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What is it like living in Mecca? For residents, Islam's holiest sites are simply home
AP Finance via Yahoo Finance· 10 months agoFor Zainab Abdu, the holiest sites in Islam were the backdrop for her weekends growing up. Raised in...
Saudi Arabia expects 1 million people in Mecca for largest hajj since pandemic struck
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThousands of Muslim pilgrims circumambulate the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, in...
How Mecca is the lynchpin for Saudi Arabia's hospitality and tourism drive
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 10 months agoBillboards line the Umm Al Qura highway leading to the Grand Mosque in Mecca, displaying manicured...
A hajj closer to normal: 1 million Muslims begin pilgrimage
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMuslim pilgrims circumambulate around the Kaaba at the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on...
Hajj pilgrims perform final rituals in Mecca before heading to Mina
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 10 months agoPilgrims streamed into Mecca’s Grand Mosque on Saturday to perform their final rituals before...
Hajj pilgrimage, one of the five pillars of Islam, takes place this week
theGrio via AOL· 10 months agoThe pilgrimage draws Muslims from around the world to Mecca, in Saudi Arabia. MECCA, Saudi Arabia...
From caravans to markets, the hajj pilgrimage has always included a commercial component
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA view of the Kaaba at the Grand Mosque during the hajj pilgrimage in the Muslim holy city of Mecca...
See the grand scale of the Hajj pilgrimage as 2 million Muslims expected in Mecca
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 10 months agoOver 2 million Muslims will take part in this week's Hajj pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca in...
Hajj pilgrimage starts in Saudi Arabia, with 2 million expected after lifting of COVID measures
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 10 months agoMuslim pilgrims in Mecca circled the Kaaba, Islam's holiest site, and then converged on a vast tent...
Saudi police arrest man who helped Israeli sneak into Mecca
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPolice in Mecca say they have arrested a Saudi man who helped an Israeli-Jewish reporter sneak into...