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Henceforth her path would lie she knew not where; there would, no doubt, be sand, fig-trees, figures by wells, flat roofs, voices calling the Muezzin, eyes looking through veils.
Flowering Wilderness 2004
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[Footnote 10: The Muezzin is the Mahometan official who announces to the faithful the hour of prayer.
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From the vivacious chatter of Villa Taghazoute, I suddenly entered deep silence, as the villa overlooks an undeveloped wide deserted beach, with at night just the sounds of frogs, waves, and grasshoppers and the Muezzin's call for prayers, under a vast canopy of dark skies and a full glimmering moon.
Karin Badt: Surf and Yoga: A New Way to Experience Morocco Karin Badt 2011
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From the vivacious chatter of Villa Taghazoute, I suddenly entered deep silence, as the villa overlooks an undeveloped wide deserted beach, with at night just the sounds of frogs, waves, and grasshoppers and the Muezzin's call for prayers, under a vast canopy of dark skies and a full glimmering moon.
Karin Badt: Surf and Yoga: A New Way to Experience Morocco Karin Badt 2011
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Afghanistan has not always been an austere land where the Muezzin called the faithful to prayer and women were stoned for adultery.
Village People 2010
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Afghanistan has not always been an austere land where the Muezzin called the faithful to prayer and women were stoned for adultery.
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Jean-Léon Gérôme's Le Muezzin (1865), which sold at Sotheby's last week, gives the flavour.
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JEAN-LEON GEROME, The Muezzin (Call to Prayer), 1866, Oil on canvas, 39 3/8 x 33 inches, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha
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Mr. MOHAMMAD FAWZI (Muezzin): (Through Translator) The prophet says those who lead the prayer have the longest necks and will stand the tallest on judgment day.
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Mr. EHAB MOHAMMAD (Muezzin): (Singing) SORAYA SARHADDI NELSON: Five times a day over the past nine years, Ehab Mohammad has delivered the melodic azan, or call to prayer, from his neighborhood mosque in Cairo.
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