http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts-Literature/mecca_2889.jsp Comments for "A season in Mecca: narrative of a pilgrimage, Abdellah Hammoudi " en http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts-Literature/mecca_2889.jsp In this fifth extract from the Ulysses Prize shortlist, Moroccan anthropologist Abdellah Hammoudi decides to fulfil his duty as a good Muslim and embark on the great pilgrimage to Mecca. The experience is mixed, and spirituality for this secular Muslim comes at the cost of increasing commercialisation of the ritual and disputes over religious practice.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts-Literature/mecca_2889.jsp" class="read-more" title="Read the rest of this posting.">Read the rest of this post...</a><p><a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts-Literature/mecca_2889.jsp">read more</a></p> http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts-Literature/mecca_2889.jsp#comment middle east Abdellah Hammoudi arts &amp; cultures literature Original Copyright Tue, 04 Oct 2005 00:00:00 +0100 2889 at http://www.opendemocracy.net