Zeynep Fadillioğlu Designs Interior of Şakirin Mosquea Mosque

Zeynep Fadillioğlu, an elegant Turkish interior designer, is the first woman to design the interior of the recently opened Şakirin Mosquea mosque in Istanbul. Her achievement is a first in mosque architecture.

Sakirin Mosquea mosque in IstanbulFadillioğlu told the Hürriyet Daily News, an English-language newspaper in Istanbul, she relished the chance to design the mosque, “especially at a time when so much is being discussed wrongly: of Islam not allowing women to have equal rights….”.

“When designing this mosque, I had the women in mind.” via Christian Science Monitor

Note from Anne: Looking at the gorgeous room designs on Zeynep Fadillioğlu website, I will profile her sumptuous, sensual interiors later this week in Smart Sensuality women.

Şakirin Mosquea via Flickr’s Hodolomax