mecca

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His finance minister is left to explain the closing of big projects like Neom, a 105-mile-long city, or the Mukaab, a 1,300-foot cube-shaped skyscraper resembling the Kaaba shrine in Mecca.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

In 2016, Philadelphia razed another skateboard Mecca, known as Love Park.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026

"People have been asking to come in too, it's just been non-stop, it's a Mecca for Harry Potter fans," he said.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025

The pilgrims were travelling from the Islamic holy city of Mecca to Medina when the accident took place, the Telangana government said in a statement.

From BBC • Nov. 17, 2025

In Mecca, too, I had played back for myself the twelve years I had spent with Elijah Muhammad as if it were a motion picture.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey