Gamal Abdel Nasser Mosque
Also known as: Gamal Abdel Nasser Mosque
mosque in Cairo, Egypt
Key facts
- Built
- 1962
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Overview
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The Gamal Abdel Nasser Mosque stands in the Hadayek El Kobba area of Cairo, on Al Khalifa Al Ma'moun Street. It is also known as the Kobri El Qubba Charitable Mosque. It lies close to the Egyptian Ministry of Defence building and Ain Shams University. The mosque is best known for containing the mausoleum of the late Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser, and it was fitted out in a modern Arab style.
History
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Work on the mosque began in 1962. The land had been granted by the state to the Kobri El Qubba Charitable Society for a symbolic rent of one Egyptian pound per year.
In 1965 Nasser ordered the project to be completed at the state's expense, and he oversaw its preparation and furnishing. The construction cost exceeded 300,000 Egyptian pounds.
From Wikipedia
The Gamal Abdel Nasser Mosque (Arabic: مسجد جمال عبد الناصر, romanized: Masjid Jamāl ʻAbd al-Nāṣir) is a mosque in Cairo, Egypt. The mosque is known for containing the mausoleum of Gamal Abdel Nasser.
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Sources
Wikipedia (ar): https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B5%D8%B1_(%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A9)
Wikipedia (en): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamal_Abdel_Nasser_Mosque
Wikipedia (ur): https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B5%D8%B1