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 one recording, a song about banishing darkness, associated with the current Jewish festival of Hanukkah, is heard sung in Hebrew through a loudspeaker in a minaret.
From BBC • Dec. 14, 2023
We have verified its location using visual clues such as the minaret of the Grand Mosque in Khan Younis.
From BBC • Oct. 31, 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
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