Journey of a Lifetime
Eighteen year-old Sara Sultan is looking forward to the journey of a lifetime.
Tomorrow, she's leaving her home in New York to go on the Hajj, the Muslim
pilgrimage to Mecca.
Today is full of last-minute errands with her best friend, Asiya. The daughter of
Afghan immigrants, Sara says she became even more devoted to her religion in the
last two years. Even so, she says, she felt she might not be ready to make the
Hajj, because of the deeper commitment it implies.
The first stop today is at a relative's house to pick up some special tailoring.
We're going over to my aunt's house. She's sewn me all of my clothes for Hajj this
year. And I'm very, very thankful to her for that, because I don't know where I
would have gotten them sewn. So I am going to go, maybe I might try them on, I
am not sure, but I'm going to go pick them up.
When we were going shopping, I kind of wanted white clothes, even though
women aren't required to wear white all the time, but still its kind of nice. And it's
also good for the heat over there.
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