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Mecca Will Change Your Head · 29 January 05

Fresh back from Saudi Arabia...
The Saudis discourage photography during Hajj, so I have no shots of the actual pilgrimmage. Just shots of the time in India surrounding my trip within a trip.

But there’s plenty to share. Let’s begin with a Before and After.

I Once Had HairThe Head Was Shaved

The first Strangeness among many:
In Mecca, we shaved our heads and not our faces.

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  1. bro, enlightenment has turned you bad ass
    — little bro    1308 days ago    #

  2. Damn. Jealous, aren’t you Saj?
    — envious Catholic    1308 days ago    #

  3. Damn is right. If I didn’t know you, I’d fear you in a dark alley.

    When are you coming back to the US?
    — j-no    1308 days ago    #

  4. why you looking to your far right in both photos?
    — ayman    1308 days ago    #

  5. if i go to mecca will i turn into a manly-man too?
    — kdoggr    1307 days ago    #

  6. I’m jealous too. Pilgrimage is way more bad ass than bake sales and lock-ins.

    In my medical opinion the rightward deviation of Saleem’s eyes indicate that he is in a coma. Saleem are you in a coma?
    — envious Protestant    1306 days ago    #

  7. Awww hell – the girlies are gonna go CRAZY! Prepare for a worldwide babe stampede…
    — Onika    1306 days ago    #

  8. Now you will finally rid yourself of that “Salee-chan” nickname.

    “Saleem-sensei” RETURNS!
    — another envious Protestant    1304 days ago    #

  9. Dude, that’s so mixed-race justin timberlake.
    — joeyb    1304 days ago    #

  10. bro, you look like the rock, only much, much skinnier.

    chicks dig it.
    — andy    1303 days ago    #

  11. Though your former roommates are hot themselves, I can see why they are envious Catholics and Protestants! This Protestant girl is seriously in favor of the sexy new look. How much are plane tickets to Japan? Saleem’s probably in a coma because he accidentally caught a glimpse of himself in the mirror and passed out from his own hotness.
    — Ferg    1303 days ago    #

  12. You guys are ridiculous. Jeez.

    Why I’m looking to the right:
    Nope, not in a coma. But in both pics I’m holding the camera with my right hand at arms length.
    I feel weird looking right at the camera if I’m taking a picture of myself. I don’t know why.
    And I can’t look to the left, or the right-hand-held camera slips onto the blurry far side of my peripheral vision.

    So, I look to the right.
    — saleem    1303 days ago    #

  13. whatever, saleem. agnostic girls like it too.
    — maggie    1297 days ago    #

  14. the cut looks lovely. its alright if you bite my style a little.
    i want to hear all about your travels so e-mail me. i don’t think i have your e-mail address anymore.
    — haydar    1296 days ago    #

  15. come on saleem, tell us the truth—you got lice didn’t you?

    who knew lice could be so sexy.
    — roo    1294 days ago    #

  16. hot.
    — jp    1288 days ago    #

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