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Just my maps. Insta: gordo10bx_maps

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Some more of my pics from in/around Makkah Al-Mukarramah. 

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One of my best friends, Faraz, and I on Jabal Ar-Rahmah / Jabal ‘Arafaat outside of Makkah. This day was amazing. I got to see all of the stations of Hajj and historical places in and around Makkah. Alhamdulillah.

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Al-Masjid Al-Harām, Makkah

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Ishaa’ Adhan at Al-Masjid Al-Haraam, Makkah.

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I miss hanging out on the roof of Masjid Al-Haraam. I miss watching the people perform Tawaaf. I miss the Ka'bah.  I miss the perfect breeze at night. I miss all the people praying, crying, smiling…

I miss Makkah.

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Some of my pics from Makkah Al-Mukarramah

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Started to add a new station symbol for my city. Created this (so simple) on Illustrator. It's the letter "M" in Hebrew, Latin/Cyrillic, and Arabic. M for "Metro." My city is full of polyglots obviously, so they can read Arabic, Romance/Germanic languages, Russian, and Hebrew. Even if it's just to figure out what station or neighborhood they're in. So, I aptly made this symbol to tie in all of the languages. I wish the sheets matched up perfectly for this pic, but whatever. I just wanted to showcase the symbol.

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Went ahead and played the game "properly" and created my own subway system for NYC. Ended up getting a "B" rating which, to me, is pretty damn good. Lol.

From left to right or however you click through, first is the whole city with my rating and how many passengers I get on a weekday. Second is The Bronx (where I was born lol). Third and fourth are Manhattan. Fifth is Brooklyn and Queens. Finally, as always, we have Staten Island.

Let me know what y'all think!

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Found a cool website where you can build your own subway system on a real map! It's supposed to be a game to build the NYC Subway System, but I used it to build out my "perfect" map of Columbus with a metro system. I think I did a good job, but would love some feedback!

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Stations #27 #28 #29: Christopher (Street), Sylvia Rivera, & Marsha P. Johnson

Located within the Empire neighborhood which has streets named after places in NYC and New York State, I wanted to remember the Stonewall incident and those pivotal revolutionaries at the forefront of the LGBTQ+ movement. I named Station #27 after Christopher Street where the Stonewall Inn is located in Manhattan. Stations #28 and #29 are named after Sylvia River and Marsha P. Johnson, respectively. As a gay man, I wanted to incorporate them into my city as well.

Christopher Street runs on the west side of Marsha P. Johnson Park and north to Stonewall Park. Happy Pride Month!

The lines that stop at Christopher Street are:

- Farah - Isabel (lavender)

- Xamar - Los Primos (silver)

The lines that stop at Sylvia Rivera are:

- Malcolm X - San Juan (teal)

- Che Guevara - Lorain (magenta)

The lines that stop at Marsha P. Johnson are:

- Malcolm X - San Juan (teal)

- Che Guevara - Lorain (magenta)

- Beirut North - Gràcia (yellow)

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Stations #24 #25 #26: Tikal, Yaħyâ, Íñigo

Tikal station is located at Tikal Square which is at the intersection of Avinguda Catalunya, Calle Puerto, and Calle Rico. This would be like the central plaza in Latin American colonial towns and cities. It’s named after the Mayan ruins in northern Guatemala.

Yaħyâ (يحيى) Station is located where Calle Puerto and Calle Rico meet to create Calle San Juan at Mott Haven Road. There’s a mosque at the square named after the Prophet Yaħyâ (John the Baptist).

Íñigo station is located at Avinguda Catalunya and Bulevar Guatemala close to the park with the same name. I have always just really liked the name Íñigo so I kept the name for my city. I think it’s the double accent marks.

The lines that stop at Tikal station are:

- Buckeye East - Catalunya (light blue)

- Sarajevo - Latinoamérica (blue)

The lines that stop at Yaħyâ station are:

- Sarajevo - Latinoamérica (blue)

- Mott Haven - Columbus (bronze)

The lines that stop at Íñigo station are:

- Buckeye West - Guatemala (pink)

- Farah - Isabel (lavender)

- Buckeye East - Catalunya (light blue)

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Station #23: Hijrä

This station is located at the intersection of Carrer Els Castells & Mott Haven Road. The name means "Migration" in Arabic. My maternal family (Castillo) moved from Guatemala to Mott Haven in The Bronx in the mid-80's. This is where they settled and where I was born and raised through elementary school.

The two lines that stop at this station are:

Els Castells (green)

Mott Haven - Columbus (bronze)

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Station #22: Istresanje

Located at the intersection of Intifada Way & Sarajevo Road, this station is named Istresanje, which is Bosnian for "Uprising."

This station is located towards the heart of the Filastin (Palestine) neighborhood. Bosnians know all too well what a genocide entails, and I thought it made sense to name the station in Bosnian with the same meaning as the Arabic word "Intifada."

Three lines stop here:

Sarajevo - Latinoamérica (blue)

Intifada - Majdal (green)

Nazareth (lime green)

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Station #21: Jnoub

Meaning “south” in Arabic, this station is named after the southern region of Lebanon. The valiant and steadfast people of Lebanon! This station is at the intersection of Intifada Way and Beirut Boulevard. May God have mercy on the martyrs!

This station is in the Filastin neighborhood as well! The surrounding streets are all named after depopulated (and extant) places in Palestine.

Two lines stop here:

Beirut North - Gràcia (yellow)

Intifada - Majdal (light green)

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Station #20: Lamees Najim

This station is at the intersection of Ghassan Kanafani Road and Beirut Boulevard. Ghassan Kanafani was martyred and assassinated in Beirut in 1972 with his niece, Lamees. Kanafani was a very important and famous Palestinian writer whose family was forced to flee Palestine in 1948 during the Nakba. Please look up his writings and novels. They're worth the read!

Two lines stop here:

Ghassan Kanafani - Gaza (orange)

Beirut North - Gracia (yellow)

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Station #19: El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz

Today is Malcolm X’s birthday. This station is named after him! I originally did not make this a transfer station between these two lines, but then thought it would be a disservice to the community to not have the ability to get downtown from this station. This station is at the intersection of Malcolm X Boulevard and Qiblä Road. As a Muslim and someone who wants to fight for a better world for all of us, this station is very important to me. It’s located on the west side of Maydān Al-Thawrä or Revolution Square (even though it isn’t a square). Parque de la Revolución wraps around Ghadir Circle. Ghadir Khumm was a pivotal point in Islamic history as well—revolutionary actually and is immortalized in this neighborhood.

The park is also surrounded by other parks which are named after prominent Black revolutionaries such as Frantz Fanon Park, Queen Mary Thomas Park, and Fred Hampton Square. The majority of this neighborhood’s streets to the east and south of the park are named after revolutionaries. We have Qiu Jin Street, Huey P. Newton Avenue, Oscar Wilde Avenue, Calle Emiliano Zapata, Simón Bolívar Parkway, Musa Al-Sadr Street, and Frederick Douglass Avenue. To the west of the park, we have the central part of the Filastīn neighborhood.

The two lines that intersect here are:

Qiblä - Euclid (orange)

Malcolm X - San Juan (teal)

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Station #18: Jimzu

This station is named for one of the over 530 depopulated villages and towns in Palestine during the Nakba. There are many stations named after such places in my city. This one caught my eye in particular because of Ahmed Issa Ibrahim’s map from memory of his home village. Devastating. Imagine knowing every inch of the land you’re not able to return to. The park on the left side of the station is named after the village as well.

Two lines stop here:

Mahmoud Darwish (named after the national poet of Palestine) (navy blue)

Ghassan Kanafani - Gaza (orange)