In the last two weeks of July, as half of Haifa's population was fleeing the besieged city in the north of Israel, 171 members of the Baha'i Faith arrived from around the globe to take part in a nine-day pilgrimage to the Faith's most sacred shrines, historic sites and world administrative center.

The word "pilgrimage" is defined as a long journey or search of great moral significance, sometimes to a sacred place.