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The Epic of the Hejaz Railway Station: When Iron Became a Road of Pilgrimage and Longing
ملحمة محطة الحجاز: حين أصبح الحديد طريقًا للحج والحنين
Ten chapters tell the story of the Hejaz Railway and its Damascus station, from the Syrian Hajj caravan and Sultan Abdul Hamid II's order of 1900 to the line's arrival in Medina in 1908, Fernando de Aranda's station with its European facade and Ajami ceiling, the First World War that broke the line, and the station's afterlife.
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- PDF ebook
- Languages
- Arabic and English
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- Buildings & Cities
