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  • The Long Way Home – Across the Hejaz Railway

    The Long Way Home – Across the Hejaz Railway

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    Michael Shearwood
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    A forgotten railway, a silent desert, and the enduring rhythm of a pilgrim’s journey. The wreckage of the old Hejaz Railway, photographed north of Medina — the desert has reclaimed the line, yet its story endures.(Photograph © Michael Shearwood) “The desert is clean. It is a place of truth. In the desert, a man comes…