Mall displays sacred curtain

A 143-year-old decorative curtain that covers the ‘Holy Ka’aba’ door was put on exhibit at Marina Mall Abu Dhabi, the UAE capital’s leading shopping destination.

The religious work of art, made of pure silk with silver and gold threading, was previously displayed in Makkah.
Produced in 1293 Hijri, or in the year 1876, its façade is embroidered with calligraphic forms of verses and Islamic motifs.

It was woven and designed with devotion under the supervision of the Khedive Ismail Pasha, the ruler of Egypt at the time, the grandson of Muhammad Ali Pasha, considered to be the founder of modern Egypt, and the ruler of Egypt between the years 1805 to 1848.