It was built in 1989 by architect Abdul Rahman Naassan, and funded by the mother of former president Hafez al-Assad, Naissa Assad—after whom the mosque was named.
[1] The structure consists of an octagonal prayer hall covered by a dome and pierced by twenty-four colored glass windows.
Outside, the courtyard, with a marble mosaic water fountain in the center, is connected to the mosque by porticoes.
The transparency of the porticoes on the main elevation achieve a central lightness, while at the same time being weighted down at either end by the minaret and the dome of the prayer hall.
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