The UAE is home to more than 9,000 mosques of all shapes and sizes, each with its own unique story. While some, like the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, have become global landmarks, others, such as Al Bidiya Mosque in Fujairah, built in 1446, have become an intrinsic part of the country’s history.
Meanwhile, mosques such as The Musalla in Abu Dhabi’s Al Hosn site and The Mosque of Light in Dubai have won global architectural awards and praise.
This Ramadan, two of the The National‘s photographers embarked on a project to capture a time-lapse of some of the UAE’s mosques at sunset.
While these…
