Mecca in Morocco

Kholoud Al-Ajarma is a Lecturer in the Globalised Muslim World at Alwaleed Centre for the Study of Islam in the Contemporary World, Department of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Edinburgh. She completed her PhD in Anthropology and Comparative Study of Religion at the University of Groningen. She holds MPhil in Anthropology and Development from the University of Bergen, and MA in Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution from Coventry University. She has research and work experience in the study of Islam in the contemporary world and have worked and conducted research in several countries including Palestine, Jordan, Morocco, Egypt, Chile, Norway, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. Her research areas include Islam and Muslim societies, education, refugee rights, media, gender, migration, and climate change among others. In addition to her academic work, Al-Ajarma is a refugee rights advocate and award-winning photographer and film-maker whose films and photography has been exhibited in more than fifteen countries.

• Introduction1. Theoretical Framework and MethodologyPart One: The Pilgrimage to Mecca: A Tripartite Process of Preparation, Pilgrimage and Aftermath 2. Before Departure: Motivations for Hajj Performance and the Creation of a Muslim Moral Habitus3. In the Hajj: A Sensory Experience that ‘Cannot be Described in Words’4. After Hajj: Refashioning of the Self as al-Ḥājj /al-ḤājjaPart Two: Identity and Politics 5. Hajj and Moroccan National Identity6. Saudi Hajj Management through Moroccan Eyes7. Intersecting Power Structures in Moroccan Women’s Narratives of the HajjPart Three: The Pilgrimage: Informing Everyday Life 8. ‘Ḥajj al-MiskĪn’:: Moroccan Local Pilgrimage Introduction9. Constituted Everydayness: Singing of Mecca and the Pilgrimage in Morocco10. The Pilgrimage of the Cat and other Hajj Stories: Performing Piety and Moral Transformation through StorytellingConclusion: Mecca in Morocco: manifestations of the Hajj in everyday Moroccan LifeBibliography