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1. Arabesque

Islamic art/geometric patterns that are repeated

over and over

2. Calligraphy

The art of beautiful handwriting

3. Hajj

A pilgrimage to Mecca, performed as a duty by

Muslims

4. Iwan

in Islamic architecture, a vaulted rectangular

recess opening onto a courtyard

5. Jali

perforated ornamental stone screens in Islamic

art

6. Kufic

an ornamental, angular Arabic script

7. Mausoleum

a huge tomb

8. Mecca

City in western Arabia; birthplace of the Prophet

Muhammad, and ritual center of the Islamic

religion.

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9. Medina

City in western Arabia to which the Prophet

Muhammad and his followers emigrated in 622 to

escape persecution in Mecca.

10. Mihrab

(Islam) a niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates

the direction of Mecca

11. Minaret

the tower attached to a mosque from which the

muezzin, or crier, calls the faithful to prayer five

times a day

12. Minbar

in a mosque, the pulpit on which the imam

stands from which sermons are given

13. Mosque

A Muslim place of worship

14. Muezzin

the Muslim official of a mosque who summons

the faithful to prayer from a minaret five times a

day

15. Muhammed

The prophet and founder of Islam

16. Murqarna

stucco decorations of islamic buildings in which

stalactite like forms break a structures solidity

17. Pyxis

pottery; cylinder box; storing perfumes or

jewelry;

18. Qiblah

The direction toward Mecca; the direction toward

which Muslims pray.

19. Qur'an

Book composed of divine revelations made to

the Prophet Muhammad between ca. 610 and

his death in 632; the sacred text of the religion

of Islam.

20. Tesselation

is a repeating pattern of fundamental regions

that completely covers a plane, without gaps or

overlaps

21. Voussoir

wedge-shaped stone building block used in

constructing an arch or vault