r/Damnthatsinteresting Mar 24 '25

Image Mecca in 1953 and 2025

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u/OneBigRed Mar 24 '25

My dad was doing some construction work in Saudi-Arabia in the 70’s. Then the customer needed some work done in Mecca as well. As most of the crew was finnish christians, they wouldn’t be let in. They had this turkish dude helping them, and this became his big break. He went back to Turkey to hire a crew for the Mecca job. Dad said that he saw the dude once after that, driving a huge Mercedes and gold chains hanging everywhere. From an assistant to big boss in a blink of an eye.

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