Road To Mecca

The Road to Mecca is the story of Helen, an artist trying to survivor in an isolated community, and her two friends; Marius, the local Minster and Elsa, a progressive school teacher from the city. Helen is feeling alone and unable to complete her work, in a state of depression, she writes a letter pleading for help to her long time friend Elsa, Both women have much in common; both are rebels against social conventions. Elsa teaches radical material to her colored students, and Helen’s exotic artwork

Athol Fugard’s play, The road to Mecca introduces a character, Elsa Barlow. She is a complex character with strong opinions. She comes across as confused and troubled throughout the play. Her mood changes from being desperate to openly resistant and then from annoyed to remorseful. She battles with her own depression while also trying to help her old friend miss Helen with her troubles. Within this essay I am going to discuss how the confinement of time, the year 1974, and space, which is Miss Helen’s

little. Brief exploration of the Museum’s galleries: I was taking notes about my visit while exploring the content of the museum. The Asian Art Museum is exclusively exhibiting recent discoveries of Saudi Arabia, under the title of “Roads of Arabia.” The “Roads of Arabia” section is divided into four galleries. Each gallery contains objects that present a theme. For example, the first gallery, which takes place in the Ocher gallery, has the theme of “Prehistoric Arabia.” The gallery contains archeological

such a role in the expansion of trade and which also allowed for the expansion of Islam as a religion. The Silk Road was the most used land routes between the 7th and 15th century and this was because it was the largest, most active trade routes that stretched the longest distance which allowed for further reach of resources, commodities, ideas, technology, and religion. The silk road had many different land and sea routes that went a range of distances and to a variety of different places. The

tallest buildings in Saudi Arabia are the Al Faisaliyah Complex Tower, the Kingdom Center Tower, and the Mecca Royal Hotel Clock Tower. These three buildings are remarkable in their construction, and represent the building boom that has besieged Saudi Arabia over the past decade. Each of these buildings is new, with the Al Faisaliyah Complex the oldest of the three and finished in 2000. The Mecca Royal Hotel Clock Tower is the newest and was completed in 2012. These three buildings are icons of the

Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia opens the documentary feature: Journey to Mecca Pretoria, January 22, 2010. The Ambassador of the Custodian of the two Holy Mosques in South Africa, Mr. Mohamed bin Mahmoud Al Ali opened the IMAX documentary feature: Journey to Mecca which tells the story of Ibn Battuta following his first pilgrimage to Mecca. The documentary also focuses on the contemporary Hajj, a pilgrimage to Mecca that draws three million Muslims from around the world. The opening night was

Silk Road -- Middle East and China            Ibn Battuta lost everything he owned like pirates and shipwrecks due to failing many times in  the Maldive islands in India, therefore he went out and explored Asia to go as far as China unaccompanied, he encountered many people along the way, creating a strong trade management rules, maritime Silk Road development while the Silk Road became a trading route between china and the west, Mongols aggression China established the Yuan Dynasty because

Introduction Makkah and Madina are the sacrosanct urban areas of Islam where the principle havens are arranged – mosques al-Masjid al-Haraam (The Sacred Mosque) with Kaabah and al-Masjid a Nabawi (mosque of the Prophet Muhammad, PBUH).Millions of adherents from everywhere throughout the world go to these urban communities to perform hajj journey. This momentous aide gives a regulated and striking record of history and purposes of enthusiasm for Makkah and Madina, and pragmatic guidance, request

an Arabic word meaning submission, surrender, and obedience (Maududi, 1). It also stands for peace. Its followers are known as Muslims or Moslems. Islam emerged in Arabia, specifically in the city of Mecca, in the seventh century C.E. (Matthews, 386). With the evolution of Islam in Mecca, Mecca is known as the center of Islam. Islam is the youngest of the major world religions with the exception of Sikhism, which is a derivative of Hindu and Muslim beliefs that appeared in India. Islam is a

established an official education that underlined the learning of the Quran and sharia. Ulamas and qadis were very important because they helped keep the Islamic beliefs in place. The caliphs additionally ensured that there was a military, kept the roads in condition, and created governmental agencies. However, in the Abbasid dynasty, there was internal instability and revolts weakened the realm. 2. Five Pillars of Islam (198) The Five Pillars of Islam are the rules that Muhammad established as the