New mosque at Expo City Dubai will be open to the public during Hai Ramadan festival

A new mosque being built at Expo City Dubai, near the Korean Pavilion, will open to the public in time for the destination’s Ramadan festival. The festival, ‘Hai Ramadan’, running from March 3 to April 25, will feature the most famous and well-known Ramadan traditions from around the world, food and activities. The mosque will be near the centre of all Ramadan activities at Expo City Dubai, “so that visitors will be able to feel its presence throughout the site”.

Light from inside the mosque will cast its Mashrebeya design elements across the walkways near it “for visitors to admire”. Worshippers will be able to access the mosque for all prayers, including the special ones called Taraweeh that are offered after Isha. During the last 10 days of the holy month, the mosque will also host the special late night Qiyam-ul-layl prayers.

Misaharatis are classic Ramadan figures who would wake up their communities with drumming, traditionally before dawn, so that the faithful are able to take their Suhoor meals before the fast starts. For the Ramadan festival, they will be present both in a children’s show with Expo mascots Rashid and Latifa, as well as through some on-site activations. “Likewise, our storyteller will narrate folktales and stories (hakawati) of adventure, culture, religion and morality.

Expo City visitors will be taken on a journey of Ramadan festivities from around the world. Visitors will be able to experience food, fragrances and traditions across cultures.