MECCA, Saudi Arabia - As a child, Osama al-Bar would walk from his home past Islam's holiest site, the Kaaba, to the market of spice and fabric merchants where his father owned a store. At that time, ...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia – As a child, Osama al-Bar would walk from his home past Islam's holiest site, the Kaaba, to the market of spice and fabric merchants where his father owned a store. At that time, ...

There was much celebration in Mecca in early August as the giant clock on what will become the world’s second tallest skyscraper began ticking. The Mecca Royal Clock Tower is intended to rival the ...

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Located in western Saudi Arabia, Mecca province is home to Islam’s holiest city, Mecca, and the kingdom’s second-largest city, Jeddah The region has an estimated population of 5.8 million people, ...

The week of Easter, in 2007, I was waiting in line to get into St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican, when suddenly Pope Benedict XVI burst through the front doors to greet the crowd. The gathered ...

Travel direction from Mecca to New York City is and direction from New York City to Mecca is The map below shows the location of Mecca and New York City. The blue line represents the straight line ...