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Abstract
Pilgrimages to Holy Places in Mecca and Medina have spawned a rich repertoire of travel literature by Nahḍa luminaries at the beginning of the twentieth century, however, few studies have been written about their travel accounts. This paucity of research might be ascribed to the view that accounts of pilgrimage tend to be highly formulaic and instructive rather than literary. By examining the ʿUmra (lesser pilgrimage) travelogue of the prominent Egyptian intellectual, literary critic, Romantic poet, novelist and journalist, Ibrāhīm ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Māzinī (d. 1949) entitled Riḥlat al-Ḥijāz (1930), this paper argues that pilgrimage travelogues can in fact defy the doctrinal conventions of the genre and thereby be worthy of critical attention.
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Khaldi, Boutheina
(2025)
"Defamiliarizing Pilgrimage Literature: Humour in al-Māzinī’s Journey to the Hijāz,"
International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage:
Vol. 13:
Iss.
3, Article 16.
Available at:
https://arrow.tudublin.ie/ijrtp/vol13/iss3/16