The People's Mosque In Yemen 2020

SANA'A, YEMEN - APRIL 05: A view of the Saleh Mosque, named recently "People's Mosque" On April 05, 2020 in Sana'a, Yemen. The Saleh Mosque or Al Saleh Mosque is the largest and most modern mosque in Sana’a and lies in the southern outskirts of the city. The Saleh Mosque which cost nearly US$60 million to construct was inaugurated in November 2008 by Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, it is named in his honor. Following the split and fighting erupted between the Houthi-Saleh in early December 2017 that concluded with the death of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, the Houthi-led authorities decided to rename the mosque from "Al Saleh Mosque" to "The People's Mosque". The mosque, 27,300 square metres (294,000 sq ft) in size has wooden roofs and seven ornate domes. There are five domes in the main roof, the main dome measuring 27.4 meters (90 ft) in diameter with a height of 39.6 meters (130 ft) above the mosque's roof. The other four domes measure 15.6 meters (51 ft) with height of 20.35 meters (66.8 ft) above the roof level of the mosque. Windows fitted with stained glass are locally referred to as qamariyah. The mosque has four of the six minarets are 160 meters (520 ft) in height. (Photo by Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images)