Ben Farès Mosque Explained
The Ben Farès Mosque, also known as Djamaa Ben Farès (Arabic: مسجد ابن فارس), originally built as the Great Synagogue of Algiers in 1865, is a mosque and former synagogue in Algiers. It was also formerly known as Djamâa Lihoud, which means "Mosque of the Jews" in Algerian Arabic vernacular.[1] [2]
Notable imams
- Mohamed Charef (1908-2011)
See also
Notes and References
- News: La concurrence déloyale fait rage dans les marchés couverts d'Alger: Les camelots gangrènent l'activité commerciale. Louhal. Nourreddine. Liberté (Algeria). 15 February 2015. 20 February 2018. 23 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190323171844/https://www.liberte-algerie.com/actu-alger/les-camelots-gangrenent-lactivite-commerciale-220097/. dead.
- Book: Farida. Rahmani. Mounir. Bouchenaki. La Casbah d'Alger: un art de vivre des Algériennes. Paris-Méditerranée. 2003. 9782842721749. En face du marché Djamâa-Lihoud, s'élève l'ancienne synagogue, aujourd'hui Djamâa Fares [In front of the Djamâa-Lihoud market rises the former synagogue, today the Djamâa Fares].