Mosque of the Divinity

Dakar Is Now an International Art Hotspot

"As we walked its grounds, the imam told me how a 1973 dream of a grand mosque on the beach led him to commission architect Cheikh Ngom, and the vision finally materialized in 1997; I gazed up at green-domed minarets soaring some 150 feet above the Atlantic and a façade punctuated by rows of green-and-red-trimmed geometric windows, an architectural wonder that felt both reverent and imaginative—a symbiosis of art and religion that encapsulated Dakar." - Kayla Stewart Kayla Stewart Kayla Stewart is an award-winning food and travel journalist. She writes a regular column for The Bittman Project and contributes to The New York Times, Travel + Leisure, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post, among other publications. Travel + Leisure Editorial Guidelines