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حكاية حج : موسم في مكة

by Abdellah Hammoudi · 2005

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In 1999, the Moroccan scholar Abdellah Hammoudi decided to go on the pilgrimage to Mecca. He wanted to observe the hajj as an anthropologist but also to experience it as an ordinary pilgrim. Here is an intimate, intense, and detailed account by a subtle, learned and sympathetic writer.

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anthropologyanthropologyMore like thisLess of thistraveltravelMore like thisLess of this
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islamislamMore like thisLess of thisreligionreligionMore like thisLess of this
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Middle EastMiddle EastMore like thisLess of thiscollegecollegeMore like thisLess of this
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adult
Length
medium · 264 pages

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