samira - day 5

12th February 2007

ok so today we woke up early as usual and got ready to go to the grand mosque in oman, my first impressions of the mosque … it was absolutely beautiful the architecture on the building and on the inside was so detailed i was amazed…we were guided by a man called shaikh khalfan who gave us a tour of the mosque and expained some of the things which make islam the religion it is… I would never have thought that this man was such a joker he made learning about islam interesting and humourous…after the talk we were put in pairs and had to walkaround the mosque and find interesting things to draw..the girl I worked with didn’t speak english but I thought that made it more interesting as we were connecting our thoughts and ideas througjh the power of art…I really enjoyed the day as it was a time to reflect our thoughts and ideas of what oman was like compared to the previous days in dubai..it definately is a change of scenery..but I think oman is more spacious and just as beautiful as dubai…..x

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