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Old July 23rd, 2011, 01:01 AM   #8841
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Is there another large tower going up on the other side of the Kaaba? Looks like a very large construction site.
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Old July 23rd, 2011, 07:10 AM   #8842
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Is there another large tower going up on the other side of the Kaaba? Looks like a very large construction site.
it's the Grand Mosque expansion work
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Old July 23rd, 2011, 10:35 AM   #8843
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I'd love to visit Mecca some day This building is truly amazing
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Old July 23rd, 2011, 11:00 AM   #8844
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Old July 23rd, 2011, 11:05 AM   #8845
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Old July 23rd, 2011, 12:57 PM   #8846
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the gold seems to be nearly finished looks very nice.
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Old July 23rd, 2011, 02:32 PM   #8847
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Nice pics! Thanks For you
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Old July 23rd, 2011, 02:33 PM   #8848
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Great pic by Youssef Ahmed!
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Old July 23rd, 2011, 03:33 PM   #8849
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Old July 23rd, 2011, 04:10 PM   #8850
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Told you the holes were for lights.
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Old July 23rd, 2011, 04:13 PM   #8851
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^ Please stop quoting images from the very same page and commenting them with fractions of sentences Makkawi, thank you.


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Old July 23rd, 2011, 05:03 PM   #8852
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Told you the holes were for lights.
Yah... it looks like they installed bulbs all over the crescent!


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Old July 23rd, 2011, 05:42 PM   #8853
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Yah... it looks like they installed bulbs all over the crescent!

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hoping to see them announce ramazan with those lights
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Old July 23rd, 2011, 07:15 PM   #8854
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this picture looks like from a film /something between sci fi and historical

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Old July 23rd, 2011, 10:34 PM   #8855
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Deleted several posts of trolls in here.


Damn, this becomes tidious. Perhaps we should only allow update posts for such big threads...
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Old July 23rd, 2011, 11:07 PM   #8856
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Old July 23rd, 2011, 11:28 PM   #8857
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Old July 24th, 2011, 12:38 AM   #8858
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التجربة الأولى لإضاءة المنارة

The first experiment for the lighthouse lighting

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Old July 24th, 2011, 01:26 AM   #8859
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it will never be as iconic as big Ben .
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Old July 24th, 2011, 02:25 AM   #8860
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I think with time that might change.

I'm not a big fan of the green crescent, though I understand why it is that colour. There's just too much green on this beast already.
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