Egyptian Hajj Celebrations Mostafa Wagih

The researcher also discusses the celebrations surrounding the Hajj, and the Mahmal that carried the Kiswa (covering) of the Kaaba, how the Hajj procession used to parade through Cairo before setting out for the Hijaz, accompanied by a military escort and a medical mission, and how the overland pilgrimage route across the Sinai Peninsula was secured … and so on. An enjoyable study in social history