Cameras similar to those used by Susie Keef Smith are seen on display as a part of the "Postcards from Mecca" exhibit at the Hi-Desert Nature Museum in Yucca Valley, Calif., Friday, Sept. 16, 2022.

A collection of photographs from over 100 years ago makes up the exhibit "Postcards from Mecca," now showing at the Hi-Desert Nature Museum.

At the heart of the controversy is Keyi Rubath, a 19th-Century guest house built in the 1870s by Mayankutty Keyi, a wealthy Indian merchant from Malabar (modern-day Kerala), whose trading empire ...

In Symbolic Cities at the Freer and Sackler Galleries in Washington, Saudi photographer Ahmed Mater explores the impact of economic development in Saudi Arabia, and in particular, on the holy city ...

Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, an old tradition predating Islam. Sunday 14 November 2010 01:00 GMT. Comments. Your support helps us to tell the story. Read more. Support Now.

Mecca is the destination for Muslim pilgrims. To house the millions of worshippers, massive hotels are rising at a furious pace, upsetting those seeking to protect the city's traditional architecture.