Muzdalifa

Muzdalifa

is an open, level area near Mecca in the Hejazi region of Saudi Arabia that is associated with the Hajj. It lies just southeast of Mina, on the route between Mina and Arafat. In the book, Malcolm X is staying the area of Muzdalifa while performing Hajj. In the books he states he was "sleeping with eight or ten others on a mat in the open. ... with nothing but the sky overhead i lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers. As the description says the area is level which allowed for many people to be accommodated in that area.