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Among the most interesting and spiritual journeys is going to Saudi Arabia to perform umrah. I will
\ntell you about the time I performed Umrah. At the airport in Pakistan, we all changed into our ahrams.
\nWe enjoyed our time during our flight although it was a bit delayed. Then after a 4 hour flight, we
\nlanded at Jeddah airport. It is a beautiful, bright, full-of-life airport. What made it more fun for me was
\na huge aquarium filled with lots of fish that I watched with fascination to pass the time. A driver then
\narrived and took us to our home in Makkah; my father works there so we visit him often and get an
\nopportunity to perform Umrah as well. Since I was asleep during the flight, I was unable to eat the
\npancakes with strawberry yoghurt the air hostess brought for me, but I ate it as soon as I reached home.
\nThen we all took a nap, and soon were energetic enough to perform Umrah. Haram Shareef is a 10
\nminute drive from our home, so we took a taxi because the car parking is far away from the Masjid. It
\nwas very hot as it was noon, but the beautiful white tiles of Haram Shareef were still comfortable to
\nwalk on. As we climbed the escalators to the Masjid, the big Clock Tower came into view, making me
\nvery happy as that has always been my favourite landmark. Everyone kept patting me on the head as I
\nlooked very cute in my ahram; that\u2019s another thing that my father had to stop every few moments to
\nadjust my ahram as it kept getting in my way. We went around the Khan\u2019e Kaa\u2019bah 7 times and I got so
\nmany gifts. First someone gave me a pencil, then some sweets and a ton more. Then we performed
\nZuhr prayer and continued for Sa\u2019ee. Sa\u2019ee is the act of walking from Mount Safa to Mount Marwa 7
\ntimes. I ran at the green lights in remembrance of Hazrat Hajra AS who ran in search of water for
\nHazrat Isma\u2019il AS. That’s always my favourite part of Sa\u2019ee. Then we drank Zamzam and congratulated
\neach other after finishing Umrah. Everyone appreciated that I completed the entire Umrah on foot and
\nno one had to pick me up. After that, we went back home, buying the famous Albaik on our way. We
\nreached home, ate, and slept a happy and tired sleep.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"