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Naissa Mosque (Arabic: الْمَسْجِد النَّعِيسَة, romanized: al-Masjid an-Naʿīsah) is a mosque in Qardaha, along the Syrian coast. It was built in 1989 by architect Abdul Rahman Naassan, and funded by the mother of former president Hafez al-Assad, Naissa Assad—after whom the mosque was named. The state funeral of Hafez al-Assad was observed at the mosque.