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Sep 2023
17m 35s

The Great Mosque

History Hit & Assassin's Creed
About this episode

The Great Mosque was positioned in the center of Baghdad, with numerous smaller mosques dotted around the various neighborhoods. A place of daily prayer, a community center, a place to feed the poor and hungry. The mosque was for everyone from the powerful to the ordinary…

You hear the call to prayer as it reverberates throughout the city. It comes in from the distance as the main mosque starts the call, then neighborhood by neighborhood the call is picked up. It’s part of the soundscape of the city—cutting through the din and noise, drawing you in to join as one religious body to pray.


An original Ubisoft series, produced by Paradiso Media.

Written by: Ali A Olomi

Hosted by: Ali A Olomi, Deana Hassanein

Mixing and editing: Adrien Le Blond, Jimmy Bardin

Pre-existing music: Music from Assassin’s Creed Mirage (Original Game Soundtrack) by Brendan Angelides, and from Walissarābi Minnal‘irfān (A Tribute To Mirage).

Label: Ubisoft Music

Illustration: © Ubisoft Entertainment. All Rights Reserved

Production Coordinator: Brendan Galbreath

Additional Production Assistants: Yael Even Or, Molly O'Keefe, Madeleine Weinberg, Aimie Faconnier

Producers: Axelle Gobert, Abi McNeil

Executive Producers Ubisoft: Etienne Bouvier, Julien Fabre

Executive Producers Paradiso Media: Benoit Dunaigre, Emi Norris


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