Word: minarets
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...Doha Mosque in Bethlehem last week, the imam broadcast a blaring message through the loudspeakers on the minaret: "We are all Osama bin Laden." Washington has a tough job to turn down the volume. - With Reporting by Aharon Klein/Jerusalem and Jamil Hamad/A-Ram
...alleys and domed markets in the old city. Be prepared for spontaneous invitations to a wedding or to share a cup of tea. The city's architectural wonders include the giant ramparts of the fortress known as the Ark, the banded patterns of the dizzying 47-m high Kalan minaret and the delicate brickwork of the Ismail Samani Mausoleum. They were among the few structures to survive Genghis Khan's passing. From the minaret, the Mongol chieftain ordered the destruction of everything around him, declaring: "I am God's punishment for your sins." The crumbling Ark (entry...
...Khiva. Although not a Silk Road city, from the 16th to 18th centuries it prospered from trade with Russia and as a slave market. Today the infamous oasis is preserved almost as a ghost town within the confines of its walls. Turquoise tiles dazzle from the incomplete Kalta Minor minaret. The twin turrets of the West Gate are breathtaking, as is the all-encompassing view from the Khan's Kunya Ark. Tour the bazaar outside the eastern wall: until 1873 thousands of slaves?Russians, Kurds and Persians?were sold at the pens by the Eastern Gate. Stay at the Hotel...