SHAB AL-AIN MOSQUE

His name means mosque "from man to the elderly eye", from the nickname of Mohammed Pasha who had had the white eyebrows very early. He was built in 1687. His tomb lies behind the mosque wall at the level of the mihrab. The beautiful entrance door to the courtyard is carved out of patterns of escutcheons. The roof of this typically Libyan mosque has 16 domes. The decoration of its walls is a good example of the type of motifs used in the old city of Tripoli: stars, croissants, escutcheons and stylized cypress trees. The prayer room is open to hours of worship (to enter, waiting for the end of prayer).