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Summary: This 2025 Qingdao halal food map follows an Eid al-Fitr trip, Zhanqiao Pier, Shilaoren Beach, Ma Family seafood hot pot, Ma Family seafood stalls, Huiwei Restaurant, Wagyu BBQ, Pakistani food, and practical notes on halal seafood and family travel.

I visited Qingdao again after 15 years. My car broke down when I arrived, so I stayed for five days and spent Eid al-Fitr here. I was surprised to see so many more halal restaurants than when I came for my college graduation trip, when I could only find hand-pulled noodles (lamian).



For lodging, I recommend staying near Zhanqiao Pier. It has many photogenic alleys, is close to the beach where you can feed seagulls, and has a high concentration of halal restaurants. Another good area is Shilaoren Beach, which is cleaner and quieter, making it perfect for playing in the sand with kids.



The list of halal restaurants featured in this post is as follows:

1. Halal Ma Family Seafood Hot Pot

2. Ma Family Seafood Food Stall

3. Halal Huiwei Restaurant

4. No. 2 Australian Wagyu BBQ

5. Hanbaba Pakistani Restaurant

6. Yipin Seafood Home-style Cooking

7. Minzu Restaurant

1. Halal Ma Family Seafood Hot Pot



You have to eat seafood in Qingdao. This restaurant has been open for 30 years and is currently the largest halal restaurant chain in the city with six locations. Each shop has a slightly different style, and the largest one is built like a yurt.



To eat seafood hot pot, pick your ingredients on the first floor, then go upstairs to the second floor and wait for your meal.



The seafood here is very fresh. The abalone and scallops arrive alive and can even crawl off the plate. The price is quite cheap, costing no more than 200 yuan for two people to have a meal.





The lamb rolls are buy-one-get-one-free. The condiment station has many combinations, and the service is very good. This shop also offers accommodation, with a nightly rate of no more than 100 yuan.



2. Halal Ma Family Seafood Stall



This shop serves seafood barbecue and local Qingdao stir-fry dishes, and it is owned by the same people as Ma Family Hot Pot.



We ordered their signature spoon worm rice (haichang laofan) and mackerel dumplings (bayu shuijiao) to go. After comparing, their versions are definitely better than others.



3. Halal Hui Flavor Restaurant



This shop is only a few hundred meters from the Ma Family Seafood Stall. It is run by Hui Muslims from Jinan and is a small place for seafood and stir-fry.



Try a local specialty, Laoshan Cola, which has a herbal medicine taste.





Spoon worm rice (haichang laofan) is a dish that every local seafood restaurant makes, and it is cooked with Chinese chives.



The mackerel dumplings have a delicate texture, and the wrappers are green because they contain spinach juice.



4. No. 2 Australian Wagyu BBQ Restaurant



This restaurant is inside the Sheraton in Huangdao. It has been open for over a year, has a good reputation, and the food tastes great.



There are a few handsome Uyghur guys in the shop who will help you grill the meat.





I thought this rice ball was meant to be eaten raw, but it turns out you have to grill it a bit more.



My top recommendation is this large slice of Australian Wagyu beef; the meat is very tender.







5. Khan Baba Pakistani Restaurant



This Khan Baba is a branch of the Beijing Khan Baba in Qingdao. The shop is small and has been in Qingdao for several years. The restaurant does not sell alcohol, and not far from Khan Baba, there is a Turkish restaurant called Istanbul Kitchen.



To be honest, the taste at this Qingdao branch is not as good as the one in Beijing, but it is still nice to have another option in Qingdao.



If you bring children, they can eat the pasta and pizza here.









6. Yipin Seafood Home-style Cooking



This is also a seafood stir-fry restaurant, located near Zhanqiao Pier.



The owner is very welcoming, and the food at this shop is quite tasty.





I tried the local bizarre drink Laoshan white flower snake grass water (Laoshan baihuashecaoshui), and it tastes like medicine.



Cold tossed fish skin is a very spicy dish, no matter where you eat it, so be careful if you cannot handle spice.



The owner will recommend which seafood just arrived, and the spicy stir-fried squid tentacles and scallops are both delicious.



7. Ethnic restaurant



This is a restaurant run by the Salar people from Qinghai that does not serve alcohol, located near the Qingdao mosque. There is now a small food street for Hui Muslims around the mosque.



We went on the last night of Ramadan, and it was packed, so the service could not keep up.





In my experience, when you come to a Northwest restaurant, you should eat Northwest specialties and try to avoid dishes that do not belong to the Northwest cuisine, or you might be disappointed.





This Hui Muslim food street around the mosque is basically all Northwest restaurants, with steamed buns (baozi), spicy hot pot (malatang), barbecue, and various noodle dishes.





They say this Deqing steamed bun (baozi) shop is run by people from Dezhou, Shandong.









Also, I found a halal seafood barbecue shop near Zhanqiao on Dazhong Dianping, as shown in the picture below.



When I arrived, I found it was a hand-pulled noodle shop, as shown in the picture below. I asked the owner and learned they used to serve seafood but stopped, though the information online was never updated.



Qingdao Mosque



Qingdao Mosque is built on a hill. It is 20 years old, covers a large area, and sits right next to a Hui Muslim cemetery.



The Eid al-Fitr prayer is held in an outdoor space because there are too many people for the main hall to hold. About half of the attendees are international students.





A halal cafe opened right across from the mosque. It is very relaxing to drink coffee there and feel the sea breeze. view all

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Summary: This Chengdu halal food guide closes the local map with Qingbaijiang address notes, Hui Muslim community context, Pengzhou travel plans, and practical leads for future Muslim food exploration around Chengdu.

Chengdu Halal Food Map is presented here as a firsthand travel account in clear English, beginning with this scene: Address: No. 1 Xinxing Street, Qingbaijiang District, Chengdu. The account keeps its focus on Halal Travel, Yiwu Food, Muslim Travel while preserving the names, places, food, and historical details from the Chinese source.



































Address: No. 1 Xinxing Street, Qingbaijiang District, Chengdu.

Pengzhou City is a one-hour drive from Chengdu and also has many Hui Muslims. I will visit it when I have the chance. view all

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Summary: This China Muslim travel reflection discusses Jiang Jing Halal Journey series, his New Zealand and U.S. experiences, Hui Muslim culture, Islamic translation work, and the value of honest Muslim travel writing.

Reflections on Reading Jiang Jing's "Halal Journey" Travelogue Series is presented here as a firsthand travel account in clear English, beginning with this scene: I recently received a memorial collection for Mr. Jiang Jing (1938-2020) and learned he settled in New Zealand. The account keeps its focus on Quanzhou Muslims, Hui Muslims, Islamic History while preserving the names, places, food, and historical details from the Chinese source.

I recently received a memorial collection for Mr. Jiang Jing (1938-2020) and learned he settled in New Zealand. During his life, he wrote many articles for a 'Halal Journey' series in magazines, covering his experiences in many places at home and abroad. I only knew his name before. Years ago, when things were more relaxed, I bought many of his translated works published in Hong Kong. They cannot be publicly distributed in mainland China now, so I am glad I bought them early.



My own Halal Journey travels overlap quite a bit with Mr. Jiang's, so reading his articles feels like experiencing them myself. Mr. Jiang moved to New Zealand in 2000. It is a pity that when I first arrived in New Zealand in 2014, I did not know him. My own brother had already settled there, and reading Mr. Jiang's accounts of halal life in New Zealand brings many scenes to life for me.



Mr. Jiang lived in the United States. He wrote that when he first arrived, he was hosted by a local insurance agent named Dosti. I visited the U. S. in 2018. I used to attend the annual Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) conference for life insurance professionals there, but I could not go in recent years due to domestic pandemic restrictions. I have already qualified for the 2024 conference, so if all goes well, I will return to the U. S. next June.



I agree with many of Mr. Jiang's views. Even though he lived overseas, he was not swayed by the Western way of life. He deeply understood the decaying, dark, and hypocritical sides of certain civilizations and was not misled by superficial material prosperity. He could take the good and leave the bad, which is very rare and commendable.

Mr. Jiang wrote a review of the book 'On Mixed Religion' and thought very highly of it. I have this book too. While I agree with the conclusions it criticizes, I do not think it is well-written. After reading it, I felt the content was too emotional. It does not read like a professional work, but rather like an online manifesto built from scattered knowledge points.

Some of Mr. Jiang's writings on domestic halal experiences might seem like old news now, but in the context of that time, they showed readers a diverse picture of Muslim culture, which was truly rare. I can feel from his writing that he tried his best to show the beautiful side of Muslims. Covering the faults of our brothers and sisters is part of our faith, and I stick to this practice too; I try not to spread bad things.

Mr. Jiang's life was enviable. Although he came from an ordinary background, he used his own efforts to have a decent job. While teaching at a university, he insisted on striving for the path of Allah. He combined his work with his faith, which helped him turn bad luck into good and live his later years in peace. This is much more impressive than some so-called pious believers I know who only want to preach but ignore the needs of their wives and children, leaving their families in poverty. Some people talk endlessly about the faith. Even some 'famous' figures in history, honored as sheikhs by many followers, make me suspicious when I learn that their descendants have left the faith. Some descendants of these celebrities complain bitterly about their fathers, saying they failed their duties as parents. I wonder if their motivation for doing good deeds was just to seek fame.

Mr. Jiang translated many English Islamic works while in New Zealand. He did this because he felt that the experience of Islamic outreach, mainly in the U. S., is worth learning from. Besides immigrants, another large group of Muslims in the U. S. are converts. I have even met white American converts in Vietnam. I believe an important standard for judging whether the faith is strong in a region is how many converts there are, not just how it looks on the surface. To attract converts, Muslims must show excellent character. Conversely, look at those well-known preachers around us who travel everywhere under the excuse of going out for dawah (chutemati), do not work, and ask for charity (nieti). After a lifetime of being busy, how many people have they actually guided to the right path? Are their own family members on the right path?

Mr. Jiang's funeral photos in New Zealand were sent back from there by Hui Muslim elders from Niujie. As a Hui Muslim from Niujie, I learned about it too late, and I feel a deep regret. If I had known him earlier, we would have had so much to talk about. Life in New Zealand has beautiful mountains and water, but it can also feel very quiet and dull. People who stay there for a long time miss their family and friends back in China the most. To meet like-minded fellow Muslims in a faraway country must have been such a happy thing. view all

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Summary: This China mosque travel guide visits Changzhi in Shanxi, covering Hui Muslim history, North Mosque, South Mosque, women’s mosques, local learning traditions, and halal food around Ethnic Square.

A Halal Travel Tour in Changzhi is presented here as a firsthand travel account in clear English, beginning with this scene: Changzhi in Shanxi Province was one of the few Hui Muslim communities in China I had not yet visited. The account keeps its focus on Halal Travel, Yiwu Food, Mosque Travel while preserving the names, places, food, and historical details from the Chinese source.

Changzhi in Shanxi Province was one of the few Hui Muslim communities in China I had not yet visited. Changzhi is very influential, and I felt my life would be incomplete without going there. While on a business trip to Zhengzhou, I took a detour on my way back to Beijing and drove to Changzhi for a one-day stay.



Changzhi Lakeside Cultural and Tourism Service Center

We stayed at the Lakeside Cultural and Tourism Service Center by Zhangze Reservoir. It was much better than I expected. It opened last year and offers five-star service and surroundings. The only downside is that it is far from the city center, taking half an hour to drive there. I wanted my wife to take our son for a walk by the lake to enjoy the view, so to save time, I drove to the city's mosques by myself early in the morning.



If you choose to stay near Ethnic Square in the Luzhou District of Changzhi, dining will be more convenient, as most of Changzhi's halal food is concentrated there.



Before coming to Changzhi, I asked many local elders about the local specialties. The answers were all similar: the halal food in Changzhi tastes more like Henan cuisine. The only local specialties are stir-fried flatbread (chaobing) and buckwheat noodles (heluo mian). You cannot find a halal version of the famous Shanxi knife-cut noodles (daoxiao mian) in Changzhi at all. However, those who know Changzhi understand that people do not come here for the food. It is the learning atmosphere that attracts friends (dosti) from all over to visit.

The history of Hui Muslims in Changzhi began around the Ming Dynasty, when soldiers from Nanjing settled here. It has been over 600 years since then. There are currently more than 30,000 Hui Muslims in the Changzhi area, and 90% of them are descendants of Cheng De and Ma Zhao from Nanjing.

There are 22 existing mosques in Changzhi, not counting the women's mosques, as almost every mosque has a corresponding one for women.

The first mosque in Changzhi is the North Mosque (Qingzhen Beisi). It was built during the Ming Dynasty, and the stone tablets inside date back to the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty.

North Mosque (Qingzhen Beisi)





The minaret (minbai lou) of the North Mosque



Two stories high



Stone tablet inscription from the Yongle era.

Soon after, the South Mosque (Qingzhen Nansi) was built nearby, also dating back to the Ming Dynasty.

South Mosque (Qingzhen Nansi)





The Central Mosque (Qingzhen Zhongsi) was first built in 1928. In 1938, the Changzhi National Salvation Association was founded here, making a great contribution to the War of Resistance Against Japan. The mosque was rebuilt in 1999.

Central Mosque (Qingzhen Zhongsi)



Legend says the Central Mosque was built due to sectarian disputes. Today, Changzhi has long moved past these biases. Everyone follows their own chosen school of Islamic law in peace. Ethnic unity and the relationship between Hui Muslims and Han people are harmonious, which has earned praise from the local government.









The West Mosque (Qingzhen Xisi) was built in 1944. These four mosques were all constructed before the founding of the People's Republic of China. New mosques built after the founding of the country include:

Southwest City Mosque, Luze Mosque, Jianhua Mosque, Southwest Gate Mosque, Wuyi Road Mosque, West Gate Mosque, Wuzhen Road Mosque, Beidong Mosque, Changbei Mosque, Donghe Mosque, Baodian Mosque, Dabaotou Mosque, Railway Station Mosque, Guancun Mosque, Huangyechi Mosque, Huanan Mosque, Qinyuan County Mosque, and Zhangzi Mosque.

Huanan Mosque









Wuyi Road Mosque





Southwest City Mosque





Luze Mosque







Not long ago, Imam Ma Aimin of the Dongsi Mosque in Beijing passed away. I attended his funeral at Niujie. I remember last year, a few of us sat in his office at the Dongsi Mosque drinking tea and chatting. His kind face and gentle, honest smile stay in my mind. Imam Ma Aimin was from Changzhi, and that day, vehicles from a mosque in Changzhi drove through the night to Beijing to attend his funeral.



President Yang Faming of the Islamic Association of China attended the funeral.

The first meal we had in Changzhi was steamed dumplings (zhengjiao) at Detaiyong. A friend (dosti) from Zhengzhou highly recommended it. I thought it was a local specialty, but later, local elders in Changzhi told me the family is actually from Tianjin, and these steamed dumplings are a Tianjin specialty.



Since modern times, the number of Muslim surnames in Changzhi has grown every year, and those who settled here for business brought halal food from all over. halal restaurants in Changzhi do not sell alcohol, so you can eat there with peace of mind.





The steamed dumpling shop has been in Changzhi for over thirty years, so it is fair to say it has become localized.







Our second meal in Changzhi was at this sesame flatbread (shaobing) shop right at the entrance of the Middle Mosque (Zhongsi). These savory and sweet flatbreads baked over coal fires cost one yuan each. They are a Henan-style flatbread that I have loved since I was a child, especially when they are fresh out of the oven and still hot to the touch—they are delicious. However, this kind of flatbread is hard to find now. Big cities do not allow coal fires, so many foods cannot be made with their original flavor.



Early in the morning, I walked around the neighborhood of the Middle Mosque and took photos of some unique halal restaurants. It was still early, so none were open. We planned to leave for Beijing before noon to arrive before dark. Fahim is only eight months old and needs to sleep when it gets dark, so he could not travel at night with me. Because of this, I missed the chance to taste more of Changzhi's many delicacies.



The term 'laowaijia' here does not refer to foreigners; it means the family of a nephew.



















Changzhi has local specialties, but they are not halal. Local Hui Muslims rarely eat out and usually cook at home. My halal tour of Changzhi relied entirely on local friends (dosti) to lead the way, and I managed to visit seven mosques in just half a day.



Before we left, the village elders gave us Changzhi aged vinegar (chencu) and millet (xiaomi). These are things I love to eat. The millet is for Fahim’s baby food, and my wife really loves the vinegar—the sourer, the better.







Before leaving, I took a quick photo of a Changzhi family’s doorway on the street, and it made me feel at peace. view all

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Summary: This personal Muslim travel and faith memoir looks back on growing up around Niujie in Beijing, learning about Hui Muslim identity, mosque life, family memory, and the search for religious knowledge.



To be honest, I started learning about my faith during college. Before university, I did not even know that Hui Muslims were not allowed to drink alcohol. Although my family lived on Shouliu Hutong in Niujie (right by the old site of the Jubaoyuan restaurant) and our family tree shows generations of Hui Muslims, I never received any traditional religious education (jingtang jiaoyu) growing up. My parents did not have a religious education either. My grandfather and maternal grandfather passed away before I was born. My maternal grandmother was the only one in the house who kept up with the five daily prayers (namaz). I lived with her from elementary school through middle school.

If you have seen the show "Beautiful New World" (Pinzui Zhang Damin de Xingfu Shenghuo) starring Liang Guanhua, the life scenes and dialogue in that show are just like my childhood. When I was little, I mostly hung out in the South City area. By South City, I mean Xuanwu and Chongwen, but mostly Xuanwu. Going to Xidan or Wangfujing on the weekend felt like a big trip to the city center. To me, those were the busiest places in Beijing. I had never even heard of places like Guomao or Sanlitun.

About twenty or thirty percent of my classmates were Hui Muslims. I only found out after we graduated and had a reunion. We lived and studied together, but there were no real ethnic differences. The school cafeteria was halal, and everyone ate together, so you could not tell the difference. I even thought Hui Muslims were the majority and Han Chinese were the minority when I was a kid.

The most important thing is that none of us Hui Muslim students knew much about our faith. Our parents might have known a little, but only the basics. The people who went to the mosque (libaisi) often were retired folks like my grandmother. Even she did not go to the mosque much; she just prayed at home every day.

My grandmother and the other elderly Hui Muslims in Niujie are the most typical Beijingers I know. Most Niujie Hui Muslims moved to Beijing during the Qing Dynasty. Their language is mixed with traditional religious terms. For example, my grandmother would call me a "little Iblis" (the devil) or say I was "shumin" (clever). If you leave the South City, people in the East or West districts probably would not understand those words. They also do not talk like those so-called Beijing native bloggers on social media who raise their pitch and put on a fake, annoying voice. My grandmother was naturally funny. The older generation loved to joke, and some things are only funny when they say them. That is why so many Hui Muslims are stand-up comedians (xiangsheng).

My grandmother only started her five daily prayers after she retired. This is normal for the elderly in Niujie today. Most people there do not think young people should go to the mosque; they think we should focus on school and work. Going to the mosque is for retirement. My grandmother did not expect the younger generation to pray; she only held herself to that standard. Years later, when I started going back to the mosque, some old people thought I was unemployed. I got tired of being asked, so sometimes I just walk around them.

I did not go back to the mosque because of some mental breakdown or because someone tried to convert me. About eleven years ago, I saw a video on Weibo about the Quran and science. I clicked on it, and it felt like being struck by lightning. My curiosity was sparked instantly.

I have always loved science. I won many science competitions organized by the Xuanwu District Children's Palace. A children's show on the education channel called "I Want to Know" once invited me to record a program at CCTV. I won third place in a science competition they arranged, and neighbors even recognized me after it aired.

Even though I loved science, I always felt like there was a supreme being watching over me, so I never accepted atheism. Later, I read a study by Yale psychology and cognitive science professor Paul Bloom, which said: "Children are born dualists." Humans are naturally inclined to be creationists. Natural selection does not produce intuitive judgments, and children are especially likely to assign a purpose to every phenomenon. Born dualists find it very easy to believe that a "soul" lives inside the body. "(

Source http://www.americanscientist.o... birth

I remember asking my mom that same day to get me a Quran from the mosque. It was the Ma Jian translation with a brown cover. I found out later it was a pirated copy. The official version certified by the King Fahd Glorious Quran Printing Complex has a red cover and is given away for free, but in China, it was being sold for 100 yuan.

That was my first time reading the Quran, or more accurately, reading a Chinese translation and commentary, because only the Arabic Quran is the true Quran. Even reading Mr. Ma Jian's translation had a huge impact on me. I felt the power in the words. I really liked his style. I enjoy reading simple, plain language and dislike overly emotional adjectives in writing. They feel fake to me if I cannot connect with the author.

It took me about a week to finish reading the entire Quran. The translation felt personal, strong, and full of wisdom that resonated with me. Still wanting more, I went to the shop at the Niujie Mosque and bought the four-volume Sahih al-Bukhari. I finished that quickly too. It was the second religious text I had read. The language in the Hadith is even simpler and more direct than the Quran. The Prophet's plain and rational words touched my heart, so I went on to buy the other five books of the Six Major Hadith collections.

Before I started reading books about Islam, I was in the middle of forming my worldview. I had not thought much about philosophy before high school. Once I got to college, I suddenly had more free time. I used Xiaonei, a social network that connected me with students from other schools. I felt a huge gap in intellectual depth between me and the students from Peking University and Tsinghua University. Once, a senior student hosted a grassroots forum at his home for Xiaonei users. The people who came were the active opinion leaders of the time. One of them was Sun Yuchen, the billionaire active in the crypto world today. He was only 19 then, plain-looking, short, dressed simply, and just starting his second year at Peking University.

To keep up with their thinking, I started reading all kinds of social science and philosophy texts. I kept changing my own values, but I always felt that the books I read could not explain everything I saw in the world. Every thinker's theory had its flaws.

After that, I watched various opinion leaders argue with each other. Conservatives attacked reformers, and the Republican Party criticized the Democratic Party. I slowly lost interest in their arguments until I started reading books about religion.

Between 2007 and 2015, I did my most intense reading. I could finish a book every two or three days. I collected almost every book on religious history and law available in China. The Niujie ethnic goods shop had new books every two days, and I bought them as soon as I saw them. I spent over ten thousand yuan at Mr. Ma's shop. I made sure to buy every book by foreign authors. Luckily, I started early, as some of those books are now off the market for various reasons. When my home ran out of space for paper books, I started collecting e-books. Luckily, Sina Aiwen shared many classics in PDF format back then.

I read religious books much faster than social science or philosophy books. This was partly because of my interest, and partly because I found religious books simpler and easier to understand than theoretical philosophy books.

Whenever I had doubts about a social issue, I would use my religious knowledge to explain it, and it always worked. Slowly, I found my world becoming clearer. I started to feel a sense of transparency, as if I finally understood life. Before this, I would have had to look for answers in the works of experts and scholars.

After many years, I realized that friends made because of shared opinions often drift apart as our views change over time. But friendships built on faith can last.

Before 2015, my Weibo was mostly for sharing my reading notes. I rarely posted about food or fun. I was not interested in food, and I did not have the habit of taking photos when I went out to eat. Around 2015, more and more internet trolls started attacking me on Weibo. Public opinion turned against me, and my blacklist grew to over a thousand people. To reduce the conflict, I occasionally posted photos of food and fun. Unexpectedly, I gained more followers, and the number of people cursing me dropped.

At that time, a friend told me I should read ten thousand books and travel ten thousand miles instead of staying home reading. That really hit home, because before 2014, I had never even been on a plane.

I did not stay home because I was lazy, but because I had no money. My salary back then went to Japanese classes and books. I only had a home so I did not have to pay rent; otherwise, I would not have even had the money for classes.

Later, my work improved. By 2014, I was earning over ten thousand yuan a month, so I finally had extra money for plane tickets. The first time I flew was from Beijing to Xining, Qinghai. Xining was the first city I visited where halal food was the norm. It was also the first time I saw beautiful girls wearing headscarves everywhere, which left an unforgettable memory.

Everyone knows the rest of the story. I married a Salar girl from Qinghai and held our wedding at the Sky Garden in Xining in 2018. I am a classic example of how knowledge changes destiny. Because I read so many religious books, my aesthetic values changed, which led me to Qinghai. My original life path would never have crossed with a Salar girl.

I started my halal travel journey in 2014. By 2022, I had visited every province-level administrative unit in China and Hui Muslim neighborhoods in over a hundred cities. Abroad, I have been to North America, Oceania, Siberia, and more than 10 countries across East and Southeast Asia. I have visited over 400 mosques at home and abroad, writing an article about each one for my public account. Everything happened naturally, bit by bit, and I never planned it out beforehand.

As I get older, my interest in traveling is fading, and the excitement it brings me is decreasing. Instead, I find more sense of achievement in my work. I know I can never visit every mosque, and there is no point in just checking them off a list. Aside from the Sacred Mosque (Masjid al-Haram) and the Prophet's Mosque (Al-Masjid an-Nabawi), there are not many places left that I want to see. I might take my child on more trips in the future to broaden his horizons early on, making up for the lack of travel experiences in my own childhood. view all