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2018 15 Apr
201-		 The design for the local Bahá'í House of Worship was unveiled at a gathering in Matunda Soy, Kenya attended by about 1,000 people. The temple will accommodate about 250 people and the design incorporated the diamond-shaped pattern, a motif commonly found in Kenyan culture. It will be built of construction materials found locally; the roof will be made of local state and the walls from from stone quarried nearby. The Temple's architect, Neda Samimi, was the first female architect whose design for a Baha'i House of Worship was selected. [BWNS1251]
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    		•  - Architects; - Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Design; - Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Local; - Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Architecture; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Firsts, other; Kenya; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Matunda Soy, Kenya; Matunda Soy, Kenya; Matunda Soy, Kenya; Women first woman to design a Bahá'í House of Worship
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