The Great Mosque is situated in the Daraj Quarter of the Old City in Downtown Gaza at the eastern end of Omar Mukhtar Street, southeast of Palestine Square.
But it was an unlikely sport, and an unlikely school, for Omar at this time a 14-year-old budding arm-wrestling champ from the east end of London.Then again, Omar's dad had moved back to Pakistan for a spell and he wanted the best for his son.
By the end of that year, Mullah Omar had nearly 12,000 followers, and he was rolling up the warlords to the north and east.
The Afghan peace process has been dormant since the Taliban's announcement of Omar's death in July 2015.
The splintering, as well as the violence, have increased following the announcement of Omar's death, as many Taliban rejected the swift ascension of Mansour.
We drove off in one of Omar's cars, with Naquibullah at the wheel.
When their efforts failed, members of Omar's family reportedly walked out of the meeting, claiming that it was not representative.
Top image by Khaled Hamed and photo from the set of Omar by Dianah Kamhawi, all used with permission.
At the end of the first decade of the 21st century, it was believed that Mullah Omar continued to direct Taliban operations from the sanctuary of Pakistan, although the Taliban denied that supposition.
A message purported to be from Mullah Omar released for the Eid al-Fitr festival marking the end of Ramadan earlier this month said that peace talks were not prohibited by religious teachings and that they would be coordinated through the political office.
