Love from Mecca to Medina

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What people mean by the word “mecca” is a place where lots of people, thousands, millions (maybe even billions as well [maybe in the future]) gather for a certain thing. in book 2, we have zaynab and adam's established relationship with each their own trials from Al-Rahim (God). Now we get to the controversy that I’ve seen circulating around due to, again, ignorance regarding your own religion.

It came from Mecca with a capital M , the place in the Middle East where people have been gathering for thousands of years to visit the first site of worship in the world still standing (according to Muslim people). Separating the two creates dangerous ideologies that can nudge people towards extremism or complete abandonment of their religion. I had loved the explanations of the Prophet and the explanations of Mecca and Kaaba, makes me want to go there right this instant as I was reading the book. Not to mention this was such a realistic take on performing umrah while struggling with real life issues. In the end, this was a powerful and groundbreaking book–one with heart and humor and passion and spirituality–that showed me the possibilities for a romantic story between two observant Muslims.Zayneb is in Chicago, where school and extracurricular stresses are piling on top of a terrible frenemy situation and making her miserable.

so I GET ZAYNEB spiritually so i didn't give her a horrible time for it because i get u girlie pops i was there! there was a obvious lack of communication between them at certain times which made complete sense (they’re a fairly new couple who were both dealing with their own issues and didn’t want to burden each other). we go from makkah to madinah (sorry i really can't stand the way it's spelled in the book) on an umrah journey, where both adam and zayneb (but prerogatively adam) are hoping to reconnect. I also found myself sharing Zayneb’s frustration with Adam and a certain unwelcome lady and her guilt at feeling that way when she was trying to elevate herself spiritually in Makkah. When Thanksgiving break happens, they are thrown into going to umrah when Adam, worried about how his MS will affect his ability to go to Makkah in the future, elects to take advantage of an opportunity.Both of you encouraging the other, praying together, and in places as holy as Mecca and Medina, hearts become one.