Mecca and the mall
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Per Aeon, a writer journeyed to Mecca seeking spiritual renewal, only to find that almost nothing matched her expectations. The experience becomes a reckoning with how the sacred site has transformed over time. The essay weighs the spiritual promise of pilgrimage against the reality of a destination reshaped by modernity.
Source: https://aeon.co/essays/my-pilgrimage-to-mecca-in-the-age-...
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