Word: mecca
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...Slate would be less strange, probably, were they not a few hundred feet from the piercings and Grateful Dead T-shirts of the Toscanini’s posse. And that hearty artifact from The Era of Male Harvard, Stonestreet, would not seem so conspicuous were it not for the mecca of grunge hip, Urban Outfitters, just around the corner. Nor would the surburban gauntlet of Bruegger’s Bagels, Starbucks and the Tennis Shop seem particularly anything if the unapologetically sketchy 7-11, with outspoken panhandlers in tow, was not immediately adjacent. Harvard Square is like a melting...
...find a taxi driver for the ride into Quetta, one I could trust to get me through the rioters. I settled on an old man who had possibly the worst cab in the parking lot. But he was a "Haji" - a Muslim who'd made the pilgrimage to Mecca - and he radiated a certain serenity. Besides, I thought the zealots in the mob would be impressed by his venerable white beard. Before he took my bags, he quizzed me: "Who is the Superpower? Allah, or America?" Allah, of course. "Get in," he says. "I'll get you into Quetta safely...
...explored the conflict between Islam and modernity as reflected in the city's planning, and it won high marks when completed in August 1999.) Atta was away from his job at a Hamburg consultancy for months in 1995; he reportedly said he had gone on a pilgrimage to Mecca. Co-workers recall him condemning terrorist attacks on tourists in Egypt. But he also bemoaned Western influence--specifically, the rise of skyscrapers--in Arab cities...
...Laden emigrated from Yemen to Saudi Arabia as a bricklayer and slowly built the largest Saudi construction firm. His secret was winning the trust of the Saudi King, Abdel Aziz ibn Saud, who reigned from 1932 to 1953. The King asked bin Laden to rebuild the sacred city of Mecca, and ever since, the bin Ladens have been responsible for construction in Mecca and Medina. After Mohammed's death in a plane crash in 1967, his sons built Saudi BinLaden Group into a multibillion-dollar enterprise. Recent ventures include building a freeway around Riyadh, expanding King Khaled Airport and constructing...
...number of the extracurriculars they love could pop downstairs for a quick jog or cup of coffee. The only thing left to do would be to make the MAC a shuttle stop, giving easy access to Quadlings and Matherites. The MAC would be a student Mecca, building community, and making life better at Harvard...