Land and sea hajj routes that for centuries were essential to the flourishing Maghrebi self-understanding have long since been replaced by air travel, bypassing the symbolically rich ports along the way, Alexandria no less. AsAbderrahmane El-Moudden puts itsuccinctly: “For many centuries, the pi...
The journey continued without either realizing the other was on board, let alone a few seats away. “Maybe he boarded an earlier or later train,” Laila said, who had been hoping to meet Mahfouz. “Maybe,” Malcolm replied. He was upset; he hated to break promises. The train came to ...