Makkah

Mecca is the holiest city in the Islamic world Every year, millions of Muslims take a pilgrimage to Mecca, called the Hajjm, They follow in the footsteps of Muhammad, All Muslims who are able to perform the Hajj are expected to do so at least once in their life, The Kaaba and Masjid al-Haram, are the holiest mosques in Islam, Mecca is closed to non Muslims except for some journalists reporting on the Hajj .

Mecca is situated at an elevation of 909 feet (277 metres) above sea level in the dry beds of the Wadi Ibrāhīm and several of its short tributaries, It is surrounded by the Ṣirāt Mountains, the peaks of which include Mount (Jabal) Ajyad, which rises to 1,332 feet, and Mount Abū Qubays, which attains 1,220 feet, to the east and Mount Quʿayqʿān, which reaches 1,401 feet, to the west Mount Hirāʾ rises to 2,080 feet on the northeast and contains a cave in which Muhammad sought isolation and visions before he became a prophet, It was also in this cave that he received the first verse (āyah) of the holy Qurʾān, South of the city Mount Thawr (2,490 feet) contains the cave in which the prophet secreted himself from his Meccan enemies during the Hijrah to Medina, the event that marks the beginning of the Muslim calendar .....