A dear friend from Jeddah days, Anne Marie Weiss-Armush, sent me a lovely YouTube clip. It is an excerpt from a BBC documentary entitled The Frankincense Trail by UK journalist Kate Humble. She goes to the roof of an ancient mansion in the heart of Jeddah's old city at prayer time, with a gentleman named Sami. My novel, A CARAVAN OF BRIDES, has an important scene on the roof of one of these houses. Click on the title of this post to watch. You'll get the sense of the old neighborhood and the overwhelming sound of the call to prayer (the Adhaan). Enjoy!
PS - if you liked that, here is a link to a trailer for the documentary. Hope it's showing in the U.S. sometime soon!
Trailer for The Frankincense Trail
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