The Third International Seminar on Mosque Architecture in Partnership with Abdullatif Alfozan Award
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The BA Center for Islamic Civilization Studies, in partnership with Abdullatif Alfozan Award for Mosque Architecture in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, is organizing the third International Seminar on Mosque Architecture entitled: "The Evolution of Minaret Architecture in Mosques: Origins, Function, and Identity: Future Visions" on Wednesday and Thursday 27−28 August 2025, from 10:00 am − 7:00 pm at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina Conference Center, Delegates Hall.
Researchers from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Jordan, Syria, Yemen, Spain, and Turkey will participate in the seminar. The topics include Minaret Architecture: minarets of mosques awarded the Abdul Latif Alfozan Award for Mosque Architecture; the minaret in mosque architecture: symbol, function, and future; the aesthetic visual formation of the Islamic city applied to the minaret; design standards for the twenty-first-century minaret; minarets: numerical and planning relationship; the minaret as a renewed symbol between the sanctity of the past and future needs; mosques without minarets in contemporary architecture; the necessity of the minaret in contemporary mosque design; European minarets from Thessaloniki to Switzerland; the evolution of the Ottoman minaret in Cairo’s religious architecture in terms of location, form, and decoration; the aesthetic visual formation of the Islamic city applied to the minaret; Moroccan-Andalusian influences in Egyptian minaret architecture; Mughal-Indian minaret architecture: religious, functional, and symbolic dimensions; early minaret architecture remaining in Central Asia; the influence of non-traditional minarets in Western Europe from the 16th- 18th centuries; the political employment of minarets in Egypt from the Ottoman era until the end of Muhammad Ali’s dynasty; and early Umayyad minarets in Andalusia.
Within the framework of the seminar activities, a workshop will be held for students of architecture, archaeology, and arts entitled "Design and Architecture of Mosques: Future Visions."