Arab culture
Qa’a room
The Qa'a is a roofed reception room found in the domestic architecture of affluent residences of the Islamic world. It…
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Harem
Harem (Arabic: حريم ḥarīm, "a sacred inviolable place; harem; female members of the family"), also known as zenana in South…
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Mashrabiya
A mashrabiya (Arabic: مشربية), also either shanshūl (شنشول) or rūshān (روشان), is a type of projecting oriel window enclosed with…
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Influences of Islamic architecture
Islamic architecture encompasses a wide range of both secular and religious styles from the early history of Islam to the…
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