The Streets of Makkah
Faraz Ahmad illustrates life in Makkah as he performs Umrah.
What I saw next was probably one of the defining moments of the trip: not far was a homeless woman standing in the last third of the night, shoulders wide, arms on her sides, facing the Kabah, and her sheet which had just served as the bed, now being used as a prayer rug to offer the Tahajjud prayer while the more wealthy and cultured slept soundly in their soft beds.
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