Month: April 2023

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Ramadhan in Mecca (Day 15)

3:00 am. My eyes opened but my head stuck to the pillow. Felt heavy to get up but slowly removed the blanket feeling as if I was about to...

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Ramadhan in Mecca(Day 14)

3:09. Crawled out of bed and tried not to be late again or missed the whole morning altogether like yesterday. I saw myself in the mirror;...

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Ramadhan in Mecca (Day 13)

5:33. The alarm did not go off. All four phones and two watches did not go crazy this morning. Maybe they let us sleep a bit more because...

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Ramadhan in Mecca (Day 12)

Around midnight we moved to go to miqot. Tanaiem is about 5 km from here but this early morning traffic makes it looks like 50 km. illusion...

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Ramadhan in Mecca (Day 11)

2:30 am. I woke up to the black dark room. The power was out. I did not know that darkness can wake you up also. Aah scary… does this...

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Ramadhan in Mecca (Day 10)

3:20 am. A bit early today for sahur and getting ready for Fajr. Maybe too early as the mineral waterman was not there yet. Usually otw at...

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Ramadhan in Mecca (Day 9)

4:36 am. Friday. Batches of local visitors will add to the already massive crowd. I walked into the dark morning breathing desert breeze to...

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