The Sayyida Khawla Shrine is not a mosque, but a holy shrine. it is also possible to visit as non-muslim and foreign/european person the shrine. It includes a shrine main building, a kind of open prayer courtyard, and a small Hezbollah museum on the side after the entrance. The Sayyida Khawla Shrine is located in the city of Baalbek and there is no entrance fee, you can easily combine a visit to the shrine with a trip to the Baalbek ruins (not far from there). The shrine is built in the Iranian architectural style, which is beautiful. The ceiling in the main shrine is decorated with thousands of small mirrors, sparkling in the light. To visit the main shrine, you must first take off your shoes outside, as is customary in every mosque around the world. The Hezbollah museum on the side contains information about the organization, exhibits of military equipment, their mission, and posters. Unfortunately, many of the items are only labeled in Arabic, making it difficult for non-Arabic speaking visitors to understand the information. Additional English information would help foreigners to understand the resistance movement Hezbollah better. The museum features posters of important and political figures such as Hassan Nasrallah, Ruhollah Khomeini, and General Qasem Soleimani, who was murdered by the United States. The Sayyida Khawla Shrine apparently was funded by Iran and is managed by the Hezbollah resistance movement. At the entrance, visitors are searched by security personnel and have to show their bags and backpacks. Photography is forbidden outside the shrine, which is a pity because the building is very beautiful. However, inside the shrine complex, you can photograph everything. As a European, I visited everything, tried to understand the motives, and showed respect for the site and the views - the people there were friendly to me. I would visit the Shrine again, I liked it.

I bought Hezbollah T-shirts in Baalbek, but even the largest size available was very tight (XXL felt like S). It would be good to produce T-shirts in larger sizes as well. It would also be good to produce Hezbollah refrigerator magnets there. I would be the first to buy 5 Hezbollah magnets right away.