A Muslim woman answers the call to travel
By Carolyn Hong
June 2015 FOOTPRINTS
The Haj pilgrimage is familiar to most Malaysians who would have seen photographs of the millions of Muslims who make their way to Mecca to pay homage. But how does it really feel to actually be one among the millions there?“I would say it was the most significant journey in my life, the Haj,” said writer Rumaizah Abu Bakar who was just 34 when she went on this journey with her parents.Given her youth, it was spiritually challenging. But it...
Carolyn Hong
lives in Ba Kelalan sometimes, in KL sometimes. A former journalist who once chased the big stories for a regional newspaper, she now hunts for the small stories in Malaysia’s smallest places.
