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A season in Mecca : narrative of a pilgrimage Abdellah Hammoudi ; translated from the French by Pascale Ghazaleh

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Hill and Wang, c2006.Description: 293 p. : maps ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780809076093
  • 0809076098
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 297.352 HA SE
Summary: In 1999, the Moroccan scholar Abdellah Hammoudi, trained in Paris and teaching in America, 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, and to write about it for both Muslims and non–Muslims. Here is his intimate, intense, and detailed account of the hajj – a rare and important document by a subtle, learned, and sympathetic writer.
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REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai Islamic Collection 297.352 HA SE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available T0056917

In 1999, the Moroccan scholar Abdellah Hammoudi, trained in Paris and teaching in America, 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, and to write about it for both Muslims and non–Muslims. Here is his intimate, intense, and detailed account of the hajj – a rare and important document by a subtle, learned, and sympathetic writer.

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