Qibla in the Mosques of Nablus City ‎

Qibla is the direction to Mecca, more specifically to the Kaaba, towards which each Muslim must face in order to perform his daily prayer. In a mosque, the Qibla is identified by the Qibla wall which contains a niche; or what is called, Mihrab. This paper lists many methods used to determine the Qibla in general, and then elaborates on the Qibla problem found in Nablus mosques. A field study indicated that most of the Nablus mosques are not directed correctly towards Mecca. The traditional mosque buildings have an average deviation of 26.4 degrees