Thursday, May 7, 2009
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Beit Al Qur'an Part 1 - The Building
Today's shot is Beit Al Qur'an (in Arabic: بيت القرآن) which means the House of Qur'an in Arabic. It is an Islamic museum at Hoora, Manama.
The House of the Qur'an was built to accommodate a comprehensive and valuable collection of the Qur'an and rare manuscripts, a concept which is unique in the Persian Gulf. All visitors are welcome, and the complex comprises a mosque, a library, an auditorium, a school and museum consisting of ten exhibition halls.
This great institution and its museum house an internationally celebrated collection of historic Quranic manuscripts from various parts of the Islamic world, from China in the East to Spain in the West, representing a progression of calligraphic traditions from the first century of the Islamic era to the present day.
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