Al Arish Mosque - Qatar
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Torgut
N 26° 03.066 E 051° 03.397
39R E 505663 N 2881344
Al Arish is a ghost village and asin all Qatari villages there was a mosque.
Waymark Code: WM19VXB
Location: Qatar
Date Posted: 04/21/2024
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Al Arish is one of the coastal villages which were abandoned due to the collapse of the old ways of living. Traditionally these communities lived from picking oysters. However, more aggressive providers - like Japan - caused problems. Fortunately for Qatar when things looked really miserable oil was found and... that's a well known story.
So nowadays it's possible to roam what's left of this village and the mosque is now as before the most important sight. The minaret remains, proudly challenge time and lack of maintenance although some kind of intervention may had happened. Some of the walls of the mosque also survived.
Type: Former mosque
Address: Not listed
Website reference (required if no minaret or 2nd photo): Not listed
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Visit Instructions:
Posting a photo of your visit is strongly encouraged but not required. There is NO requirement that you enter inside the mosque as some mosques may not allow this. Please refrain from taking pictures inside the mosque if it is not permitted by the management and generally have respect for the reliqious nature of the site.
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