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Sadly, Aqaba itself <a href="/2016/10/aqaba-dirty-disappointing/">isn’t much to write home about</a>.</p> <p></p> <p>Originally built in 1975, the mosque was refurbished in 2010 as part of a larger <a href="http://www.marsazayed.com/">effort to revitalize the Red Sea port city</a> and was modeled after the <a href="http://www.szgmc.gov.ae/en/">Sheikh Zayed Grand mosque</a> in Abu Dhabi.</p> <h4>Translations</h4> <ul> <li> <a href="https://picturingjordan.com/bg/2016/10/sheikh-zayed-mosque-pearl-aqaba/">bg: Джамията „Шейх Зайед“: Перлата на Акаба</a> </li> </ul> <hr> <footer> <section> <h4>Share</h4> <nav class="nav sharing-icons"> <a class="nav-item" href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3a%2f%2fpicturingjordan.com%2f2016%2f10%2fsheikh-zayed-mosque-pearl-aqaba%2f" title="Share on Facebook"><span class="fa fa-facebook fa-2x" aria-hidden="true"></span></a> <a class="nav-item" href="https://plus.google.com/share?url=https%3a%2f%2fpicturingjordan.com%2f2016%2f10%2fsheikh-zayed-mosque-pearl-aqaba%2f" title="Share on Google+"><span class="fa fa-google-plus fa-2x" aria-hidden="true"></span></a> <a class="nav-item" href="https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3a%2f%2fpicturingjordan.com%2f2016%2f10%2fsheikh-zayed-mosque-pearl-aqaba%2f" title="Share on LinkedIn"><span class="fa fa-linkedin fa-2x" aria-hidden="true"></span></a> <a class="nav-item" href="https://twitter.com/home?status=https%3a%2f%2fpicturingjordan.com%2f2016%2f10%2fsheikh-zayed-mosque-pearl-aqaba%2f" title="Tweet this"><span class="fa fa-twitter fa-2x"></span></a> </nav> </section> </footer> </article> </div> <!-- /.blog-main --> <aside class="col-sm-3 offset-sm-1 blog-sidebar"> <section class="sidebar-module sidebar-module-inset"> <h4>About</h4> <p><em>Picturing Jordan</em>, sharing Jordan with the world — one picture at a time.<br><br><a href="/about">Read more →</a></p> </section> <section class="sidebar-module"> <h4>Recent Posts</h4> <ol class="list-unstyled"> <li><a href="/2017/04/greco-roman-ruins-jerash/">Greco–Roman Ruins in Jerash</a></li> <li><a href="/2017/03/lose-yourself-wadi-rum/">Lose Yourself in Wadi Rum</a></li> <li><a href="/2017/02/sleep-chalet-dead-sea/">Sleep in a Chalet at the Dead Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/2017/01/dome-of-the-rock/">The Dome of the Rock</a></li> <li><a href="/2016/12/grandeur-petra/">The Grandeur of Petra</a></li> </ol> </section> <section class="sidebar-module"> <h4>Links</h4> <ol class="list-unstyled"> <li><a href="https://alaninkenya.org">Alan in Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="https://englishbulgaria.net">English Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="https://mjanja.ch">Mjanja Tech</a></li> </ol> </section> </aside> </div> <!-- /.row --> </div> <!-- /.container --> <footer class="blog-footer"> <p> Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a <a rel='license' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/'>Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license</a>. </p> <p> <a href="#">Back to top</a> </p> </footer> </body> </html>