1080 THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 
Photo by Lehnert & Landrock: 
A VIEW OF THE INTERIOR OF THE GRAND MOSQUE OF SIDI OKBA, KAIROWAN, 
SHOWING A SERIES OF OPEN DOORS 
days, when the number of “the faithful” is 
When great pilgrimages arrive or on special ‘ 
hrown open, thus making 
so great that they cannot all enter the grand mosque, the doors are t 
the huge courtyard a part of the mosque (see page 1067). 
