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Ashore, police combed the Fellata for trace of the rescued crewmen and their unprincipled agents. But the people in the quarter had no information to give. It was the will of Allah, they said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE SUDAN: Pilgrims Ordeal | 4/13/1953 | See Source »

Once every year the Fellata quarter of Port Sudan, on the west coast of the Red Sea, fills up with Arab pilgrims. Their objective: to reach the Holy Land before the start of Ramadan (May 15, this year), and to visit Mecca. They come from all parts of Africa, crossing from one country to another without trouble-until they hit Port Sudan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE SUDAN: Pilgrims Ordeal | 4/13/1953 | See Source »

Back in the. Fellata there are men who whisper to him that these regulations are made by infidel foreigners. For payment of ?5 ($14), these men offer to get the pilgrim across the Red Sea without any trouble. For years sharp Arab operators have lived off this illegal traffic, and how many hundreds of pilgrims have died as a result, no one will ever know...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE SUDAN: Pilgrims Ordeal | 4/13/1953 | See Source »

...take them off. Instead, the two sailors and two of the Nigerians swam out to the sambuk, which sailed away-for help, the pilgrims thought. But no help came. The pilgrims did not know it, but the four rescued men, on reaching Port Sudan, had been hidden in the Fellata and told not to talk under threat of death. Another pilgrim fell into the sea and the sharks took him quickly. All the pilgrims were now drinking sea water, praying, and talking hysterically in the night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE SUDAN: Pilgrims Ordeal | 4/13/1953 | See Source »

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