Isaifan, you have done a great job (and a good deed!) in sharing your journey with FT readers.
I was especially interested in your observations about the spiritual meaning of the pilgrimage. As you put it, "people were reflecting and hoping that the purpose of the Hajj, to be forgiven and start anew, would be fulfilled."
You and your wife certainly partook of the whole experience, but I wonder, at the end of the pilgrimage, how all this impacted you personally on a spiritual level?
Thank you again for letting us be a part of your experience of a lifetime!