Draft:Al-Fattah al-Aleem Mosque

The al-Fattah al-Aleem Mosque (Arabic: مَسجِد الفَتّاح العَليم, romanized: masjid al-fattāḥ al-ʿalīm) is a new mega mosque located in the New Administrative Capital in Egypt. The mosque is located on the New Middle Ring Road and is considered to be the second biggest mosque in Egypt with a capacity of 17,000 persons overall distributed over: 6,500 ground floor ( Main Court ), 1200 first floor ( Ladies' Chapel ), 7,000 outdoors area and 2,000 mini mosques.

The Mosque also includes 2 buildings that include 7 event halls, located on both sides of the mosque, with a capacity of 2440 persons. The mosque is distinguished being the most important mosque in the Administrative Capital and was opened in conjunction with the Cathedral of Nativity of Christ which is the largest cathedral in the Middle East.

President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, and Mahmoud Abbas, President of the State of Palestine, opened the ceremony. The mosque on January 6, 2019, on the occasion of the opening of the Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ in the Administrative Capital. The first Friday prayer was held there on January 11, 2019, and Sheikh Osama Al-Azhari delivered the sermon.

Architecture

Entrances

The mosque has 6 entrances and 2 side entrances to the ladies' chapel on the first floor, The 6 entrances are located on the facade of the mosques with pishtaqs in front of them with the central entrance being slightly bigger than the ones on each side. The middle entrance has 3 horse shoe arches supported by 4 engaged columns while the smaller entrances has 2 horseshoe arches supported by 3 engaged columns. The side entrances each have a small, white dome on top of them while the middle entrance does not. The middle entrances has writings on the outside wall with the name of the mosque written in Arabic in Kufic style.

The doors to the mosque are made out of wood and are recessed into the wall. Each door has 2 engaged columns, a pointed arch, stained glass above and a wooden panel with a design and calligraphic writing in gold.

Domes

There is at total of 21 domes all around the top of the mosque with different heights and diameters but all having the same outer design.

Central Dome:

The central dome is the biggest of the 21 domes with a diameter of 33m and an internal height of 28m. It has an octagonal base and a crescent erected in its centre. This dome is considered to be the largest in Egypt and Africa.

Secondary Domes

There are 4 smaller domes surrounding the central dome on top of the mosque all sharing the same size. Each of these domes has a diameter of 11.75m and an internal height of 10.25m. Unlike the central dome, these domes do not have an octagonal base.

Entrance Domes

There are 6 smaller domes found above the entrances of the mosque with 2 being found over the side pishtaq entrances and each of the other 4 on top the event halls' entrances.

Smaller Domes

10 domes found along the roof of the mosque with each being 5m diameter, 3.10m height and a total solid height 15m from the bottom.

Minarets

There is a total of 4 minarets around the mosque with 2 at the front and 2 at the back of the mosque. Each of the minarets is 95 meters heigh which is equivalent to 31 floors and is equipped with 4 balconies. The style of the minarets is inspired by the fatimid style and is made of 4 tiers. On top of the minarets are stainless steel crescents treated with PVD to have a bright golden golden colour with each having a height of 4.5m.

Interior Design

On the inside, there are 8 pillars with 4 engaged columns on each of them creating an octagonal area in the middle of the masjid. in the middle of the octagonal area is a chandelier that hangs from the ceiling by many thin chains. The ceiling itself has a dome with engravings. The dome is surrounded by a 6 sided star that extends each side of the octagonal area with glass mosaic decoration. The ground is stretched in a blue and gold striped carpet which are one of the main colours used through out the entire masjid. The walls and columns are made out of white marble with stucco along the walls. between the wall and the ceiling are sections of black marble with a gold frame containing calligraphy writings of Qur'anic script written in gold.

Contractors Implementing Al-Fattah Al-Aleem Mosque

Arab Contractors: Mosque, Minarets, wall and facilities

Ali Hamama: Woodwork

Hassan Allam Sons: Roads

Oriental weavers: Carpets

Asfour Crystal: Chandeliers

Express: Planting and Landscaping

Cost

The estimated cost of the mosque, which was opened last January, at the beginning of its construction along with the Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ, was about 400 million pounds, equivalent to 200 million pounds each.

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