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

Other major landmarks of Mosul have also been restored - that wriggling minaret of al-Hadba, the Dominican al-Saa'a Convent and the complex of Al-Nouri mosque.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2025

The minaret of a mosque was tilting to one side.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 4, 2023

"To distinguish the Ottoman mosques, the minaret is usually pencil-shaped," said Mostafa Waziri, head of the Supreme Council of Antiquities.

From Reuters • Sep. 17, 2023

We were so busy, I barely noticed the call to evening prayers from the minaret in the distance or the sun setting outside our window.

From "Amal Unbound" by Aisha Saeed