Image copyright Sajjad Malik With his head in his hands, Sajjad Malik sounds dejected. The taxi booking office he manages near the iconic Mecca Grand Mosque, Masjid al-Haram, is empty. “There is no job, no salary, nothing,” he says. “Usually these two or three months before Hajj (annual pilgrimage), I …
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