mecca
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Alhaji Zaharaddeen Abubakar is one of those stranded in the northern Nigerian city of Kano after buying plane tickets and securing accommodation in Mecca.
From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026
Jim, young and idealistic, is chief mate on a steamer carrying 800 pilgrims from Singapore to Mecca.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
In 2016, Philadelphia razed another skateboard Mecca, known as Love Park.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026
They called it Mecca, and every week, they came to the same stretch of levee next to an abandoned warehouse where Mardi Gras floats were once built.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2025
Mecca is surrounded by the crudest-looking mountains I have ever seen; they seem to be made of the slag from a blast furnace.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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