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Yemen to celebrate Tarim as Islamic Culture Capital for 2010

Global Arab Network - - Sarah Khan

Monday, 07 December 2009 13:28

Mr Najib Rhiati, ISESCO Director for Culture and Communication, arrived today in Sanaa , Yemen , to discuss with officials of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Yemen preparatory steps for the celebration of the city of Tarim as the Arab Region’s Islamic Culture Capital for 2010.

ISESCO Culture and Communication Director will also examine with Yemeni officials a set of the Organization’s proposals concerning the celebration festivities.

Tarim is a historic town situated in the Hadhramaut Valley of South Yemen, South Arabia. Tarim is widely acknowledged as the theological, juridical, and academic center of the Hadhramaut Valley. An important locus of Islamic learning, it is estimated to contain the highest concentration of descendants of the Islamic prophet Muhammad (sayyids) anywhere in the world.

The city is distinguished for producing numerous Islamic scholars, including Imam al-Haddad. Additionally, Tarim is also home to Dar al-Mustafa, a well-known educational institute for the study of traditional Islamic Sciences.

Geographically and socially varied, Tarim’s diversity can be traced through the cultural interactions and hybrid architectural fabrics of various regions. Foreign styles and ornamental features entered Yemen as typological and aesthetic changes. In this way Tarimi architectural history represents a dialogue between cultures both within and outside of the modern nation.

It is estimated that Tarim contains up to 365 masājid (mosques); one, the Sirjis mosque, dates back to the seventh century. From the 17th to the 19th century, these mosques played a decisive role on the influence of Islamic scholarship in the area.
Tarim’s famous al-Muhdar mosque is crowned by a 46-meter-high mud minaret (150 ft), the highest in Yemen. The minaret was designed by the local poets Abu Bakr bin Shihab and Alawi Al Mash’hūr. Completed in 1914, the al-Muhdar mosque is named in honor of Omar Al-Muhdar, a Muslim leader who lived in the city during the 15th century. Photo source: Jialiang Gao (peace-on-earth)

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