Meccahattan: Mecca’s new crop of 130 skyscrapers.
Mr. Moo quotes poetry by way of admonition.
UPDATE – I did not weep for Bamiyan.
Islam News @ NYT- Women’s Rights in Mideast:
- Driving Miss Saudi: Young women in Riyadh try to balance Islam and modernity as the stunted desert kingdom makes progress in “Saudi Time.”
- Swedish Artist Says Sketch of Prophet Aimed to Mock All Religions: A man who prosecutors say was the target of a murder plot says his caricature of the Prophet Muhammad was intended to poke fun at all sacred symbols.
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razib 9:36 pm on May 29, 2008 Permalink |
…too bad i’ll never get to see ‘em as a tourist
flickr for mecca always has that area around the kabba….
muse 1:17 am on May 30, 2008 Permalink |
This really bothers me. There’s something soul-draining about even the thought of Starbucks anywhere near the Kaaba, let alone this new onslaught of visual cacophony that’s about to be unleashed.
aziz 5:28 am on May 30, 2008 Permalink |
what bothers me far worse about this, is how much history has already been erased from Mecca, and how much more will be obliterated over time as these schemes proceed.
aziz 5:37 am on May 30, 2008 Permalink |
though i have to admit that when i do hajj, i am probably going to score a latte at that starbucks. and twitter about it, too.
Willow 6:00 pm on May 30, 2008 Permalink |
Gives new meaning to that hippie song “They’ve paved paradise/and put up a parking lot.”
razib 6:24 pm on May 30, 2008 Permalink |
u guys ever talked to a meccan native? it’s a pretty normal city with normal stuff going down; i talked to this guy raised in mecca once at a wine bar. pretty weird.
Al-Kanz 3:32 am on May 31, 2008 Permalink |
see here : http://www.al-kanz.org/2008/04/12/hajj-2008-plan-et-maquette-des-chantiers-de-la-mecque-et-de-medine/
Irshaad 11:58 pm on December 17, 2008 Permalink |
It’s unnerving that the planned expansion looks more appropriate for a Vegas resort – the ongoing decimation of historical Islamic sites and the lack of respect for traditional architecture in this heart of the Islamic world is a real problem – one tied to the fact that the Saudi nation acts unilaterally on heritage issues that are also the concern of the wider Islamic world.