Since the hotel opened its doors in 1929 its rooms and famous banquet hall - the Great Room - have housed royalty, politicians and celebrities including actor Orson Welles.

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Students listened to lectures, ate communal meals of lamb, chicken and rice, and worshipped in a makeshift prayer area -- a portion of a large banquet room with sheets spread on the carpet to mark a sanctified zone.

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