On a hill overlooking Egypt’s newly built New Administrative Capital (NAC), the Grand Mosque, part of Egypt’s Islamic Cultural Center, has become a religious landmark in the Islamic world and in Egypt. Since its inauguration in March 2023, it has secured three Guinness World Records. Its centerpiece, a chandelier hanging at the center of the prayer hall, was created by Asfour Crystal International, an Egyptian leading producer of high-quality crystal. It holds the record for the world’s heaviest chandelier at 24,300 kilograms and another record for the largest chandelier in terms of dimensions, with a 22-meter diameter, and carries 107 lanterns. The third record is for the tallest wooden minbar, a raised pulpit in a mosque, standing 16.45 meters tall and crafted by the Egyptian company, Argynza Constructions. The Grand Mosque, also known as Masjid Misr, spans nearly 476,000 square meters and ranks among the largest mosques in Africa. It was designed to hold 137,000 worshippers within its sweeping complex of prayer halls, classrooms, and cultural facilities. Visitors can enter the mosque through one of three grand gateways crowned with traditional Islamic domes, before encountering the mosque’s two soaring minarets,…
