidStructure within the courtyardBeautiful...

OLD CITY OF SAN’Â

Syria

‘The Manhattan of the Desert’ as its known is an ancient fortified village about half an hour away from the town of...

SHIBÂM HADHRAMAUT

Yemen

‘The Manhattan of the Desert’ as its known is an ancient fortified village about half an hour away from the town of...