Nanny and Papa in Dubai: Nanny and Papa Visit a Mosque

Although there are many Mosques in Dubai (several within earshot as I know from the early morning Call to Prayer), there are only a few public Mosques in the country.  The most beautiful public Mosque is the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi.  Of course, we had to visit!

We had to wear traditional conservative dress in order to enter the Mosque.

We all had our names written in Arabic.  Shana's name is being written.

The entrance to the Mosque.

This clock lists all of the times that Muslim's must pray each day.

Inside the mosque.  Isn't it stunning?

Papa in front of all of the names of Allah.

The Quran.

The carpet throughout the Mosque.  This is the world's largest hand-knotted carpet.

Standing outside the Mosque with our names written in Arabic.

Loved this balloon Arabic couple!

Mosque

There are only two Mosques in the city that are open to the public.  Dubai American Academy took all of the new teachers to one of them for an open discussion on living in Dubai, which included talks about food, clothing, multiple wives (yes, you can have four wives in the UAE), and religion.  

This is a picture of Ripley and I sitting outside the Mosque looking at planes flying overhead!