I've never felt this way before; it's a very different feeling because, as you say, it's a ritual, an obligation for those who are able to undertake it, but we all love to do it, and thank God, He made it easy for us to perform Hajj this year."Meet Jordanian pilgrim, Hisham Al-Matarneh.He's at Mecca's Grand Mosque, one of many to arrive in the city for this year's Hajj pilgrimage, an annual religious gathering.Some pilgrims have spent years hoping and praying to one day perform the Hajj or save up money and wait for a permit to embark on the trip.Among them is 64-year-old Palestinian, Najia Abu Lehia.“We registered and our names got selected for Hajj before the war, and then the war broke out here and it became a barrier between us and travelling for Hajj the Hajj unites Muslims of diverse races, ethnicities, languages and economic classes from around the world