| 单词 | Mecca |
| 例句 | I have tried to address you differently—an idea begun by seeing all the other ways of love on display at The Mecca. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Your mother never felt quite at home, and this made the possibility of some other place essential to her, propelling her to The Mecca, propelling her to New York and then beyond. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z No. I left The Mecca knowing that this was all too pat, knowing that should the Dreamers reap what they had sown, we would reap it right with them. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Because I had come to them with a letter from a friend, he was going to stay at his son’s home, and let me use his suite, until I could get on to Mecca. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z In Mecca, too, I had played back for myself the twelve years I had spent with Elijah Muhammad as if it were a motion picture. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The warmth of dark energies that drew me to The Mecca, that drew out Prince Jones, the warmth of our particular world, is beautiful, no matter how brief and breakable. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “He escaped with Allah’s help and is now in Mecca.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z They also coordinated the beginning of the calendar with the pilgrimage of the Prophet Muhammad from Mecca to Medina in 622 CE. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Would I be rejected as a Mecca pilgrim? The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z My only Mecca was, is, and shall always be Howard University. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Before reaching Customs, each Hajj party was assigned a Mutawaf, who would be responsible for transferring that party from Jedda to Mecca. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I wrote to Dr. Shawarbi, whose belief in my sincerity had enabled me to get a passport to Mecca. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Among the courtesies and privileges which this brought to me, especially—shamelessly—I relished the chauf- feured car which toured me around in Mecca with the chauffeur- guide pointing out sights of particular significance. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Mecca is about forty miles to the east, inland. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He came, like me, to The Mecca in search of the nature and origin of the breach. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Sitti told Poppy she was going to make a pilgrimage to Mecca this year for sure, especially if he would give her money to ride the bus. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z If Lakshmi, goddess of wealth, one day favours me bountifully, Oxford is fifth on the list of cities I would like to visit before I pass on, after Mecca, Varanasi, Jerusalem and Paris. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z A prayer rug showing a slightly oblong Mecca was nailed to one of the walls. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The Mecca derives its power from the heritage of Howard University, which in Jim Crow days enjoyed a near-monopoly on black talent. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Later, in Mecca, I would see yet another use of the rag. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe Mecca is good memories, presents and stories and poetry and arroz con polio and family and friends . Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z The warm welcomes and instant paternal relationships became an essential component of his cleansing and rebirth as he traveled throughout Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, culminating in his great pilgrimage to Mecca. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, he embarked on a number of prolonged trips to Mecca and the newly independent African states through the good offices of the representatives of the Arab League in the United States. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She made thirteen pilgrimages to Mecca, and faithfully prayed five times a day. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I spent my last year at St. Joseph’s School feeling like the persecuted prophet Muhammad in Mecca, peace be upon him. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “A special car will be waiting to take you to Mecca, right after your dinner,” he told me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Since I learned the truth in Mecca, my dearest friends have come to include all kinds—some Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Hindus, agnostics, and even atheists! The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought of the loneliness that sent him to The Mecca, and how The Mecca, how we, could not save him, how we ultimately cannot save ourselves. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “Ella,” I said, “I want to make the pilgrimage to Mecca.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Before their party approached, ready to leave for Mecca, we were able to talk enough to exchange that I was American and they were Ethiopians. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s a seaport town on the Red Sea, the arrival or disembarkation point for all pilgrims who come to Arabia to go to Mecca. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The prayer rug, the one with the oblong, woven Mecca, came loose from the wall at one point and landed on my head; the dust from it made me sneeze. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Since that morning in the marketplace, he had never again made use of Urim and Thummim, because Egypt was now just as distant a dream for him as was Mecca for the merchant. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I told him that I dreamed to see the day when shiploads and planeloads of American Muslims would come to Mecca for the Hajj. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The history, the location, the alumni combined to create The Mecca—the crossroads of the black diaspora. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “You brought a new feeling into my crystal shop. But you know that I’m not going to go to Mecca. Just as you know that you’re not going to buy your sheep.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She is used to my calling her from airports anywhere from Boston to San Francisco, or Miami to Seattle, or, here lately, cabling her from Cairo, Accra, or the Holy City of Mecca. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z They seemed embarrassed that I had spent the time at the airport; that I had been delayed in getting to Mecca. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z His return from Africa was even more auspicious than when he had returned from the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z They consult the rim’s arrow to determine the direction of Mecca. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I thought that someday I’d be rich, and could go to Mecca. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have the money I need to buy my sheep. And you have the money you need to go to Mecca.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It was on his first trip to Mecca that he came to the conclusion that he had yet to discover Islam. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt that it was time to go, to declare myself a graduate of The Mecca, if not the university. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z You have seen in this conversation that the struggle has ruptured and remade me several times over—in Baltimore, at The Mecca, in fatherhood, in New York. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z And there I was, with two Muslim seatmates, one from Egypt, the other from Arabia, all of us bound for Mecca, with me up in the pilots’ cabin. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I faced Mecca with the help of a line I scratched into the pale yellow ground and carefully kept up. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “Well, why don’t you go to Mecca now?” asked the boy. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the Muslim high court which examined all possibly nonauthentic converts to the Islamic religion seeking to enter Mecca. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z They included an Egyptian scientist and his wife, also on their way to Mecca for the Hajj, who insisted I go with them to dinner in a restaurant in Heliopolis, a suburb of Cairo. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Those not going were asking others to pray for them at Mecca. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z In my thirty-nine years on this earth, the Holy City of Mecca had been the first time I had ever stood before the Creator of All and felt like a complete human being. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z My friends were going to have to go on to Mecca without me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The one remaining water feature in the park—a fountain in Tomorrowland—had become a Mecca for lost souls, who drank the chlorinated water until it was gone. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I was the one driven to The Mecca. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z I had brought Ella into Islam, and now she was financing me to Mecca. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z When I got to his office, Dr. Shawaibi handed me the signed letter approving me to make the Hajj in Mecca, and then a book. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The Azzam family were very elated that I was qualified and accepted to go to Mecca. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I met your uncle Ben at The Mecca. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z This was why, in the decades since the simulation’s launch, the city had become a kind of high-tech Mecca. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “The fifth obligation of every Muslim is a pilgrimage. We are obliged, at least once in our lives, to visit the holy city of Mecca. “Mecca is a lot farther away than the Pyramids. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The Great Mosque of Mecca, when it is finished, will surpass the architectural beauty of India’s Taj Mahal. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe Mecca is the place Leftie goes to in his mind, when the memory of losing his arm becomes too much. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z My thinking had been opened up wide in Mecca. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember sitting with Joel Dias-Porter, who had not gone to Howard but whom I found at The Mecca, reviewing every line of Robert Hayden’s “Middle Passage.” Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z And, in turn, I took away with me—forever—a part of Mecca. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z And now, here at The Mecca, we are without fear, we are the dark spectrum on parade. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z I saw groups leaving for Mecca, in buses, tracks, cars. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z While at Mecca, I reminded them that it was their fault, since they themselves hadn’t done enough to make real Islam known in the West. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Mecca is surrounded by the crudest-looking mountains I have ever seen; they seem to be made of the slag from a blast furnace. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z You, your mother, and I had gone to Homecoming at The Mecca, and so many of my friends were there, and Prince was not. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z I was admitted to Howard University, but formed and shaped by The Mecca. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Who knows . . . maybe it’s better to be like the crystal merchant: never go to Mecca, and just go through life wanting to do so, he thought, again trying to convince himself. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The starship punched out into the dark, punched through the sky, punched out past West Baltimore, punched out past The Mecca, past New York, past any language and every spectrum known to me. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The Mecca is a machine, crafted to capture and concentrate the dark energy of all African peoples and inject it directly into the student body. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The boy remembered the crystal merchant who had always wanted to go to Mecca, and the Englishman in search of the alchemist. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z You say that you hear me, that you understand, but 1 am not so sure that the force of my Mecca—The Mecca—can be translated into your new and eclectic tongue. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Through The Mecca I saw that we were, in our own segregated body politic, cosmopolitans. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z A part of me, I left behind in the Holy City of Mecca. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Mecca, when we entered, seemed as ancient as time itself. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I fell in love at The Mecca one last time, lost my balance and all my boyhood confusion, under the spell of a girl from Chicago. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The pilgrimage to Mecca, known as Hajj, is a religious obligation that every orthodox Muslim fulfills, if humanly able, at least once in his or her lifetime. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe Mecca is the place everyone is looking for . Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z At the same time, people were passing my shop all the time, heading for Mecca. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes—I wrote a letter from Mecca. You’re asking me ‘Didn’t you say that now you accept white men as brothers?’ The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z For the most significant portion of my time at The Mecca, I followed a simple ritual. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Here at The Mecca, under pain of selection, we have made a home. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z I walked over, gave him a pound, and felt that heat of the spectrum, the warmth of The Mecca. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z He left me in charge of the Nation of Islam’s affairs when he made an Omra pilgrimage to the Holy City Mecca. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Poppy said he was afraid to buy Sitti a bus ticket for the pilgrimage to Mecca, because he really did think she might die soon afterward. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z She had been saving to make the pilgrimage to Mecca herself. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Standing on Mount Arafat had concluded the essential rites of being a pilgrim to Mecca. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The Mecca of indie film-making is starting to look more like a sanctuary. Sundance, sunset: is the death of indie cinema imminent? 2020-08-10T04:00:00Z They toured with a Mecca stand-in for a while, Lady Madarocka, but Butler didn't want to do that again: "I didn't want to compromise the integrity of the originality of the group, truth be told." Ishmael Butler on Digable Planets: 'I think it's the end' 2012-12-19T23:17:42Z After Mecca, Malcolm began reaching out to the civil rights establishment and came to recognize, in Mr. Marable’s words, that “blacks indeed could achieve representation and even power under America’s constitutional system.” Books of The Times: Stripping Away Myth and Finding Multiple Masks 2011-04-07T13:56:45Z In 2012, the British Museum opened “Hajj: Journey to the Heart of Islam,” an exhibition centered around the pilgrimage to Mecca. British Museum to Open Gallery Dedicated to Islamic Art 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z This open invitation is also a testament to the university’s nickname, “The Mecca.” At Howard University, Homecoming Is a Pilgrimage 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z Susan Straight has published 10 books, most recently “Mecca,” a novel, and “In the Country of Women,” a memoir. A Religious Boarding School That’s Actually Hell 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z Something similar dawns on you watching Atlanta, another new FX comedy about two cousins trying to make it in the southern entertainment Mecca’s hip-hop scene – except instead of men being absent it is white characters. Better Things and Atlanta: FX delivers fresh new comedy voices 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z Today, her company, Monmouth Coffee, is housed in a shiny converted railway arch at the hip foodie Mecca of Maltby Street just south of Tower Bridge. The coffee revolution 2014-06-07T04:00:00Z Lawrence ultimately rode with Faisal bin Hussein bin Ali al-Hashimi, the third son of Hussein bin Ali, the Grand Sharif of Mecca. ‘Lawrence in Arabia’: blueprint for disaster in the Middle East 2013-08-07T21:54:23Z It “was like a Mecca,” said Robert Clayton, who worked there as DJ Big Bob for more than 20 years. Meet Bill Butler, the Godfather of Roller Disco 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z They quickly replace the Hindu deity with a picture of Mecca. Review: 'Mother in Another Language' shows with humor how cultures and mothers-in-law collide 2011-02-24T20:41:17Z "An unofficial apartheid" is how one local describes the situation in his hometown of Rathkeale, Co Limerick, a Mecca for Ireland's wealthy Traveller community. TV highlights 01/07/2013 2013-07-01T06:00:09Z The camp started as a weeklong summer event for 25 Swedish Lindy Hop lovers in 1982 and has evolved into a five-week dance camp known as the Lindy Hop Mecca. From Harlem to Herrang: An Original Lindy Hopper Blooms in Sweden 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z Thousands of the faithful have made their Mecca trek for an in-person peek at the stars of the hit Fox series. Glee The 3-D Concert Film: The Church of Latter-Day Songs 2011-08-12T09:45:00Z Jerusalem and Mecca are the next stops in new episodes of "Sacred Journeys With Bruce Feiler." TV This Week, Dec. 21-27: 'Doctor Who: Last Christmas' and more 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z On that pilgrimage to Mecca, he ordered a mosque built wherever his procession stopped en route. From ancient castles to mega-yachts: what history teaches us about the super-rich 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z “Here in the Mecca of cinema, Hollywood, I’ve received the best one.” Hollywood puts scandal aside for a night at the honorary Oscars 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z She was a socialite and their home in Georgetown was kind of the Mecca for what was I guess then what you'd call the black caucus. Mo Rocca on "Mobituaries," celebrity deaths and what we get wrong about Billy Carter 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z How can a article on gay travel miss Thailand, an Asian Mecca in the gay community for years? The Evolving World of Gay Travel 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z The exhibition will examine the pilgrim's journey, the rituals and the destination of Mecca. Museum to stage Hajj exhibition 2011-07-20T09:53:53Z Decades later, the marketing gimmick wore off but the date palms and the agricultural workers remained, Mecca persisting as a home to thousands of people. Wildfires, Secrets and Struggles in a Hidden California 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z He has been the artistic director at Long Wharf since 2002 and has directed three plays on Broadway, including, most recently, “The Road to Mecca” in 2012. Long Wharf Theater’s Artistic Director Fired Over Sexual Misconduct Accusations 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z Jeddah, Mecca and Medina are known for producing outstanding artists, partly due to the annual influx of pilgrims from around the world, introducing new cultural references. Saudi Arabia showcases modern art 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z What was Mecca’s response when the data didn’t say what he wanted? 'It was quasi-religious': the great self-esteem con 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z The crossing is described as a Mecca for Beatles fans The Abbey Road zebra crossing - made famous after appearing on a Beatles' album cover - has been given Grade II listed status. Abbey Road crossing granted listed status 2010-12-22T10:54:40Z The artist also produced key public works including the relief on the Saudi Airlines building in Jeddah and a sculpture at the entrance to Mecca. Saudi Arabia showcases modern art 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z It also includes additional rituals outside of Mecca. Coronavirus fears put a halt to the Muslim pilgrimage of umrah — but not yet the hajj 2020-03-07T05:00:00Z Much of the show is devoted to antiquity but it also focuses on the Islamic period: the pilgrim trails follow old trading routes to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina. Saudi Arabia's pre-Islamic treasures come to the Louvre 2010-08-10T13:00:00Z And the book originated with the sound of a voice heard by a man named Muhammad ibn Abdullah near Mecca, the city in what is now Saudi Arabia. ‘The Art of the Qur’an,’ a Rare Peek at Islam’s Holy Text 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z Mecca did not respond to my email asking for her side of the story. Ishmael Butler on Digable Planets: 'I think it's the end' 2012-12-19T23:17:42Z Yet those blocks have assumed a towering, powerful shape by the end of “Mecca” that speaks to mortal hopes and fears so directly it makes you catch your breath. | 'The Road to Mecca' : ?Road to Mecca? at American Airlines Theater - Review 2012-01-18T03:01:07Z "The original one would be like going to the Mecca of Hooters," Ragni said. Original Hooters in Florida gets a facelift 2011-12-09T12:47:10Z The Fountain produced the world premiere of Fugard's "Exits and Entrances," which Sachs said Fugard entrusted to him after being impressed with his staging of "The Road to Mecca." Fountain Theatre celebrates its first 25 years as a vital, intimate L.A. stage 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z It also became a dance favourite throughout Britain's two ballroom chains, Mecca and Top Rank. How the Beatles' Love Me Do began the transformation of British music 2012-10-04T15:08:33Z She later spent a great deal of time in black communities during college, attending graduate school at Howard University, which is referred to as the “Mecca” for its central place in black scholarship. Passing in reverse: What does an NAACP leader’s case say about race? 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z Roundabout’s Stephen Sondheim Theater now has the Tony-winning hit “Anything Goes,” while its American Airlines Theater now has “Man and Boy” and then “The Road to Mecca” scheduled from mid-December to early March. ArtsBeat Blog: Roundabout Extends Its Commitment to 'Sons of the Prophet' and Its Playwright 2011-10-26T22:03:56Z Umrah requires that pilgrims consecrate and cleanse themselves beforehand and circle the Kaaba, a cubic structure draped in black at the center of the Great Mosque of Mecca, seven times in a counterclockwise direction. Coronavirus fears put a halt to the Muslim pilgrimage of umrah — but not yet the hajj 2020-03-07T05:00:00Z Now the bingo family – well, Mecca – has opened its doors to the black sheep. Bingo is back – and even the hipsters have got their eyes down 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z Zhang, who studied at the Nanjing Institute of Arts, says the caves remain a "Mecca for art students" today, after much of China's traditional cultural heritage was destroyed during the . The Secret Art of the Silk Road 2013-10-23T09:17:27Z Mecca is a chain of bingo halls popular with some elderly Britons. Birmingham: Britain's new Mecca? 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z As Coates grew older, attending high school and later Howard University — his personal “Mecca” — the questions sharpened and evolved. Ta-Nehisi Coates’s ‘Between the World and Me’ 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z At the Plain of Arafat, approximately 13 miles outside Mecca, the firm suggested reclaiming a dry riverbed to create a path that runs parallel to the main thoroughfare disperse movement over multiple routes. Gensler Offers a Plan to Improve the Flow of People Through Mecca 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z In 1985, Times art critic William Wilson wrote of the area: "Nothing in recent years has so beguiled the indigenous cultural imagination as the vision of downtown Los Angeles transformed into a glittering art Mecca." Downtown L.A.'s hot art scene? It was just as happening in the '70s 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z By the end of 2015, it will be operating 22 properties in eight Middle Eastern countries, including a second property in Mecca, a 1,200-room Best Western Premier hotel. In Transit Blog: In Mecca, a Hotel Boom 2013-09-06T20:22:53Z Zealot World premiere of Theresa Rebeck’s drama about British and American diplomats reacting to a female-led protest in Mecca, Saudi Arabia; contains profanity. L.A. theater openings, Oct. 19-26: 'Doctor Faustus' and more 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z The work, the artists say, is an attempt to bring together their city, Mecca, and Venice through an abstract sculpture onto which the artists will project images and sounds of the two cities. Echoes of Political Unrest at Venice Biennale 2011-05-25T20:49:54Z For others, though, Harlem is “heaven’s gate” and “the Mecca of the Black race.” Review: In ‘Black No More,’ Race Is Skin Deep, but Racism Isn’t 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z The others showed pilgrims in Mecca walking around the Kaaba. Glimpses: Saudi Arabia, 2008 2011-02-02T23:00:00Z Whether walking to Mecca or Rome on a pilgrimage, undertaking voluntary or involuntary migration, or simply conducting trade, our ancestors regularly embarked on weeks or months of walking. Jogging in Jordan: the 650km trail that's a journey through time 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z People tumbled to the ground, turned toward Mecca, and gathered themselves in the evening prayer. Explorer: Pyramids by the Nile. Egypt? No, Sudan. 2012-10-05T15:50:42Z Apparently, he also wanted to destroy the Kaaba in Mecca, the most sacred building in Islam. The Infidel is not Islam's Life of Brian 2010-04-12T09:50:00Z The second hour-long installment introduces us to Muslim pilgrims from Boston who are making a grand pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia. TV highlights: Robin Roberts reflects on 2014 on the ABC special ‘The Year: 2014’ 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z Muslims believe Muhammad was born in Mecca and received revelations from Allah, which were recorded in the Koran. Channel 4's Islam film sparks row 2012-09-03T11:59:06Z Subsequently, Omar and Waj journey to Pakistan to join an al-Qaida training camp where they disgust professional terrorists by not knowing in which direction to pray when east of Mecca. Four Lions 2010-05-08T23:08:00Z Fugard, the South African author of "'Master Harold'... and the Boys" and "The Road to Mecca," will get a lifetime achievement award. Playwrights Fugard and Ensler to get special Tonys 2011-04-06T15:34:16Z Mecca, probably, and paradoxically, since the non-Muslim majority of humankind is debarred from visiting. What is the most trodden-upon place on earth? 2013-01-23T15:15:01Z Alem's The Doves' Necklace explores the "secret life" of the holy city of Mecca. International Arabic fiction prize awarded to Alem and Achaari 2011-03-14T18:44:54Z Among them are Muslims whose graves face Mecca. How Plagues Shape the Landscape 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z Reminiscent of the shape of Kaaba, the sacred Muslim site in Mecca, the piece is at first glance an imposing minimalist construct. Special Report: Contemporary Art: Going His Own Way, a Pakistani Artist Arrives 2010-10-13T13:00:00Z The kingdom stakes its reputation on its guardianship of Islam’s holiest sites - Mecca and Medina - and organizing the world’s largest annual Muslim gathering. Muslims at haj converge on Jamarat for ritual stoning of the devil 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z Bootlegged under the name of Eddie Foster, Do I Love You quickly became a favourite at such hotbeds of the northern soul movement as Wigan Casino and the Blackpool Mecca. Frank Wilson 2012-10-05T14:14:53Z For Muslims, the city is sacred as the point from which the Prophet Muhammad, after a miraculous night flight from Mecca, began a tour of heaven. Jerusalem as a Place of Desire and Death, at the Metropolitan Museum 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z When you are in Mecca you see all the iPhones click, click, click in the sight of the clock towers. Saudi artists escape from the desert to find outlet in Britain 2012-10-04T10:51:50Z The person who put most of them there—the unlikely patron saint of New York as basketball Mecca—was Robert Moses. The City Game? 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z The elites of pre-Islamic Mecca ridiculed and persecuted Muhammad for his teachings. Biography paints portrait of Muhammad as prophet, man 2013-01-17T22:06:50Z Well, many of Chaucer’s pilgrims traveled on horseback; while the hajj to Mecca now involves air travel for the majority of pilgrims. Q&A: Why Walk? 2014-01-02T14:20:06Z Hajj pilgrims perform the final walk around the Ka'bah in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. British Museum to stage exhibition dedicated to hajj pilgrimage 2011-07-19T14:57:26Z A mihrab, showing the direction of Mecca, was built in the Bel temple, indicating that for a time it was a mosque. Stones that speak 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z Cities from Port-au-Prince in Haiti and Mecca in Saudi Arabia to Cardiff are soon to climb on the bandwagon. Urban cable cars: from transport solution to tourist attraction 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z This works smoothly, as when a saxophone aptly depicts Malcolm’s new life in big-city Boston, or when a wailing, longing trumpet accompanies prayer in Mecca. Review: After 36 Years, a Malcolm X Opera Sings to the Future 2022-05-15T04:00:00Z He has directed three plays on Broadway, including most recently a 2012 production of the Athol Fugard drama “The Road to Mecca.” Long Wharf Theater Leader Is Accused of Sexual Misconduct 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z Even with its spire, it will not reach the height of Mecca's 600m clock-tower in Saudi Arabia, where the 1km Kingdom Tower is also being planned in Jeddah to overshadow them all. Will One World Trade Center really be the tallest building in the west? 2013-05-02T10:32:00Z Because tonight it’s at Mecca, which has a gambling licence, there will be cash prizes, but not big ones, and not yet. Bingo is back – and even the hipsters have got their eyes down 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z “The window of your room faces to the East. If you pray facing the window, you will be oriented toward Mecca,” Ivy answered within two minutes. Expect new tech in hotels, from Vegas to Chicago 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z Muslims can pray, but they can’t face Mecca; they have to face the White House. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Just imagine how Trump’s second term might have gone 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z Sinan has hundreds of monumental structures still in daily use, from Belgrade to Mecca. Cultured Traveler: Tracking Turkey’s First Starchitect 2012-06-08T18:10:50Z In Morocco, there are huge re-creations of ancient Rome and Greece, plus a fake Mecca. Luke Skywalker's house – Rä di Martino's best photograph 2013-03-06T17:44:23Z In Mecca, people set up picnics on the ground of Masjid al-Haram, the mosque surrounding the Kaaba. Q&A: In 30 Days, 30 Mosques 2012-07-19T19:23:46Z They focus on his “cosmopolitan” phase, after he made the pilgrimage to Mecca and ceased talking about organizing rifle clubs for self-defense. The Music of Malcolm X 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z Susan Straight’s new novel, “Mecca,” is about this desert town and the many constellations of communities deep in Southern California’s inland. Wildfires, Secrets and Struggles in a Hidden California 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z A few pages are devoted to Mecca, a famed hip-hop party at Tunnel that brought the rugged and the glamorous alike to a deserted block of westernmost Chelsea. The Intoxicating Promise of New York City’s Night-Life Flyers 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z At Mecca, he moves among nearly three million people, and a pandemic explodes. A Virus Upends the World in a Sweeping New Novel 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z With the binoculars-style viewer to my face, I cycle through low-resolution images of buildings and crowds of people in Mecca. Poetry show pulls audience of one 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z “Mecca” begins when Elsa arrives, exhausted and frustrated after a 12-hour drive to Miss Helen’s home, having received a distressed letter from the older woman. | 'The Road to Mecca' : ?Road to Mecca? at American Airlines Theater - Review 2012-01-18T03:01:07Z But “Mecca” throbs with a despairing awareness of the South Africa of the 1970s as a broken and corrupting nation, a spiritual prison for those who inhabit it. | 'The Road to Mecca' : ?Road to Mecca? at American Airlines Theater - Review 2012-01-18T03:01:07Z By comparison, Mecca gets around 9 million visitors a year. What is the most trodden-upon place on earth? 2013-01-23T15:15:01Z Mecca, in all her royal inglory, canceled the show last week. Ishmael Butler on Digable Planets: 'I think it's the end' 2012-12-19T23:17:42Z In a set of cellphone videos, he documents the physical transformation of the holy city of Mecca, as it turns itself into a deluxe pilgrim-tourist destination. ‘Here and Elsewhere,’ Contemporary Work From the Middle East 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z In the author’s view, Mecca turned in on itself long before the birth of modern Saudi Arabia in the 1930s. Sacred and profane 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z A few years later, he produced a series of works inspired by the Kaaba, the shrine in Mecca in whose direction Muslims turn when they pray. We Need to Talk About Colonialism, This Artist Says 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z The Roundabout Theatre Company's production of "The Road to Mecca" kicks off Fugard's 80th birthday celebration in the city. Fugard's 'The Road to Mecca' to hit Broadway 2011-08-09T15:46:08Z As long as the group charged low prices the general public could afford, the Mecca Temple was theirs for $1 per year in rent. How ‘A Mad Love’ of Opera Has Played Out From 17th-Century Mantua to 21st-Century New York 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z Forbes offer the opportunity to bask in Watson's energized monologue about the consciousness and cultural variation Howard bestowed upon its students in the chapter titled "The Mecca." "Between the World and Me" transforms a father's letter to his son into a chorus for a people 2020-11-21T05:00:00Z Rupert, is, of course, "Mecca for most women" – he's variously won the Olympics, taken a GCSE, been Tory minister for sport and won a television franchise. Why Jilly Cooper should not let racy Rupert grow old disgracefully 2012-08-06T14:58:54Z Faced with a devastating challenge to its credibility as the divinely sanctioned custodian of Mecca’s holy places, the Saudi royal family was forced to rely on a team of French commandos to recapture the mosque. The Unraveling of the Muslim World 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z Elderly Britons are being mass-converted to Islam in mosques branded "Mecca". Birmingham: Britain's new Mecca? 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z A sign of the power of Saudi land grabbers in fellow Muslim countries could be seen at a curious ceremony at the Saudi King Abdullah’s royal palace in Mecca in September 2010. Don’t censor the school-lunch blog 2012-06-15T16:15:00Z Thanks to its location on the waterfront, and the laser atop the minaret that beams toward Mecca, it’s one of Morocco's most striking buildings. What to Do in Casablanca 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z Every year, Muslims travel from around the world to the city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia to complete the haj, one of the five pillars of their faith. Egyptian artist paints murals on houses to celebrate haj 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z Captain and crew operated under unusually egalitarian rules and hit the jackpot in 1695 when they captured an Indian treasure ship bearing members of the Mughal imperial court returning from Mecca. Review | This summer: Audiobooks that make you feel like you’re on a vacation 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z The most sacred Islamic site is the Kaaba, the monumental black cube in the courtyard of Masjid al-Haram, the great mosque in Mecca. Design: It's a World of Black Rectangles 2010-12-12T18:30:00Z With his acoustic songs of social protest, a young Bob Dylan was a hero to folk music fans in the early 1960s and the Newport festival was their Mecca. Ownership of Dylan's historic guitar in dispute 2012-07-12T04:05:11Z Think of Sir Richard Francis Burton, who searched out the source of the Nile and visited Mecca disguised as a Muslim pilgrim, or T. E. Lawrence, he of “of-Arabia” fame. A Journey Along the River That Separates Russia From China 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z In the novel, the pilgrimage center of Mecca becomes a center of dispersal; in the real world, it was the pilgrimage center of Qom. An Eerily Prescient Pandemic Novel That’s Guaranteed to Terrify 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z “Mecca” is structured as a battle for the future of the ostensibly passive and bewildered Miss Helen. | 'The Road to Mecca' : ?Road to Mecca? at American Airlines Theater - Review 2012-01-18T03:01:07Z One Welsh minister of parliament said that her geometric design was identical to the shrine in Mecca. Why we talk about Zaha Hadid's gender and ethnicity even though her architecture transcended both 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z He collects old car wrecks abandoned on the fringes of Mecca from which he creates stark, hand crafted symbols of Saudi history and current political realities. Saudi Arabia showcases modern art 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z Excavated at the site were the remains of an open-air mosque — a rectangular building, about the size of a single-car garage, with a prayer niche facing south towards Mecca. Archaeologists find mosque from when Islam arrived in holy land 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z Even then, it’s hard not to compare “Painted Rocks” unfavorably with “The Road to Mecca,” Fugard’s better play about an outsider artist. Review | Dynamic production of ‘Painted Rocks,’ a mediocre Fugard play at MetroStage 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z Mr. Vesler, who recently secured a $10 million investment from Express, a local brand, called Columbus a “Midwest Mecca,” adding, “I love watching the business grow and offering jobs to people from here.” We Settle a Big Fashion Rivalry: Nashville vs. Columbus 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z Today, many view it as America’s “Black Mecca.” Super Bowl LIII and the soul of Atlanta 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z And this is Mecca for cinema, this place! Ari Folman animates Robin Wright in 'The Congress' 2013-05-21T12:05:12Z “Weirdo Night,” her popular, long-running monthly variety show in Los Angeles, which she summed up as a “live ‘Muppet Show’ meets demented queer ‘Star Search,’” has become a Mecca for the surreal. A Queer Punk Vaudevillian’s Surreal Take on ‘Titanic’ 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z The support vehicle dawdles behind as you cycle and there’s time to savour the sights and smells of the grape country near the town of Mecca. 10 of the best things to do in Palm Springs, California 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z To work around such extremes, Muslims in far-northern countries are given special permission to adopt the timetable of Mecca. Where Breaking the Ramadan Fast Includes Caribou 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z Back at the Mecca bingo hall, the numbers roll relentlessly on. Rediscovering Birmingham's movie meccas 2010-03-30T15:38:00Z “When I opened the boxes and took a quick look at the contents, I was blown away,” Gold noted on the blog of his Record Mecca website. Bob Dylan acetates from 1969-70 discovered in NY apartment 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z Though she drinks alcohol and often misses prayer, she rejoices in the “communal joy of taraweeh” and takes pleasure in hearing her navigator speak of his time in Mecca. A Swashbuckling Pirate Pulled Into One Last Job 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z Mecca did not respond to emails asking for her side of the story. Shabazz / THEESat: a history of high-concept Seattle shows 2012-12-27T14:11:16Z Fugard's plays often deal with the turbulent history of his native South Africa, with his most notable plays being "Master Harold... and the Boys" and "The Road to Mecca." Arvo Part, Athol Fugard among recipients of Praemium Imperiale awards 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z The building is actually Mecca Bingo, but it has been taken over – with Mecca’s blessing, I’m afraid, not by force – for the night by Rebel Bingo. Bingo is back – and even the hipsters have got their eyes down 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z He spoke with The Record during a visit to the Totowa Toys "R" Us that was his "Mecca" when he was growing up. Executive finds fountain of youth in toys 2010-12-06T18:33:00Z But this was a different situation, because Mecca, for whatever reason, ruined it. Ishmael Butler on Digable Planets: 'I think it's the end' 2012-12-19T23:17:42Z In photographs and a video, Ahmed Mater, who is based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, surveys the holy city of Mecca from a similar angel’s-eye height, though there’s nothing celestial about the perspective. The Guggenheim Is Going Global. Kind Of. 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z The famed Chelsea nightclub and Mecca, its weekly party series, provided inspiration for this modern-day Sunday blowout. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z The place became, for some, a kind of literary Mecca. Change Is in the Air at the E. B. White Farm 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z At the moment, she says, the prevailing trend in Islam stresses the violent sayings of Muhammad, dating from his stay in Medina, over the peaceful ones issued earlier in Mecca. Thoughts on its future 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z Circling the Kaaba in the Great Mosque in Mecca is part of the ritual Once they arrive, they must brave vast crowds and the fierce heat of the desert as they perform the Hajj rituals. Museum to stage Hajj exhibition 2011-07-20T09:53:53Z Acehnese are famously devout — their province is often called the "Veranda of Mecca." Keeping the Faith in Banda Aceh 2010-03-25T10:25:00Z That is at least in part the sardonic content of Ahmed Mater's epigrammatic black-and-white photograph of a black magnetic cube drawing ring upon concentric ring of iron filings to its Mecca. Light from the Middle East: New Photography – review 2012-12-09T00:05:48Z Prophet Mohammad was born in Mecca, Saudi Arabia in the year 570 AD. Egyptians celebrate Prophet Mohammad's birth but miss sugar dolls 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z The television series being produced outside Damascus is about a Sufi cleric called Muhiy al-Din bin Arabi, and is set in historic Mecca, the holiest city of Islam located in modern-day Saudi Arabia. Film cameras start to roll again in Damascus studios 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z Or take the Canadian design guru Bruce Mau, who is called up with requests such as: "Can you provide a vision for the future of Mecca?" The urban age: how cities became our greatest design challenge yet | Justin McGuirk 2010-03-29T13:39:00Z He has proposed bombing Mecca, Saudi Arabia, to deter terrorists, called for a moratorium on legal immigration, and called Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor a “racist.” The Colorado soap opera that could be a major 2016 headache for the GOP 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z But the equation of Vegas, the gambling Mecca, with western values strikes me as tendentious. Playing Cards 1: Spades – review 2013-02-12T17:31:11Z Seattle in the '90s was synonymous with grunge, a Mecca for disenfranchised youth playing deafening anthems on electric guitars. Grunge pioneers the Melvins play 2 nights at the Crocodile 2011-05-12T19:27:03Z The exhibition's highlight is a monumental door from the Ka'ba, made of silver embossed with gold, the gift of an Ottoman sultan, which guarded the entrance to the sanctuary in Mecca for three centuries. Saudi Arabia's pre-Islamic treasures come to the Louvre 2010-08-10T13:00:00Z Throughout the 1970s, Cannes became a kind of Mecca for the best of US cinema, with MASH, The Conversation, Taxi Driver and Apocalypse Now ascending to the winner's rostrum. Cannes and Hollywood: a feisty marriage 2013-05-14T08:00:03Z His father, who worked in a business that exported Nigerian food, began to openly question his faith after making a pilgrimage to Mecca and seeing things there he did not agree with. This Basketball-Loving Poet Resists Categorization 2020-09-26T04:00:00Z Nashashibi wants to grow an endowment to further his group’s work; he also hopes, for the first time, to join the Hajj, an annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia. MacArthur ‘genius’ grant winners step into the spotlight: ‘Is this really happening?’ 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z Readers might suppose that, in Islam’s golden age, Mecca, like Baghdad and Damascus, was a centre of culture and civilisation. Sacred and profane 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z Is terrifying yourself with the details of how a pandemic spreads — say among masses of worshipers at the hajj in Mecca — going to be the good kind of scary? Review | The fiction writers saw it coming: The plot of ‘The End of October’ feels all too real 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z It throws into stark relief the architectural changes that are transforming the skyline of Mecca by juxtaposing a photograph of the Holy city taken in 1890 with one snapped earlier this year. Arab art on view at Venice Biennale 2013-08-15T07:00:06Z Vasco passed away, aged 82, in 2014, but I traced his right-hand man, task force chairman and veteran politician Andrew Mecca. 'It was quasi-religious': the great self-esteem con 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z Tashi Harrow, a Howard graduate, traveled from Canada with her family, including her three-year-old daughter, Mecca. At Howard University, Homecoming Is a Pilgrimage 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z More than two million Muslims show up to Mecca to complete these rites, as is obligatory on anyone who is financially and physically able to do so. What all Americans can learn from Hajj 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z Much of Rogue One is said to be based on the planet Jedha, a kind of Mecca for followers of the Jedi. The six key questions Rogue One: A Star Wars Story must answer 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z When he was 12 years old, he saw the film Malcolm X, and was moved by its depiction of the pilgrims in Mecca. America's 'detainee 001' ? the persecution of John Walker Lindh 2011-07-10T16:08:00Z Now it is being hounded by a narrative from some who say they fear the Capstone, the Mecca, is losing ground, its legacy being chipped away bit by bit. Is this Howard University’s tipping point? 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z He and his wife, Khadija, live simply in Mecca, giving away most of their income and wearing homespun linen instead of silk. Biography paints portrait of Muhammad as prophet, man 2013-01-17T22:06:50Z As they spread from cities like Mecca, Cairo and Damascus to Istanbul in the middle of the 16th century, such ‘‘kahvehanes’’ reshaped the concepts of personal space and social roles, the exhibition curators say. In Turkey, a Display of a Coffee Ritual 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z The final two fellows met us at the Alyscamps estate that would be our Mecca in this creative pilgrimage. Retreating for the Summer, but Not Heading Backward 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z The play, capably directed by Simon Levy, is a small but resonant addition to a distinguished corpus that includes " 'Master Harold' … and the Boys," "The Road to Mecca" and "Valley Song." Athol Fugard builds on his distinguished corpus with 'The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek' 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z But there are a few performers and events that you need to experience in your trip to the “Gay Mecca”. Gay San Francisco: a guide to clubs, bars, drag shows and queer culture 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z Cameras are banned in this Berlin techno Mecca, preserving its air of hedonistic mystery. German music now: from Berghain to Mannheim 2012-06-26T16:36:57Z “Here in the Mecca of cinema, Hollywood, I’ve received the best one.” Hollywood puts scandal aside for a night at the honorary Oscars 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z Manhattan as Mecca If — in America — dense, transit-served cities are better, then New York is the best. Stop climate change: Move to the city, start walking 2012-11-03T19:00:00Z The sight of blue-eyed, fair-skinned pilgrims at Mecca, which pleased him, helped complete his ideological break with his former colleagues. Malcolm X at Oxford: 'They're going to kill me soon' 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z Krasin wanted Lenin's mausoleum to be a site that surpassed Jerusalem and Mecca in grandeur and significance. Intimations of immortality 2011-01-08T00:05:59Z The first years of Muhammad’s mission, which he spent as the leader of an oppressed minority in Mecca, provides ample evidence to support this argument. Illuminating Islam’s Peaceful Origins 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z Mr. Fares says that Experience Mecca was not designed as a substitute for the Hajj, but in a time of lockdown, it does offer an opportunity to connect to the ritual. For Shut-In Pilgrims, the World’s Holiest Sites Are a Click Away 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z Through the open window I see him join thirty men in bright robes and embroidered Taqiyah head coverings as they kneel to face the Kaaba cube in Mecca. History, harmony, and the only Muslim island in Australia | Ben Stubbs 2017-01-28T05:00:00Z But as he learned more of the city’s history, he discovered another Mecca at odds with the first, a place of feuds and power struggles, of greed and bigotry. Sacred and profane 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z “It’s a kind of pilgrimage or Mecca, and even more so this year,” says Mark Cousins, the Scotland-based filmmaker whose “The Story of Film: a New Generation” will premiere opening day on the Cannes beach. A Cannes (sans kisses) to reawaken our romance with movies 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z The Muslim who prayed toward Mecca five times a day so assiduously that he said, “Whoever looks into my face remembers to pray.” How Did Rumi Become One of Our Best-Selling Poets? 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z In 2019, for example, Mecca welcomed over 7 million international pilgrims for umrah in addition to millions from within the kingdom. Coronavirus fears put a halt to the Muslim pilgrimage of umrah — but not yet the hajj 2020-03-07T05:00:00Z “I want you to understand our situation,” she says at the beginning, cloth flitting over her camera lens as she walks the streets of Mecca. Saudi Runaway: behind a suspenseful and courageous documentary 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z The sports documentary "Mecca II" opens the festival Oct. Huntington Beach gets its close-up in 3 films at SoCal festival 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z A few years ago the historian Tom Holland, who is not an academic, published In the Shadow of the Sword, which questioned accounts of Mohammed, and raised doubts about the location of Mecca. Do we need to hide who we are to speak freely in the era of identity politics? 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z In 1324, when King Mansa Musa of Mali stopped in Cairo while making the pilgrimage to Mecca, he distributed so much gold that he destroyed the value of money for at least a decade. The unlucky continent 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z Al-Sharif was born in Mecca in 1979, the year that the Grand Mosque seizure marked the resurgence of the radically puritanical Islamic doctrine known as Salafism. Memoirs Take the Wheel 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z Surely this would be Mecca, a place for acolytes to gather and swap stories while gazing passionately at the new offerings. Critical Shopper: At Flight 23, the Best Jordans are on the Customers 2014-03-19T21:35:12Z In order to see the fine detail on the Hajj certificate which is placed on a lectern facing Mecca, visitors are obliged to incline in the direction of the Qaab'a. Arab art on view at Venice Biennale 2013-08-15T07:00:06Z At the outskirts of the capital, pointed toward the desert — and Mecca — the building seemed ready to move. Zaha Hadid’s Desert Think Tank: Environmental Beauty and Efficiency 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z It's called Place Pulse, and it's more of an online experiment, run by researchers at MIT Media Lab, the Mecca of future-tech design. Place Pulse: a new website rates city safety 2011-08-19T16:38:49Z Only one problem: the door – to the closet, with the skeleton in it, the skeleton which kneels down on a prayer mat five times a day, facing Mecca – is creaking open. TV review: Homeland 2012-10-07T21:35:00Z Her high, distant, panoramic view of the Kaaba shrine in Mecca, encircled by tens of thousands of pilgrims, is an astonishing thing. ‘The Middle East Revealed: A Female Perspective’ and ‘Syria in 1940’ 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z The narrator uses Muhammad’s destruction of idols in Mecca as an example for the violent iconoclasm shown in Mosul. Propaganda video may be a cover for Mosul Museum looting 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z The Fringe is regarded as the world's biggest annual showcase for new talent in theater, comedy, song, dance and music and is the Mecca for street performers around the globe. Edinburgh festivals bat eyes at London Olympic fans 2011-11-24T17:35:18Z But at the Mecca Gym in Meridian, Idaho, where she trains in custom pink Aesthreadics lifting belt and Wonder Woman socks, Etta is a star. Oof! Uhh! Mom? Meet the Peewee Powerlifters 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z A Muslim, he prayed toward Mecca in the southeast corner of his snug plot of land and walked the streets of the village, singing chants that were probably from the Koran. What lies beneath: Searching for the bones of Yarrow Mamout, a turn-of-the-19th-century Georgetown celebrity 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z But when you want to get the real one, you go to the Mecca of it. Don’t Ask Shaggy to Touch the Mic at a Wedding 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z It erupts from her with a soul-deep rumble late in the first act of Athol Fugard’s “Road to Mecca,” which opened on Tuesday night at the American Airlines Theater. | 'The Road to Mecca' : ?Road to Mecca? at American Airlines Theater - Review 2012-01-18T03:01:07Z "It happened to Jean from Mecca Normal," he says. There's a riot grrrl going on – a classic tour feature from the vaults 2013-01-09T13:10:35Z My parents and I went to the holy city of Mecca before the war. Happy birthday, Gen Z: celebrating with 16-year-olds around the world 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z The subject is the great pilgrimage to Mecca that every Muslim is enjoined to make at least once and that millions embark on every year. Books for Art Lovers 2012-11-22T20:15:43Z When Patterson attacked Ali’s religion, the champion said that he might as well have been “attacking Cairo, Egypt, the Holy City of Mecca, Pakistan, Turkey, and 300,000” Muslim Americans. “They’ve got to kill me. They can’t afford to let me live”: Inside the amazing friendship between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z Final products are put together in small factories in Italy, the Mecca of the luxury industry. SAfrican anti-apartheid guru debuts luxury line 2011-10-02T22:51:13Z But now he was in Mecca to award the king, Saudi Arabia’s land-grabber-in-chief, his organization’s Agricola Medal “in recognition of his support for improving world food security.” Don’t censor the school-lunch blog 2012-06-15T16:15:00Z The current travel restrictions prevent the entry of both overseas pilgrims and Saudi citizens into the holy cities of Mecca and Medina. Coronavirus fears put a halt to the Muslim pilgrimage of umrah — but not yet the hajj 2020-03-07T05:00:00Z City planners from Mecca found him, asking him to rethink how better to handle the Hajj. Bruce Mau: A Designer Puts Life on the Drawing Boards 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z Mecca Bingo here has had recent cosmetic surgery, and seems to be doing OK. Bingo is back – and even the hipsters have got their eyes down 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z They play in bands and walk in the woods and pray in a graceful holy room where clerestory windows beam sunlight down onto slate floors and a compass shows the direction of Mecca. California prison guards are dying too young. How Norway (yes, Norway) can help 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z The compound in East Jerusalem's walled Old City is Islam's third holiest site after Mecca and Medina, and the most sacred to Jews, who refer to it as the Temple Mount. Supporters of Palestinians and Israel protest and pray 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z The compound is Islam's third holiest side after Mecca and Medina and the most sacred to Jews, who refer to it as the Temple Mount. Supporters of Palestinians and Israel to protest and pray as war intensifies 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z The compound is Islam’s third holiest side after Mecca and Medina and the most sacred to Jews, who refer to it as the Temple Mount. Hamas calls for Friday protests in East Jerusalem, West Bank 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z According to Islamic scripture, the Prophet Muhammad traveled from Mecca to the mosque in one night to pray, and then ascended to heaven. Disputed site of Al-Aqsa Mosque a factor in Hamas attack on Israel 2023-10-07T04:00:00Z During the last week, some Jews have prayed inside the Aqsa Mosque compound, the third holiest place for Muslims after Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia. Israel blindsided by most serious attack from Hamas in a generation - Jeremy Bowen 2023-10-07T04:00:00Z A British MP is urging the Saudi government to compensate Hajj pilgrims who experienced problems with the sacred pilgrimage to Mecca this year. Pilgrims should be compensated after problems at Hajj, says MP 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z Saudi officials offered no reason for why they specifically targeted al-Ghamdi, a retired school teacher living in the city of Mecca. Saudi man receives death penalty for posts online, latest case in wide-ranging crackdown on dissent 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z On Sunday night, TODEC’s Coachella team helped coordinate transportation with the county for several families in Thermal and Mecca who needed to get to a shelter. Unprecedented flooding from Hilary leaves Palm Springs, Coachella Valley reeling 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z At the Fuente de Agua Viva in Mecca, 50 people gathered for the 11 a.m. A tropical storm came to the desert, and migrant farmers faced a new danger 2023-08-20T04:00:00Z Communities were renamed Mecca and Arabia; the yearly date festival offered an “Arabian Nights” pageant and the crowning of “Queen Scheherazade.” 113 degrees at work, failing AC at home: Farmworkers can’t escape life-threatening heat 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z The imam also frequently leads groups on pilgrimages to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, considered a religious duty for Muslims. Handcuffs, searches, ‘SSSS’ stamps: Why this Seattle imam is suing the U.S. 2023-08-13T04:00:00Z They came to Mecca to work the harvest but couldn’t find an apartment to rent and had no family nearby to stay with. When a telephone pole’s worth of shade or straw hat is the only relief from deadly heat 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z Cohen, Bradley, and others traveled to Sacramento to speak, as did several residents of Mecca, a town on the north side of the lake. Scientists warned of a Salton Sea disaster. No one listened 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z The Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca is one of the five pillars of Islam, and all Muslims are required to undertake it at least once in their lives if they are able. This year’s Hajj was held in sweltering heat, and for those serving pilgrims there was little relief 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z For more than a decade, furious development has transformed the center of Mecca with fields of towers surrounding around the Grand Mosque, housing the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest site. How Mecca is the lynchpin for Saudi Arabia’s hospitality and tourism drive 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z The pilgrimage to Mecca is one of the five pillars of Islam, required of all Muslims at least once in their lives if they are able. Muslim pilgrims take part in symbolic stoning of the devil as Hajj pilgrimage winds down 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z The city is named Arkadag, or protector, an unofficial title by which Turkmen media have long referred to Berdymukhamedov, who on Thursday marked his 66th birthday by travelling to the Muslim holy city of Mecca. Turkmenistan opens futuristic city dedicated to leader 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z Later in the meeting, a young man from Mecca named Christian Garza spoke. Scientists warned of a Salton Sea disaster. No one listened 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z They spray the streets, campsites and bridges in and around Mecca with disinfectants and pesticides, which Zaytoun says are designed to protect the environment and prevent the spread of disease. This year’s Hajj was held in sweltering heat, and for those serving pilgrims there was little relief 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z On the other side are low-rise and dingy pilgrim lodgings, budget eateries, and tiny stores crammed with pilgrimage essentials — a world away from the shiny and upscale future for Mecca envisioned by Saudi Arabia. How Mecca is the lynchpin for Saudi Arabia’s hospitality and tourism drive 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z It began with pilgrims circling the Kaaba in Mecca’s Grand Mosque, the cube-shaped structure to which Muslims face during their five daily prayers. Muslim pilgrims take part in symbolic stoning of the devil as Hajj pilgrimage winds down 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z The mound southeast of Mecca is little known outside Islam. ‘The Hajj is not Mecca’: Why prayers at Mount Arafat are the spiritual peak of Islamic pilgrimage 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom’s de facto ruler, traveled to Mecca on Tuesday to oversee the pilgrimage, according to state-run media. Muslims at Hajj brave intense heat to cast stones at pillars representing the devil 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z The festival coincides with the end of the Hajj - the annual Islamic pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca. Eid al-Adha around the world: In pictures 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z The Associated Press reached out to several Saudi officials and construction firms with detailed questions about religious tourism and plans to develop Mecca’s hospitality sector but received no response. How Mecca is the lynchpin for Saudi Arabia’s hospitality and tourism drive 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z Farida has already been to Mecca four times before to perform the lesser Umrah pilgrimage, which includes some of the rituals of the Hajj and can be undertaken at any time of the year. Hajj: Price rises making pilgrimage increasingly unaffordable 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z Then he took a boat to the United Arab Emirates and walked across the Arabian Peninsula to Mecca. ‘The Hajj is not Mecca’: Why prayers at Mount Arafat are the spiritual peak of Islamic pilgrimage 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z Mecca is Islam’s holiest city and a focal point for followers of the faith. What is it like living in Mecca? For residents, Islam’s holiest sites are simply home 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z Abu Rahal was one of more than 2 million haj pilgrims expected to attend the 2023 pilgrimage season this week in Mecca and Medina, defying global inflation and higher prices for haj services. Defying high prices, Muslim pilgrims head to Mecca for haj 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z Twenty-seven projects, each valued at $25 million or more, are underway in Mecca, according to the Global Data Construction Intelligence Centre. How Mecca is the lynchpin for Saudi Arabia’s hospitality and tourism drive 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z "Instead of the Hajj visa, I got a three-month-tourist visa and arrived in Mecca a month before the Hajj season kicks off," she tells me from Saudi Arabia while waiting to start the pilgrimage. Hajj: Price rises making pilgrimage increasingly unaffordable 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z For the Saudi royal family, which captured Mecca in the 1920s, organizing the pilgrimage is a major source of pride and legitimacy. EXPLAINER: What is the Hajj pilgrimage and what does it mean for Muslims? 2023-06-25T04:00:00Z Mecca has no cinemas, despite the government lifting a nationwide ban on movie theatres in 2018. What is it like living in Mecca? For residents, Islam’s holiest sites are simply home 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z Vast crowds of men wrapped in white and women mostly in black circled the Kaaba in Mecca's Holy Mosque as security officers walked among pilgrims, watching closely the ritual. Defying high prices, Muslim pilgrims head to Mecca for haj 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z Mecca is revered by Muslims around the world as the place where the Prophet Muhammed was born and preached 1,400 years ago. How Mecca is the lynchpin for Saudi Arabia’s hospitality and tourism drive 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z Muslims are required to make the journey to Mecca at least once in their lifetime, if they are physically and financially capable of doing so. Hajj: Price rises making pilgrimage increasingly unaffordable 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z Many Muslims visit Medina, where the Prophet Muhammad is buried and where he built the first mosque, before heading to Mecca. EXPLAINER: What is the Hajj pilgrimage and what does it mean for Muslims? 2023-06-25T04:00:00Z Born in Jeddah, Abdu has lived in Mecca since she was six. What is it like living in Mecca? For residents, Islam’s holiest sites are simply home 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z Such devotion provides business for the merchants of Mecca. Defying high prices, Muslim pilgrims head to Mecca for haj 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z At the same time, Saudi Arabia’s leadership wants to emphasize the modern, new Mecca by showing off the grandiose new construction and projects in the pipeline. How Mecca is the lynchpin for Saudi Arabia’s hospitality and tourism drive 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z For decades, nearly all of the tourists who entered Saudi Arabia were pilgrims going to Mecca, the birthplace of Islam. Saudi Arabia Wants Tourists. It Didn’t Expect Christians. 2023-06-24T04:00:00Z The Hajj begins with Muslims circling the Kaaba in Mecca counter-clockwise seven times while reciting prayers. EXPLAINER: What is the Hajj pilgrimage and what does it mean for Muslims? 2023-06-25T04:00:00Z Now a move to Jeddah after marriage and the passing of relatives in Mecca means she has fewer reasons to visit the city. What is it like living in Mecca? For residents, Islam’s holiest sites are simply home 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z Umrah is another form of pilgrimage to Mecca which - unlike haj - can be carried out at any time of the year. Saudi-Iran thaw improves haj services for Iranian pilgrims 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z Mecca residents have mixed feelings about the dramatic transformation of the city. How Mecca is the lynchpin for Saudi Arabia’s hospitality and tourism drive 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z It will require a vast expansion of hotels and other infrastructure in Mecca and Medina, ancient cities already largely obliterated by high-rises and shopping malls. Ambitious Saudi plans to ramp up Hajj could face challenges from climate change 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z All of this takes place inside Mecca’s Grand Mosque — the world’s largest — which encompasses the Kaaba and the two hills. EXPLAINER: What is the Hajj pilgrimage and what does it mean for Muslims? 2023-06-25T04:00:00Z Abdu recalled how in elementary school “we were told to set a good example for people because of Mecca’s status.” What is it like living in Mecca? For residents, Islam’s holiest sites are simply home 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z Iranian pilgrim Mohammed Hossaini landed in Mecca on Thursday, five days before the annual gathering starts, seeking to perform both umrah and haj in one trip. Saudi-Iran thaw improves haj services for Iranian pilgrims 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z An Egyptian chef who has worked in Mecca for six years is happy about the new developments and the prospect of wealthier tourists because it means more business for his restaurant. How Mecca is the lynchpin for Saudi Arabia’s hospitality and tourism drive 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z The $19 one-way price from Jeddah’s airport to Mecca may also be out of reach for pilgrims on lower incomes. Ambitious Saudi plans to ramp up Hajj could face challenges from climate change 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z Global inflation has hiked prices for Hajj dramatically, with costs mounting for airlines, transportation, food and accommodation in and around the holy city of Mecca. Inflation and economic crises strain pilgrims in this year’s Hajj, putting it out of reach for some 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z Born in Dhaka, Rojin has lived in Mecca for 16 years, part of a significant South Asian community permanently residing there. What is it like living in Mecca? For residents, Islam’s holiest sites are simply home 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z Balloons and haj slogans in Farsi decorated the Al-Mozn hotel where Hossaini, and other pilgrims from the Iranian city of Shiraz, stayed in Mecca. Saudi-Iran thaw improves haj services for Iranian pilgrims 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z Another Egyptian, who has lived in Mecca for over a decade and spoke anonymously for the same reason, welcomes the near-constant construction and development because of its positive effect on the economy. How Mecca is the lynchpin for Saudi Arabia’s hospitality and tourism drive 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z They pack into the Grand Mosque in Mecca to circumambulate the Kaaba. Ambitious Saudi plans to ramp up Hajj could face challenges from climate change 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z Galilee Center opened this long-term shelter nearly a year ago to complement services it already provided at a short-term shelter in the desert town of Mecca. After seeking asylum, families at this shelter take their first steps in the U.S. 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z Converting it to housing would only exacerbate a lack of adequate parking in the “Mecca of Black culture in Los Angeles,” a spokesman for Councilwoman Heather Hutt said in an email reply to The Times. More than 100 vacant, government-owned parcels in L.A. could be used for housing, study finds 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z Millions of Muslims from around the world will start converging next week on Mecca in Saudi Arabia to begin the several days of rituals at holy sites in and around the city. After long waits, new pilgrims prepare for return of Hajj, the first major one since COVID-19 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z But he worries that the luxury hotels could become a distraction from the religious experience synonymous with Mecca. How Mecca is the lynchpin for Saudi Arabia’s hospitality and tourism drive 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z Millions of Muslims from around the world will start converging next week on Mecca in Saudi Arabia to begin several days of rituals. After long waits, new pilgrims prepare for Hajj’s return, the first major one since COVID-19 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z For migrants, the Mecca facility was often a brief stop, a chance for a warm meal and a night or two on a cot before continuing on to their destinations. After seeking asylum, families at this shelter take their first steps in the U.S. 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z There, on Wednesday, middle school students began taking exams, while pilgrims to Mecca began their Hajj journeys, as some Sudanese attempted to find some normality in a conflict that has upended their lives. Darfur cities under fire as Sudanese war spreads 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z It’s serendipitous timing for Zaqqout, who has waited years for this opportunity, and whose sons cannot afford to make the long, arduous trip from Gaza to Mecca. After long waits, new pilgrims prepare for return of Hajj, the first major one since COVID-19 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z As this year’s Hajj wraps up Friday, bringing the annual pilgrimage closer to its pre-pandemic size, Mecca is being rapidly pushed to an even grander scale. How Mecca is the lynchpin for Saudi Arabia’s hospitality and tourism drive 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z It’s serendipitous timing for Zaqqout, who has waited years for this opportunity, and her sons cannot afford the long, arduous trip from Gaza to Mecca. After long waits, new pilgrims prepare for Hajj’s return, the first major one since COVID-19 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z Maduro was received at the airport of the Saudi Red Sea city of Jeddah by Deputy Governor of Mecca region Prince Badr bin Sultan and other officials, Saudi state news agency SPA said. Venezuela's Maduro visits Saudi Arabia -state media 2023-06-05T04:00:00Z "Today is our happy day. Our President has won. I feel like I'm going on a pilgrimage to Mecca," added another, Omer, among the thousands of people gathered at the presidential palace in Ankara. Turkey's Erdogan still captivates his followers despite setbacks 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z She immediately signed up for an Umrah, the so-called “lesser pilgrimage” to Mecca that can happen any time. After long waits, new pilgrims prepare for return of Hajj, the first major one since COVID-19 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z Saudi Arabia is home to Islam’s two most sacred cities, Mecca and Medina. How Mecca is the lynchpin for Saudi Arabia’s hospitality and tourism drive 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z So this year she went on an Umrah, the so-called “lesser pilgrimage” to Mecca that can happen any time. After long waits, new pilgrims prepare for Hajj’s return, the first major one since COVID-19 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z Another key architect of the legislation, Frank Mecca, said the state should have anticipated that more children would have to remain in group homes. How California’s big effort to help abused children left some with nowhere to go 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z Also pulled down was the grave of Abdullah Zuhdi, the 19th Century calligrapher whose exquisite works adorn Islam's two most revered mosques in Mecca and Medina. Cairo masterplan threatens ancient City of the Dead 2023-05-26T04:00:00Z Husin tearfully recounted the prayer he had repeated: “I beg you, God … open the way for me to go to Mecca and Medina. Please give your blessing.” After long waits, new pilgrims prepare for return of Hajj, the first major one since COVID-19 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z Muslims around the world are required by their faith to perform the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in their lives if they are able. How Mecca is the lynchpin for Saudi Arabia’s hospitality and tourism drive 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z While they’ve been to Mecca before, this will be the first Hajj for all three. After long waits, new pilgrims prepare for Hajj’s return, the first major one since COVID-19 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z “The alternative for those youths is juvenile hall or homelessness,” Mecca said. How California’s big effort to help abused children left some with nowhere to go 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z At the Mecca in Hull, silence soon falls in the hall as the game begins. Bingo: 'Generational' game gets reinvented for new crowd 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z It was a blow, but he kept his faith that the pandemic would end and he would make it to Mecca. After long waits, new pilgrims prepare for return of Hajj, the first major one since COVID-19 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z “They call it The Mecca for a reason.” Carmelo Anthony retires from NBA, after 19-year career, NCAA title, 3 Olympic gold medals 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z Husin tearfully recounted the prayer he often repeated: “I beg You, God … open the way for me to go to Mecca and Medina. Please give Your blessing.” After long waits, new pilgrims prepare for Hajj’s return, the first major one since COVID-19 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z Those clan leaders were fearful that if Muhammad’s message caught on, it would threaten the pilgrims who flocked to Mecca to venerate the various deities: that would be bad for business. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z As I arrive in the foyer of Mecca Bingo on Clough Road in Hull, Jackie Marshall, the stalwart assistant manager, is stood greeting customers - many of whom, she tells me, have become friends. Bingo: 'Generational' game gets reinvented for new crowd 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z He scrambled to book a new ticket and followed his friends to Mecca. After long waits, new pilgrims prepare for return of Hajj, the first major one since COVID-19 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z He also recognized the importance of Islam to trans- Saharan trade and used his post-accession pilgrimage to Mecca to advertise his concern for the faith. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Important positions were given to mamluks, such as provincial governor and commander of the yearly pilgrimage to Mecca. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Each Muslim must pray five times a day, facing toward the holy city of Mecca. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z We do not need to look far to see an example of this: just a few miles down the road from the Mecca in Hull, the Cecil closed in February. Bingo: 'Generational' game gets reinvented for new crowd 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z In Mecca, he said, “I saw peace. I saw this is the only place where people are gathered from every country in the world, every color … different doctrines. I saw unity, I saw love.” After long waits, new pilgrims prepare for return of Hajj, the first major one since COVID-19 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z Beyond developing devices useful for trade and travel, Islamic innovators also devised systems for using location and compass headings to calculate the qibla, the direction toward Mecca that Muslims must face while praying. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Mamluk rulers were pious Muslims who protected pilgrims bound for the holy cities of Mecca, Medina, and Jerusalem. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z If possible, at least once in his or her life, each Muslim should undertake the Haaj: the pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside, on the side of the Mecca, an LED ticker screen invites people to "come and join us for a great experience". Bingo: 'Generational' game gets reinvented for new crowd 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z Last week, Mundhir and his wife set off with their group for Mecca for an early arrival before the pilgrimage’s official start on June 26. After long waits, new pilgrims prepare for return of Hajj, the first major one since COVID-19 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z Warfare continued to break out over access to sites such as Mecca and Medina, both holy places in the Islamic faith. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z To maintain this sense of community, Muslim scholars routinely corresponded with each other and traveled to Mecca to keep up with the latest theological teachings. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The very same year that Heraclius returned the True Cross to Jerusalem, the Islamic Prophet Muhammad returned to his native city of Mecca in the Arabian Peninsula with the first army of Muslims. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Muslims from Israel and the Palestinian territories currently travel to Mecca through third-party countries, which can spell additional expense and bother. Israel says it is discussing possible direct Haj flights to Saudi Arabia 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z But he said all the exhaustion from the road vanished once he and his wife visited the Haram, the mosque in Mecca that houses the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest site. After long waits, new pilgrims prepare for return of Hajj, the first major one since COVID-19 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z The Portuguese, meanwhile, had nervously noted that visitors from Mecca, the Ottoman Empire, and other Southeast Asian Islamic sultanates frequented Ternate. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Strict Sunnis, the sultans pushed back the Shia Fatimids and took control of Jerusalem and eventually Mecca. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z One important holy site that would take on even greater importance after the rise of Islam was the city of Mecca. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The university counts Vice President Harris and the late Supreme Court justice Thurgood Marshall among its alumni and is known within its community as “The Mecca.” Howard University names scholar of the African diaspora as its new president 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z To Jews, it is known as the Temple Mount, where the faith’s First and Second Temples once stood; to Muslims, it is the Noble Sanctuary, the third-holiest site after Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia. Ramadan brought rare calm, familiar worries to Jerusalem’s Old City 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z While in Mecca he spent lavishly, contributing some 100,000 gold pieces to charity and related almsgiving programs. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z That year, the Abbasid family from Mecca seized control of the Islamic Caliphate and relocated its capital from Damascus to Baghdad, where it would remain for five centuries. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Mecca had been a major center of trade for centuries, lying at the intersection of trade routes and near oases. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Some games insulted the Kaaba, the cube-shaped structure in the Great Mosque at Mecca toward which Muslims turn when praying, and other Islamic symbols. Taliban ban restaurant gardens for families, women in Herat 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z “It was sort of like the Mecca,” he says. Near replica of original 9:30 Club opening with Foo Fighters concert 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z He initially journeyed to Mecca to perform the hajj, the Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, but then decided to continue exploring north and east of Arabia instead of going home. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Muslims desired and were even obligated, by one of the “pillars” of Islam, to complete the hajj, a visit to Mecca and Medina, the holy sites of their faith in modern Saudi Arabia. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z A man named Muhammad was born in 570 CE to a powerful clan of merchants, the Quraysh, who controlled various trade enterprises in Mecca and surrounding cities. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z When laid on the ground with the arch oriented in the direction of Mecca, the textile physically delineates an area for prayer. At the Textile Museum, the divine takes many forms 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z The bus was transporting the pilgrims to the Islamic holy city of Mecca on Monday when it hit a bridge in the south-western province of Asir, overturned and caught fire. Twenty pilgrims killed in Saudi Arabia bus crash 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z Among Brooks’s many other poems, her long sequence “In the Mecca,” featured in a collection of the same name, is among her finest. The New Black Canon: Books, Plays and Poems That Everyone Should Know 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z While Mecca was the home of the prophet Muhammad, for Muslims the pilgrimage is about much more. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Muhammad did not meet with much success in Mecca in his initial preaching. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Pennsylvania Avenue — redubbed “The Road to Mecca” — was thronged by “rollicking hordes,” wrote The Washington Post. Perspective | In June 1923, Washington was transformed into the Middle East 2023-02-25T05:00:00Z In 2019, 35 Arab and Asian expatriates were killed when a bus collided with another vehicle as the travelled from Medina to Mecca for the Umrah. Twenty pilgrims killed in Saudi Arabia bus crash 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z The brothers are described in U.S. intelligence documents as Pakistanis by nationality, though they were born and raised in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, and are ethnically Rohingya. U.S. Sends Home Brothers Held for Nearly 20 Years at Guantánamo Bay 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z At the center of the founding of Islam are the city of Mecca, the worship of one God—Allah—and the leadership of the prophets. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z An introspective man who detested greed and corruption, Muhammad was in the habit of retreating to hills near Mecca, where there was a cave in which he would camp and meditate. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The verdict comes as Saudi Arabia prepares to host the first hajj pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina following the lifting of pandemic restrictions. Report: Saudi Binladin Group fined over 2015 crane collapse 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z As a college sophomore at Howard University in Washington, she attends the most respected and storied historically Black university in the nation, an institution so steeped in Black aspiration that it’s sometimes called “Black Mecca.” Review | ‘The House of Eve’ is a triumph of historical fiction 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z “For gambling companies, New York is their Mecca. It’s the last big prize in the United States,” my colleague Dana Rubinstein, who is covering the casino competition, told me. Betting on Gotham 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z At a low ebb and without any certainty of survival, Islam now changed from a small religion mostly confined to Mecca to a larger community united by Muhammad that solidified its place in world history. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z She arrived in Harlem, considered the “Mecca for the New Negro.” How novelist Zora Neale Hurston transformed American anthropology 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z The polls are currently scheduled for June 18, but the timing of the Mecca pilgrimage and a religious holiday could see them brought forward a month. Turkish official gives June date for Nordic NATO expansion 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z Eleanor may be enrolled at the Black Mecca, but she still feels like an outsider. Review | ‘The House of Eve’ is a triumph of historical fiction 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z Its location between Aqaba and a main pilgrimage route along the old Hejaz railway to Mecca had made it an important transport hub - and a cross-current of crime, smuggling and Bedouin disaffection. Jordan truckers' strike exposes woes of impoverished south 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z Even before fleeing Mecca, some from Muhammad’s community sought refuge and support wherever they could find it as they attempted to expose more of the region to the monotheistic message of Islam. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z He learned to speak Arabic there and made the hajj pilgrimage to Mecca seven years ago. They Won Guantánamo’s Supreme Court Cases. Where Are They Now? 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z Before the pandemic, the pilgrimage drew millions each year to Islam’s holy city of Mecca, home to the cube-shaped Kaaba that observant Muslims pray toward five times a day. Saudi Arabia: Hajj pilgrimage returning to pre-COVID levels 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z About 19 million also took part annually in the umrah, another form of pilgrimage to Mecca which - unlike the haj - can be carried out at any time of the year, before the pandemic. Saudi Arabia to host pre-pandemic numbers for 2023 haj pilgrimage season 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z For Muslims, the Noble Sanctuary is the third-holiest site, after mosques in Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia. What is the Temple Mount, and why did Itamar Ben Gvir’s visit stoke tension? 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z Much of the last ten years of Muhammad’s life was spent with this new Muslim community in Medina, engaged in conflict with their former brethren in Mecca. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The compound is Islam's third holiest site after Mecca and Medina and Judaism's most sacred site, a vestige of two ancient temples of the faith. Jordan condemns in "severest" terms Israeli minister's visit to Al-Aqsa mosque 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z The compound is Islam's third holiest site after Mecca and Medina and Judaism's most sacred, a vestige of two ancient temples of the faith. Israeli far-right minister visits contested Jerusalem holy site 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z The ministry of haj said in a Tweet that the kingdom, home to Islam's holiest sites in Mecca and Medina, will impose no restrictions, including age limits, for this season. Saudi Arabia to host pre-pandemic numbers for 2023 haj pilgrimage season 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z Al-Aqsa is seen as the place from which the prophet Muhammad ascended to heaven after making a miraculous one-night journey from Mecca to Jerusalem. What is the Temple Mount, and why did Itamar Ben Gvir’s visit stoke tension? 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z Muhammad’s community continued to grow and win more supporters until, on the eve of battle outside Mecca in 630, his former tribe of Quraysh surrendered, and the population of the city converted to Islam. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Standing silently beside the head mufti of Istanbul, Benedict faced Mecca and prayed. Benedict XVI, First Modern Pope to Resign, Dies at 95 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z Local mosques are offering multilingual tours to visitors and the Islamic Cultural Center in Doha offers a virtual reality tour of the holy city of Mecca. Qatar offers World Cup visitors an introduction to Islam 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z The company, which operates its venues in Britain under the Mecca and Grosvenor Casinos brands, said its group like-for-like net gaming revenue for the five months to Nov. 30 was almost flat over last year. Rank warns on profits as cash-strapped UK punters retrench 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z Straight, who lives in Riverside, explores inland Southern California, including the desert town of Mecca on which this novel centers, our reviewer writes: The 10 Best California Books of 2022 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z In this early nineteenth-century depiction from Kashmir, India, the Muslim army triumphantly enters the sanctuary of Mecca to destroy the idols kept there, which are shown on the top and left edges of the scene. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The videos, Mecca said, address “things that get overlooked in the classroom.” Students turn to TikTok to fill gaps in school lessons 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z An Ottoman-era curtain, intricately embroidered with metal threads, which was part of the covering of the Kaaba, the cube-shaped structure in Mecca that Muslims consider the metaphorical “house of God.” For World Cup visitors, a peek into Islamic art, heritage 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z The World Cup is the "Mecca for gambling", according to James Grimes - a man who knows something about gambling. Gambling: Perfect storm predicted in December, experts say 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z Audiences can also spot Morrison in Parrish Smith’s upcoming documentary “The Mecca of Comedy,” about the rise of Black comedy in D.C. from the 1980s to today. How comedian Sylvia Traymore Morrison would spend a perfect day in D.C. 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z By the end of the century, armies had captured Egypt and seized control of Palestine, Syria, and parts of the Arabian Peninsula including Mecca and Medina. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The next year, he proclaimed that “infidels” were poisoning holy water from Mecca to give Muslims cancer. Preacher accused of being ISIS marriage broker faces trial in New York 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z But quickly, he said, “It kind of became the Mecca of Christianity.” Shooting Makes Colorado Springs Ponder Its Past and Present 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z This is, they’re clamoring to go over there because they have some idea of some Chicano Mecca of Lincoln Heights, El Sereno and Boyle Heights. The entire L.A. City Council racist audio leak, transcribed and annotated by our experts 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z “At Mecca, for example, during the Muslim pilgrimage where there are regularly accidents, we often have tolls of several hundreds, and even several thousand, victims.” Here’s what causes crowd crushes like the deadly one in Seoul 2022-10-29T04:00:00Z In the following passage, Usama records his experiences in Jerusalem when he tried to pray facing Mecca and was accosted by a Christian who tried to make him face east, as a Christian would. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Near the end of Malcolm X’s life, he split with the Black Muslim organization and, after a trip to Mecca, started speaking about the potential for racial unity. Men exonerated in Malcolm X killing to receive $36 million 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z One of the deadliest stampedes in modern history occurred in Saudi Arabia in 2015 during the hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca. At least 151 dead, many injured, in Halloween crowd crush in Seoul 2022-10-29T04:00:00Z This was to ensure that they were facing Mecca to await the day of resurrection. ‘Did You See Your Parents Fall?’ Tear Gas, a Stampede, and a Family Shattered 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z In the videos of Itaewon, he saw “two-way flows,” but those are banned at Mecca because it “amplifies the danger and the risk.” Here’s what causes crowd crushes like the deadly one in Seoul 2022-10-29T04:00:00Z Having been thoroughly Islamized, Ghana began to produce Muslim scholars, lawyers, and Quran readers of some repute, many traveling to Islamic Spain to study or going on pilgrimage to Mecca. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z About 20 years after that, he took his first haj — the pilgrimage to Mecca — aboard a British Airways de Havilland Comet, the world's first commercial jet airliner. Reckoning with colonialism: The British conquered my country — and built my school 2022-09-18T04:00:00Z Unlike the fashion Meccas of Paris and Milan, Nairobi does not follow seasons as the fashion scene is too small. Kenya fashion: The designers giving Nairobi a fashionable name 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z Near Mecca, Saudi Arabia, a prophet named Muhammad received a revelation that became a cornerstone of the Islamic faith. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z While in Saudi Arabia, Ali - a devout Muslim - plans to make the one-hour car journey from Jeddah to perform Umrah, a pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca. From refugee to undefeated boxer, model & activist 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z Containing a variety of religious idols, the Kaaba sanctuary in the city of Mecca was the site of religious pilgrimage during this period, perhaps setting the stage for Islamic pilgrimage in the following centuries. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z One painting was an expressionist take of the crowds circling the Kaaba in Mecca, Islam’s holiest site, but clockwise rather than the ritualistic counterclockwise. As U.S. Seeks to Close Guantánamo, Saudi Center Could Be an Option 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z Saudi Arabia, home to Islam's holiest site, Mecca, was the scene of a series of large-scale Islamist militant attacks in the 2000s, including on security forces and Western targets. Terrorism suspect blew himself up in Jeddah, injuring four, Saudi media says 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z Her relatives said she had little interest in politics and dreamed of making a Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca, in Saudi Arabia. Young Gaza artist was among those killed in Israeli strikes 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z At the compound, Islam's third holiest site after Mecca and Medina and Judaism's most sacred, only Muslim worship is allowed. At flashpoint Jerusalem holy site, whispered prayers defy unwritten accord 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z For what reasons was Mecca not aggressively sought as a target of conquest by these neighboring states? World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Pilgrims in the Great Mosque of Mecca in Saudi Arabia can once again touch and kiss one of Islam's most revered relics - the Black Stone set in the sacred Kaaba building. Mecca: Joy as pilgrims able to touch ancient Black Stone 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Police in Mecca say they have arrested a Saudi man who helped an Israeli-Jewish reporter sneak into Islam’s holiest city, defying a rule that only Muslims can enter the area. Saudi police arrest man who helped Israeli sneak into Mecca 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z “The dream came true,” he says as they pass through Mecca and make their way to Mount Arafat. Saudi police arrest man who helped Israeli sneak into Mecca 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z Originally from West Africa, they have lived in Sudan for centuries, often settling there on the long and arduous land journey to or from Mecca for the Hajj. Hausas in Sudan: The pilgrims' descendants fighting for acceptance 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z An aerial view shows the Grand Mosque during the annual haj pilgrimage, in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia July 10, 2022. Israeli minister rues 'stupid' Israeli TV report in Mecca 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z Attendance increased to 60,000 in 2021, and in July this year, there were more than a million pilgrims worshipping in Mecca. Mecca: Joy as pilgrims able to touch ancient Black Stone 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z "We decided to try it after hearing about saamal and kumis from our friends who had visited Kyrgyzstan," says Ibrahim al-Sharif, a tourist from Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Kyrgyzstan promotes its traditional mare's milk to lure tourists 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z Mecca is home to Islam’s holiest shrine, the cube-shaped Kaaba, the metaphorical house of God located in the city’s Grand Mosque. Saudi police arrest man who helped Israeli sneak into Mecca 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z The Mecca governor met France's president when he visited Jeddah late last year. Biden fist bumps Saudi crown prince on trip that seeks to reset ties 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z The Twitter hashtag "A Jew in Mecca's Grand Mosque" trended after the report was aired. Israeli minister rues 'stupid' Israeli TV report in Mecca 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z Yorkshire spinner Adil Rashid returns to both squads after missing the recent series against India, having been permitted by the England and Wales Cricket Board to make the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca. Stokes to miss The Hundred as he manages workload 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z Saudi Arabia will soon allow unfettered overflight to Israeli airlines and permit direct charter flights from Israel for Muslims participating in the annual hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, a U.S. official told Reuters. SAS and unions to resume talks as pilot strike enters 12th day 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z Police in Mecca said they also referred the journalist’s actions to public prosecutors, though the Israeli national is no longer in the kingdom. Saudi police arrest man who helped Israeli sneak into Mecca 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z Currently, Saudi Arabia accepts Muslim pilgrims arriving from Israel to Mecca but requires them to travel through a third country, a costly diversion. Saudi Arabia expected to grant access to Israeli air travel - U.S. official 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z "My dear friends in Israel, a journalist of yours entered the city of Mecca, holy to Islam, and filmed there shamelessly," Mohammed Saud, a pro-Israel Saudi activist said on Twitter. Israeli minister rues 'stupid' Israeli TV report in Mecca 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z An Israeli minister, Esawi Frej, also said on Thursday that he had asked Saudi Arabia to allow direct flights from Israel to facilitate pilgrimages to Mecca by members of Israel’s Muslim minority. Biden Will Find a Changed Middle East on His Coming Visit 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z For two years, Sawsan Jabri set aside $1,000 every few months so she could make the hajj, a pilgrimage to the Islamic holy city of Mecca required of all able-bodied Muslims. They waited years to make the hajj. A web portal could stop them. 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z Police called on visitors to respect the country’s laws, particularly when it comes to Mecca and Islam’s holiest sites in the kingdom. Saudi police arrest man who helped Israeli sneak into Mecca 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z They will return to Mecca to circle the cube-shaped Kaaba, which represents the metaphorical house of God, in farewell before heading home and continuing to celebrate the remainder of Eid al-Adha with family. Millions of Muslims commemorate Eid al-Adha amid high prices 2022-07-09T04:00:00Z It was unclear whether authorities had approved his Mecca journey, for which he later apologised, saying he had not intended to offend Muslims. Israeli minister rues 'stupid' Israeli TV report in Mecca 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z At Howard, fondly known as “The Mecca,” that meant a social milieu that included children of diplomats and celebrities, activists and intellectuals, and artists of all types. The Historically Black College Reconsiders the Studio Art Program 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z It’s a five-day pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, and nearby holy sites required of every Muslim who is financially and physically capable of undertaking it. They waited years to make the hajj. A web portal could stop them. 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z He made clear he knowingly had slipped into Mecca with a driver, saying he is speaking in Hebrew quietly so no one can hear him. Saudi police arrest man who helped Israeli sneak into Mecca 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z One million Muslims from around the world flocked this week to the holy city of Mecca, the largest pilgrimage since the pandemic upended the event. Millions of Muslims commemorate Eid al-Adha amid high prices 2022-07-09T04:00:00Z "The purpose of this entire endeavor was to showcase the importance of Mecca and the beauty of the religion, and in doing so, foster more religious tolerance and inclusion," he added. Israeli minister rues 'stupid' Israeli TV report in Mecca 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z But even Mecca cannot escape the world’s wealth gaps: The well-heeled may pay some $3,000 a night for five-star hotels overlooking the Kaaba. A hajj closer to normal: 1 million Muslims begin pilgrimage 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z MECCA, Saudi Arabia — One million Muslim pilgrims were converging on Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Mecca on Wednesday for the largest hajj since the coronavirus pandemic severely curtailed access to one of Islam’s five pillars. Saudi Arabia expecting 1 million in largest hajj since virus 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z Pilgrims travel to Mecca from all over the world for five intense days of worship, carrying out a series of rituals. Saudi Arabia expecting 1 million in largest hajj since virus 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z Saudi Arabia, home to Islam's holiest sites in Mecca and Medina, allowed back foreign travellers this year to perform the haj. Muslim pilgrims flock to Mecca for first post-pandemic haj 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z A kingdom that once welcomed only Muslim pilgrims headed for Mecca is now opening tourist attractions across the country, hoping to draw 100 million visitors a year by 2030. For a Kingdom With an Image Problem, Golf Is Seen as a Sanitizer 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z The protest could also have disrupted plans by those preparing to travel for the annual Hajj Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, which many in the Muslim-majority country join each year. Senegal opposition postpones protest to spare Muslim festivities 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z Some British Muslims who booked pilgrimages to Mecca have been unable to board a flight as problems with a new Saudi registration system continue. Hajj travellers unable to fly due to ticket delay 2022-06-26T04:00:00Z Mask-wearing is no longer required in most enclosed spaces, although they will continue to be mandatory inside the holy sites in Mecca and Medina, the Interior Ministry said on Monday evening. Saudi Arabia relaxes some Covid rules before the Hajj. 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z Masks will still be required at Islam’s holiest sites in Mecca and Medina, where pilgrims gather for worship, according to the new rules. As Saudi Arabia eases mask mandate, UAE stresses mask rules 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z Because otherwise, soon you’re going to be getting up at 2 a.m. to watch the all-important Mecca Masters. Opinion | The Saudi-backed golf rival for the PGA is a case of ‘LIV and let die’ 2022-06-12T04:00:00Z British Muslims hoping to make a pilgrimage to Mecca are at risk of losing thousands of pounds after the Saudi government has enforced online booking. Hajj-Muslim pilgrims face losing out from online booking to Mecca 2022-06-12T04:00:00Z From there, they would travel on by other means to Mecca, the focus of the pilgrimage. Rumbling Through Modern Jordan, a Railway From the Past 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z Professors, alumni and admirers of the school call it “The Mecca,” harnessing the power of its history, its community and the talent within it. Why Students Are Choosing H.B.C.U.s: ‘4 Years Being Seen as Family’ 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z Saudi Arabia is home to the holiest sites of Islam in Mecca and Medina. Kuwait's foreign ministry summons U.S. Embassy official over tweets 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z Before Thursday, Faraimo had pitched only a single inning in the famed softball Mecca and that was in a blowout win in 2019. UCLA softball season hangs in balance after opening World Series with loss to Texas 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z She told the BBC she has been waiting to go to Mecca with members of her extended family for two years. Hajj-Muslim pilgrims face losing out from online booking to Mecca 2022-06-12T04:00:00Z And plans were in place to connect the line to Constantinople, the Ottoman capital, in the north and all the way to Mecca in the south, stitching together a large swath of the Ottoman Empire. Rumbling Through Modern Jordan, a Railway From the Past 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z That’s when a theater kid from Compton, Calif., flew some 3,000 miles from home to begin his freshman year at “The Mecca,” what Howard students call the historically Black fountainhead of talent. Anthony Anderson on his journey from Howard to Hollywood and back 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z This is the month where Muslims from across the world make the pilgrimage to Mecca known as Hajj. What is Eid and when is it? 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z Susan Straight’s compassionate new novel, ‘Mecca,’ reflects the stories she hears on road trips or just while greeting friends on her Riverside porch. Op-Ed: An L.A. freeway 'phantom' once terrified everyone I knew. Dangers haunt our freeways still 2022-05-01T04:00:00Z Mohsin Shah, a Manchester based travel agent, and his London-based partner were due to take 48 pilgrims to Mecca later this month. Hajj-Muslim pilgrims face losing out from online booking to Mecca 2022-06-12T04:00:00Z Saudi Arabia welcomes pilgrims bound for Mecca at a fancy airport terminal and shuttles them around the holy sites on a modern high-speed train. Rumbling Through Modern Jordan, a Railway From the Past 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z "We just saw one of the best fights in boxing history at the Mecca of boxing. Unbelievable," Hearn told BBC 5 Live. Taylor-Serrano one of best fights at MSG - Hearn 2022-05-01T04:00:00Z |
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