A trip to the Hejaz

Number of pages: 152 The journey is the eye of perceptive geography, thus the journey can connect geography and literature. In travel literature, the observer mixes between describing the physical facts he sees on the ground and his personal impressions that result from the alienation he experiences while writing this type of text. Arab and Islamic civilization was famous for travel literature, so men such as Al-Mas'udi, Al-Maqdisi, Al-Idrisi Al-Andalusi, Ibn Jubeir, Ibn Battuta, and others appeared, describing regions and traveling across the world, to present us with a vivid image of their era, and an accurate description of the customs and traditions of peoples and tribes. Although the era of Al-Mazini saw progress in means of communication and success in bringing people closer across many parts of this planet, travel remains for him the sweetest in meaning, the most impactful on the soul, and the most truthful in news. Therefore, Al-Mazini wanted his book "Journey to Hejaz" to be an expression of the historical continuity of this type of writing in modern Arabic literature.