minaret

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To reach Ghorjomi mosque, one of the biggest, we drove up hairpin mountain lanes, edged with blue hydrangeas, until we spotted the minaret.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

In the video, verified by the BBC, much of the Great Omari Mosque appears to be reduced to rubble, with only its minaret still intact.

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2023

The minaret of a mosque was tilting to one side.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 4, 2023

The earthquake just over a week ago maimed a six-century-old mosque in one Amizmiz's oldest neighbourhoods, taking a bite out of the pinky brown minaret.

From BBC • Sep. 17, 2023

“Do you know that a long time ago a man fell from this minaret but was not harmed?”

From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat