Mecca

A pilgrimage turns to tragedy as scorching heat causes 1,300 people to die during the Hajj

Jun 25, 2024

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Out of Eden Walk

Out of Eden Walk: Paul Salopek traverses the Arabian Peninsula via Saudi Arabia

Mar 8, 2024

Pilgrims are shown from above around the cube-like Kaaba in Mecca walking on specified lines and carrying colored umbrellas.

PHOTOS: Very different, symbolic hajj in Saudi Arabia amid the coronavirus

Jul 30, 2020

A police officer wears a face mask to prevent contracting coronavirus, as Muslim pilgrims pray at Kaaba in the Grand mosque in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Feb. 27, 2020.

Saudi Arabia imposes travel ban to Mecca over coronavirus

Feb 28, 2020

Every year, millions of Muslims from around the world descend upon Mecca, Saudi Arabia for the Hajj.

Politics complicate the hajj spiritual journey for some Muslims

Jul 18, 2019

Middle Eastern conflicts leave prices high as hajj gets underway

Aug 18, 2018

A conservative Saudi Arabian cleric has said women who drive risk damaging their ovaries and bearing children with clinical problems

Books

Meet the Saudi woman who ignited a firestorm when she got behind the wheel

Jun 14, 2017

All-seeing ‘eye’ watches over Mecca pilgrims

Sep 13, 2016

Belief

Pain lingers one year after Hajj tragedy in Saudi Arabia

Sep 7, 2016

An aerial view of the Haj pilgrimage in Mecca

“You’re not Muslims!” Iran and Saudi Arabia in new war of words.

Sep 7, 2016

Climate conditions in much of the Persion Gulf/Arabian Peninsula area will often push past the limits of human adaptability by the end of this century under current greenhouse gas pollution trends, according to a new report in Nature Climate Change. These

Environment

Climate change may soon make much of the Persian Gulf region too hot for humans

Oct 27, 2015

Muslim pilgrims pray around the holy Kaaba at the Grand Mosque ahead of the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca.

Belief

Reeling from this tragedy at the Hajj, what can we learn for the future?

Sep 25, 2015

Tala Khudairi and Jack Lindsay are two of the pilgrims who appear in a new PBS documentary about the Hajj.

Belief

PBS goes on the Hajj with Muslim pilgrims from around Boston

Dec 22, 2014

A pilgrim participates in the cleansing ritual at Osun’s Sacred Grove during the festival of Osun-Osogbo.

6 incredible pilgrimages around the world

Dec 16, 2014

Islamic faith finds a fertile home in the Latin American community

Dec 20, 2013

First LGBT-friendly mosque opens in France

Aug 15, 2013

During Hajj, some Ethiopian Muslims pilgrimage to local shrine

Aug 15, 2013

Young Obama, the movie, premiers in Jakarta

Aug 15, 2013

The exciting, modern Sufi music of Pakistan

Aug 15, 2013

Pee-wee is back, and on Broadway

Aug 15, 2013

Environment

Obama’s rock star science team

Aug 15, 2013

Saudi Arabia Detains Suspected Spies

Aug 15, 2013

Christian, Jewish, Muslim, and American: A Woman’s Unlikely Background

Aug 15, 2013

Mecca and the Modern Day Hajj

Aug 15, 2013

The Boston-Jeddah Connection

Aug 15, 2013

Slideshow: Bosnian Muslim Walking to Mecca for the Hajj

Aug 15, 2013

Dating and Morality in Pakistan in Wake of TV Host Maya Khan’s Firing

Aug 15, 2013

Alternative Pilgrimage Destination for Ethiopians

Aug 14, 2013

Hajj Pilgrimage in the Midst of the Arab Spring

Aug 14, 2013

Cambodia and Thailand at Odds Over an Ancient Temple

Aug 14, 2013

Who is ‘Kidnapped Scientist’ Shahram Amiri?

Aug 14, 2013

Conflict & Justice

D.C. woman sparks gender jihad

Aug 14, 2013

Concerns over H1N1 at the Hajj

Aug 14, 2013

Palestinians Celebrate Eid

Aug 14, 2013

Geo answer

Aug 14, 2013

A makeover for Mecca

Aug 14, 2013

Global hit

Aug 14, 2013

Geo quiz/global hit

Aug 14, 2013

Geo answer

Aug 14, 2013

Afghan journalist in peril

Aug 14, 2013