Jansen michael elin (1 resultados)

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. Original colour illustrated wraps 22 x 28cm. 44pp illustrated primarily in colour throughout. Near fine with some light creasing, printed mailing label to the back, and label residue to the top edge of p1. This issue is entirely dedicated to the Hajj. It features contributions by Michael Elin Jansen, born into an Episcopalian family and convert to Islam, possibly the first American woman to make and then write about the Hajj; Ismail Ibrahim Nawwab, a Saudi Arab born in Mecca; historian Paul Lunde; and Aramco's Muhammad Amin, a Pakistani Muslim who made the Hajj as pilgrim and photographer. Contents include an introduction to the Hajj (with map); the Kaaba; caravans to Mecca; The Hajj - an appreciation; the lure of Mecca; The Hajj - a recollection; Medina: the second city; The Hajj - an impression; From Michigan to Mecca - an American girl on the Hajj; the Pilgrims' progress.…