Journey to the Holy Land: A Pilgrim's Diary

by Rakhshanda Jalil, Mushirul Hasan, Amir Ahmad Alawi

This is the first English translation of Amir Ahmad Alawi's Safar-i-Saadat, an intimate account of the quintessentially Muslim journey, the hajj. While focusing on the soul-stirring effects of his first hajj, Alawi also catches the anomalies of Saudi life, especially the malpractices, monopolies, and misdeeds that had crept in the name of commerce. Not only an intimate account of what the individual saw and heard in the course of his travel, the work...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198063466
• ISBN13: 9780198063469
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 271 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.8"