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Sanaa, Yemen

This photo captures a new mosque in Sanaa that was recently finished. It is built in traditional Yemeni way and is beautiful new addition to the capital. Yemen being the poorest country in the Arab world, has inaugurated this new mosque big enough for 40,000 worshippers in its capital, Sana’a in November 2008. The building is named after the country’s long-serving president, Ali Abdullah Saleh. It cost $60m to build.

Sana, San’a, Sanaa, or Sana’a - capital of Yemen and one of the most facinating in the Arab world with it’s unique architecture, bustling souqs, friendly inhabitants and lack of tourists. Sana’a is one of the ancient Yemen cities dating date back to the Sabean dynasty. The oldest reference to its existence is found in inscriptions dates back to the late the 1st Century AD. The inscriptions also refer to the historical Palace of Ghamdan associated with Salheen Palace in Marib . This suggested that Sana’a was the capital of the Himyrate dynasty at the onset of the 6th century AD when king Yousef Athar Dhu Nawas the last of the Himyarite kings was in power . It was also the capital of the Abyssinian rules and after them the Persians who also made Sana’a their capital.

Yemen - New skyline of Sanaa (via © Lucie’s Photography / www.luciedebelkova.com)