Photo: "Madrasa Bin Yousif Tile" by Khalid Albaih via Flickr (CC BY 2.0) - holy mosaic tiles

Prayers in Public: Holy mosaic tiles

Photo: “Madrasa Bin Yousif Tile” by Khalid Albaih via Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

Photo: "Madrasa Bin Yousif Tile" by Khalid Albaih via Flickr (CC BY 2.0) - holy mosaic tiles

Kristin and I visited Granada and Córdoba a year or so ago and fell in love with Islamic art generally and the tradition of colorful mosaic tiles in particular. I love this corner shot from a former madrasa in Morocco, according to the photographer “one of the largest theological colleges in North Africa.”

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