Jaunt

A November Window in Makkah

A stay at Al Marwa Rayhaan by Rotana The Main Entrance: A quiet doorway, moments away from the sacred. Some cities do not welcome you. They wait for you. They stand at a distance, silent and watchful, as if measuring the weight of your intentions before allowing you to cross their threshold. Makkah is such a city. You do not simply decide to arrive here. You are summoned. Long before tickets are booked or bags are packed, there is a quiet stirring within, a feeling that cannot be argued with or postponed. It is said, almost as a truth passed between hearts, that one