Number Six - Check

Today I give you a photo-heavy, word-light post on number six on my Doha Countdown list. Last Wednesday evening I had the opportunity to tour the Imam Mohammed bin Abdulwahhab Mosque in Doha, also known as Qatar's State Mosque. It accommodates 30,000 for prayer, though our guide admitted attendance rarely approached that number. We saw the library, ablution area and the prayer area.

After a demonstration of the ablution ritual, we women had to prepare to enter the prayer area. Though I said I would not don the garb of the region, in order to enter this space, each of us received (our very own!) black abaya and head scarf. Though really quite comfortable, I confess that I felt quite awkward having to cover up. Yes, that is me in my abaya in one of the photos of the prayer area. I know I am quite small there, but it does give a sense of the immensity of the room.

Doha and the People Who Build It

JZog in Mosque Courtyard with West Bay Background

Inner Courtyard

In the Daylight

Inside the Prayer Area

When in Rome . . .

In the Night Light

Time passes quickly, and in just over four weeks I will make a trip Stateside for a conference in California. I fill my days with writing the dissertation and applying to jobs for next fall, which leaves little time for anything else. Usually I manage to carve out enough in my day for a swim or yoga, but, as tends to happen with me, my plate has become piled, though this semester with the steak and potatoes kind of stuff. Mmmm, steak . . . 

XO,

JZog