Bab as-Saghir - the southern gates of the city The old city of Damascus was always surrounded by extensive...
Heritage Sites
MOUNT QĀSIYŪN
This is a mountain that overlooks the city of Damascus. The slopes of this renowned mountain are the home to many a...
KHAYBAR
Khaybar is an oasis approximately 150km north of Madinah. It is divided into two main areas with a combined total of...
MUSJID AL-AQSA
Musjid al-Aqsa is no ordinary Musjid. Its precincts have been sanctified and its blessedness has been explicitly...
THE MARWANI MUSJID
This is a large underground Musjid along the southern wall of the Haram which links up to the ‘Old Musjid al-Aqsa’. It...
THE DOME OF THE ROCK
The spectacular, gold-crowned Dome of the Rock is commonly mistaken as the al-Aqsa Musjid due to it being the most...
MUSJID AL-BURAQ
Musjid Al-Buraq is situated in the southwest corner of the Al Aqsa compound. The Buraq is the magnificent animal that...
THE GOLDEN GATE
This is an ancient historical door in the Eastern Wall of Musjid al Aqsa. The Gate’s two vaulted halls lead to Bab...
MOUNT OF OLIVES – BAB AL-RAHMAH CEMETERY
To visit the famous Muslim Cemetery of Bab al-Rahma in Jerusalem, I took a path which descends into the Kidron Valley...