A Season in Mecca Narrative of a Pilgrimage |
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| Author:
| Hammoudi, Abdellah |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7456-3789-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2006 |
| Publisher: | Polity Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $41.95 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.