Look: President of Israel visits Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi

He was accompanied by First Girl Michal Herzog

Israeli President Isaac Herzog visited the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, as a part of his official go to to the UAE.

He was accompanied by First Girl Michal Herzog; Mohammed Al Khaja, the UAE’s ambassador to Israel; Amir Hayek, Israeli Ambassador to the UAE; and several other senior Israeli officers.

Dr Yousif Al Obaidli, Director-Common of Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Centre, accompanied the Israeli President and accompanying delegation on a tour of the mosque’s halls and exterior corridors.

Throughout the tour, they have been briefed by one of many Centre’s cultural tour specialists about Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque’s noble message that underscores notions of coexistence, tolerance, and openness to the cultures, emanating from the nation’s late founder’s wealthy legacy.

In addition they discovered concerning the mosque’s historical past, elements, and aesthetic options of Islamic artwork and structure that manifest in each nook of this grand edifice, which create a mesmerising fusion of assorted architectural kinds from totally different eras reflecting commonalities amongst cultures and uniting the world via artwork.

On the finish of the go to, the visitor was offered with two of the Centre’s distinctive publications.

The primary titled “Areas of Gentle” showcasing the profitable images within the “Areas of Gentle” pictures award, yearly organised by the Centre in celebration of the scenic aesthetics and visible tradition of the mosque, and one other copy of a e book titled “Homes of God” about locations of worship within the Islamic historical past, together with the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque.