Reverse Culture Shock

My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

SAUDI ARABIA | Monday, 8 July 2013 | Views [751] | View Larger Image

Saudi Arabia's dependence on cheap foreign labour means that The Makkah Development Plan, at a cost of 26.6bn, is being constructed by the thousands of men hailing from South Asia. Construction tends to break in the daytime due to the intense Arabian heat.

Old Makkah, as seen here, has been grazed over for new hotels. Unfortunately, this has erased much of the architectural and cultural history of the city.

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Ultimately, luxury hotels with malls, such as the ones pictured, which sit right in front of the Grand Mosque, will overtake the landscape of the city. The result of which will create a more prominent visible divide between the wealthy and the poor pilgrims, which the rules of the pilgrimage itself seeks to eliminate.

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Reverse Culture Shock

My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

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