Hassan Bek Mosque, Ottoman mosque in Manshiah district, Tel Aviv, Israel
Hassan Bek Mosque is an Islamic mosque on Ha'Yarkon Street in Tel Aviv, sitting between the Mediterranean Sea and the modern city buildings. Its facades are made of white limestone with narrow piers, and the tall minaret makes it easy to spot from the nearby beachfront.
The mosque was built in 1916 under the Ottoman governor Hassan Bek, who gave it his name, and it stood at the northern edge of Jaffa. After the 1948 war, the minaret was demolished and later rebuilt with funding from Jordan and Saudi Arabia.
The mosque is an active place of prayer for Muslims from Jaffa, and you can see worshippers arriving at different times of day. Its presence in this part of Tel Aviv makes it a visible sign of the Arab community that has long been part of this city.
The mosque is easy to reach on foot from the beachfront, and the area around it is part of a walkable stretch along the coast. If you want to look inside, it is best to go outside of prayer times and to wear clothing that covers your shoulders and knees.
The current minaret is roughly twice as tall as the one that originally stood here, because the rebuilt version was made much taller than the original. This means the tower you see today looks quite different from what was here before 1948.
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