Designed by the Egyptian architect Fouad Tawfik Hafez, the Al-Sahaba Mosque is a stone structure in three different styles that are Ottoman, Fatimid, and Mamluk. The mosque consists of two floors, the first reserved for men and the second for women. There is also a library on the second floor. It is located in a small town called Sharm El Sheikh, bordering the Red Sea which creates a lovely view.
The construction started over the ruins remaining from the Israeli Occupation in 2011, and it took six years to complete. Hafez took inspiration from the Ottoman mosque of Muhammad Ali in Cairo while designing the copper-colored domes. The “Muqarnas” on the minarets as well as the use of golden color indoors, on the other hand, come from the Mamluk architecture. Moreover, the “Al-Sahaba Alley” inside the mosque is a simulation of the “Al-Madaq Alley” which is a place in Fatimid Cairo.
The Al-Sahaba Mosque comprises two minarets reaching 76 meters high, and several domes. It takes its name from the companions (sahaba) of the Prophet, and their names decorate the pillars of the mosque. Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq comes first, then it continues as Omar bin Al-Khattab, Othman bin Affan, Ali bin Abi Talib, Ammar bin Yasser, and others.
