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Satellite images show that Mecca, a holy city according to Islam, has flooded after Saudi Arabia was hit with torrential rains due to a storm on Monday that swept away cars and caused havoc, the Saudi Gazette reported.
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Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
Hong Kong is at No.4, with 20.5 international arrivals and 19% growth, and the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia was at No.5, with 19.3 million visitors and 20% growth.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024
Most of the region’s earliest cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new virus, were traced to the holy city of Qom in Iran, whose renowned Shiite seminaries and Sayyida Fatimah al-Masumah shrine draw aspiring clerics and devout pilgrims from across the Shiite world.
—Toby Matthiesen, Foreign Affairs, 23 Mar. 2020
In Monkey Hill, an heiress accused of a white-collar crime hides away with her husband at a luxury resort in an Indian holy city.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2024
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Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
Hong Kong is at No.4, with 20.5 international arrivals and 19% growth, and the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia was at No.5, with 19.3 million visitors and 20% growth.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024
Most of the region’s earliest cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new virus, were traced to the holy city of Qom in Iran, whose renowned Shiite seminaries and Sayyida Fatimah al-Masumah shrine draw aspiring clerics and devout pilgrims from across the Shiite world.
—Toby Matthiesen, Foreign Affairs, 23 Mar. 2020
In Monkey Hill, an heiress accused of a white-collar crime hides away with her husband at a luxury resort in an Indian holy city.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2024
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“Holy city.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/holy%20city. Accessed 19 Jan. 2025.
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