Naum House on Instagram: "The straw mosque in Djourbel, Senegal - an example of an African Muslim environment designed through The Word. Conceived of by a Senagalese mystic called Serigne Omar Sy (b.1913) it was made entirely of straw, reeds, sticks and baling wire. He dreamt of of the straw as an animated presence, asking to be venerated. Fretwork of lines and triangles are arabesque “Words of God” reflecting the rhythms of sacred calligraphy. The compound was designed as a magic square of nine
