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  "id": 758419,
  "title": "Mecca and the mall",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/mecca-and-the-mall",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-13T10:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Aeon",
    "slug": "aeon",
    "url": "https://aeon.co/essays/my-pilgrimage-to-mecca-in-the-age-of-the-golf-cart-and-mall"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In a bid for spiritual renewal, I made a pilgrimage to Islam’s holy city. Almost everything I expected to see was gone - by Azania Imtiaz Patel Read on Aeon",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}