Is the Mecca ever empty?

Literally never. When my family went for pilgrimage 2 years ago, we were looking at the holy mosque from our hotel window. read more

No, Mecca is never empty because it is a city. If you're talking about the Haram, the compound mosque around Ka'aba, the answer is again, no. read more

If Hip Hop was your thing in the early 80’s there were a few things you understood: The hottest spot in the city at that time was Studio 54 in Manhattan, and you weren’t getting in there; but the club Disco Fever was in the Bronx; and if you wanted to be a legend in hip hop at that time, your ass had to play the Fever. read more

As the religion of Islam rapidly spread across the world from Indonesia and China in the Far East to Spain, Morocco and West Africa in the west, ever increasing numbers of pilgrims made the long, and often dangerous, journey to Mecca. read more