Welcoming God’s Guests
May/June 2002
... as another busload of pilgrims arrives. They are part of an annual stream of 2.3 million visitors who come from some 100 countries to carry out the rituals of the Hajj, the Muslim pilgrimage For Makkans, and Saudis in general, the pilgrims are duyuf al-rahman, "guests of the Merciful [God]," deserving of exceptional hospitality, and the kingdom has spent some ...
Subject(s): HAJJ, 'ID AL-ADHA, ISLAM, MINA, SAUDI ARABIA, SAUDI ARABIA—DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL, ZAMZAM
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New Doors to the Kingdom
March/April 2001
The words “tourism” and “Saudi Arabia” never appeared in the same sentence until recently, but the kingdom—the beckoning goal of pilgrims for more than 14 centuries—is embracing a new category of foreign visitors. Though the numbers are still small, commercial tourism is Saudi Arabia’s fastest-growing industry, and it is expected to become the country’s second-largest, after oil. Today’s tourists include ...
Subject(s): HAJJ, ISLAM, SAUDI ARABIA, TOURISM, TRAVEL AND TRAVELERS
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Shaking Up Architecture
January/February 2001
In the design of buildings, good looks matter—but so do the relationships among buildings and people. Twenty years after the Aga Khan Award for Architecture announced its first winners, the triennial Islamic-world prize has become a leading international forum for provocative and productive debate about the roles and functions of architects, craft-workers, engineers, residents and other users of "the built ...
Subject(s): AGA KHAN AWARDS FOR ARCHITECTURE, ARAB WORLD INSTITUTE, PARIS, ARCHITECTURE, COMPETITIONS, CULTURAL EXCHANGE, GRAMEEN BANK, HAJJ TERMINAL, JIDDAH, JIDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA, MOSQUES, RESTORATION
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The Longest Hajj: The Journeys of Ibn Battuta, Part 1: From Pilgrim to Traveler—Tangier to Makkah
July/August 2000
In 1325, Ibn Battuta was an aspiring Moroccan jurist who set out for Makkah along the North African coast, massing through Cairo and Damascus. But when the rites of the Hajj ended, he didn't go home: He continued east.
Subject(s): ANDALUSIA, BAGHDAD, IRAQ, CAIRO, EGYPT, DAMASCUS, SYRIA, HAJJ—DESCRIPTION, IBN BATTUTA, ABU 'ABD ALLAH MUHAMMAD AL-TANJI, INTERCULTURAL RELATIONS, MADINAH, SAUDI ARABIA, MAKKAH, SAUDI ARABIA, PERSONALITIES, TRAVEL AND TRAVELERS
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The Longest Hajj: The Journeys of Ibn Battuta: Editor's Note
July/August 2000
In the early 14th century, a well-educated young man set out from Tangier, on the western edge of the Islamic world, to make the pilgrimage to Makkah. But unlike lost pilgrims, he went on from there, beginning some 30 years of travel that took him as far as China, on the Islamic world's other edge. As he roamed three continents ...
Subject(s): AFRICA, AFRICA—DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL, ANDALUSIA, BAGHDAD, IRAQ, BOOKS, CAIRO, EGYPT, CHINA, DAMASCUS, SYRIA, HAJJ, IBN BATTUTA, ABU 'ABD ALLAH MUHAMMAD AL-TANJI, INDIA, INTERCULTURAL RELATIONS, ISLAM, LITERATURE, MADINAH, SAUDI ARABIA, MAKKAH, SAUDI ARABIA, MALI, MONGOLIA AND MONGOLS, MUHAMMAD IBN TUGHLUQ, SULTAN OF DELHI, OMAN, OTTOMAN EMPIRE, PERSONALITIES, PLAGUE, RIHLA, SANA'A, YEMEN, TRAVEL AND TRAVELERS
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The Servants of God’s House
January/February 1999
Makkah and Madinah are the first two holy cities of Islam, and their leading mosques—the Sacred Mosque and the Prophet's Mosque, respectively—have been updated and expanded more since the early days of 'Abd al-'Aziz than at any time in their 14 centuries of history. Today, they each welcome several million pilgrims a year.
Subject(s): ARCHITECTURE, RELIGIOUS, HAJJ, KA'BA, MADINAH, SAUDI ARABIA, MAKKAH, SAUDI ARABIA, MOSQUES, SAUDI ARABIA—ARCHITECTURE, SAUDI ARABIA—CITIES AND CITY PLANNING, SAUDI ARABIA—HISTORY, SAUDI ARABIA—ISLAM
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Pioneer Photographer of the Holy Cities
January/February 1999
Leader of a survey team to the Hijaz in 1861 and again in 1880, Egyptian Colonel Muhammad Sadiq carried with him a ponderous, wet-plate collodion camera, which he used in his spare time. His photographs of Makkah and Madinah were not only the first ever taken of the holy cities, but also the first ever made anywhere in what is ...
Subject(s): HAJJ, MADINAH, SAUDI ARABIA, MAKKAH, SAUDI ARABIA, PERSONALITIES, PHOTOGRAPHY, SADIQ, MUHAMMAD, COL., SAUDI ARABIA—DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL, SAUDI ARABIA—EXPLORATION
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Mural Celebrations
May/June 1993
Village walls in some parts of Egypt blossom with naive and colorful paintings that commemorate the homeowners safe return from the pilgrimage to Makkah - piety and joy combining to create an art form.
Subject(s): ART, EGYPT, EGYPT—DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL, HAJJ, HAJJ-ART
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The Journey of a Lifetime
July/August 1992
The hajj, or pilgrimage to Makkah, a central duty of Islam whose origins date back to the Prophet Abraham, brings together Muslims of all races and tongues for one of life’s most moving spiritual experiences.
Subject(s): BLACK STONE, HAJJ—DESCRIPTION, HAJJ—RITUAL AND MEANING, ISLAM, KA'BAH, MADINAH, SAUDI ARABIA, MAKKAH, SAUDI ARABIA
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A Terminal in a Tent
July/August 1981
As part of its massive new airport in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia has also erected a special air terminal just for the Hajj - the annual pilgrimage to Makkah - a terminal in a tent.
Subject(s): HAJJ—DESCRIPTION, MAKKAH, SAUDI ARABIA, SAUDI ARABIA—ECONOMICS AND DEVELOPMENT
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