Every step crafts a path into the unknown.
A short comparative look at two travel accounts: The Road to Mecca by Muhammad Asad (1900–1992) and Desert Encounter by Knud Valdemar Gylding Holmboe (1902–1931). The modern interaction between the West and the East began when Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821) invaded Egypt in 1798. This invasion opened the doors for other European nations to explore the…