Mecca, Saudi Arabia ¨C To avoid the punishing sun, Inas Gamal abandoned her ambitious plan of spending the days ahead of the Hajj praying in Mecca¡¯s Grand Mosque and retreated to the comfort of an air-conditioned hotel room to perform her daytime prayers.
Despite traveling all the way from Egypt for the annual pilgrimage, Gamal said it was just too hot to spend much time outside during the day, where temperatures crossed 40 degrees Celsius.
¡°It¡¯s very hot, much hotter than I imagined,¡± said the mother of four, who is performing the Hajj for the first time.
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