#bc having both a 'palestine' and 'palestinian' tag is too much to keep track of. i do this with other things too (like my 'armenia' tag)

[leroibobo]

abu darwish mosque in amman, jordan. after being expelled from their homes by the circassian genocide throughout the 19th century, circassians fled or were deported en masse to the then-ottoman empire's territories in the middle east. jordan's circassian community in the mid-20th century was small but held their own - circassian immigrant mustafa hassan commissioned this mosque in 1961.

most of the construction was done by palestinians from the former village of ayn karim, and the mosque is located in the ashrafiyah neighborhood, a generally palestinian area of the city. after the 1948 nakba, many palestinian refugees settled in ashrafiyah, living in tents.

#jordan #circassian #palestine #architecture #interior #worship #muslim #my posts #pretty fucked up that im posting something that was made in the 20th century on this blog but hey what can ya do #also the way i tag things is like if something is palestinian or associated w/ palestinian history/people it goes under the 'palestine' tag #bc having both a 'palestine' and 'palestinian' tag is too much to keep track of. i do this with other things too (like my 'armenia' tag) #im not pulling a 'palestine and jordan are basically the same country' here i promise