Book By Elie Podeh from the Cambridge University Press,
" The Politics of National Celebrations in the Arab Middle East " mentioning Umm al-Ma'arik on Page 144.[1]
The huge blue-and-white mosque, completed in April 2002 in time for Saddam's birthday, is replete with references to the war and Saddam. Umm al-Ma'arik is translated by Iraqis as the Mother of All Battles mosque, Saddam's description of the 1991 Gulf war.
One of the most remarkable links with Saddam can be found inside the mosque, where 605 pages of the Quran are laid out in glass cases.
The custodian said the entire text was written in Saddam's blood, which had been mixed with ink and preservatives, producing a red and brown colour with a tinge of blue. "He dedicated 24 litres of blood over three years," Mr Alani said. The calligraphy was the work of an Iraqi artist, Abas al-Baghadi.[2]
Book By Elie Podeh from the Cambridge University Press,
" The Politics of National Celebrations in the Arab Middle East " mentioning Umm al-Ma'arik on Page 144.[1]
The huge blue-and-white mosque, completed in April 2002 in time for Saddam's birthday, is replete with references to the war and Saddam. Umm al-Ma'arik is translated by Iraqis as the Mother of All Battles mosque, Saddam's description of the 1991 Gulf war.
One of the most remarkable links with Saddam can be found inside the mosque, where 605 pages of the Quran are laid out in glass cases.
The custodian said the entire text was written in Saddam's blood, which had been mixed with ink and preservatives, producing a red and brown colour with a tinge of blue. "He dedicated 24 litres of blood over three years," Mr Alani said. The calligraphy was the work of an Iraqi artist, Abas al-Baghadi.[2]
References:
1)https://books.google.com.pk/books?id=PLuDr_TWOEoC&pg=PA144&lpg=PA144&dq=Umm+al-Ma%27arik+in+Iraqi+News+paper&source=bl&ots=YPeuWGXGfC&sig=ACfU3U0UanBnKfJ97mHhPfv6CfFmwCJQ0A&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjQ28uM9qT3AhUMO8AKHakJApwQ6AF6BAgXEAM#v=onepage&q=Umm%20al-Ma'arik%20in%20Iraqi%20News%20paper&f=false
2)https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/may/17/iraq.ewenmacaskill
Jazakallahu Khairun. I've been looking for this reference for a long time.
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