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18-SEP-2011

Ankara september 2011 9086.jpg

The mihrab of the Hacı Bayram Camii.

Mihrab = a semicircular niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the direction of the Kaaba in Mecca and hence the direction that Muslims should face when praying. The wall in which a mihrab appears is the "qibla wall."

Correspondent: J.M.Criel, Antwerpen.

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