When was the last time you saw this many people playing an Islamic Game?

Whenever the game is shown at a confernce, its amazing how much attention its gets from the older Muslims. When they walk down the aisles of the conference, they suddenly pause at the Muslim Games booth, wondering what is going on. Imagine seeing 19 people from different ages playing the same game. You have two tables with Muslim kids with their ages ranging from 7 to 15, another sister's table with just Muslim girls, and a final table with High School/College Muslims all playing the same Mecca to Medina game! Sometimes we have to make tables using cardboard boxes, drapes from our curtains, and even borrowed chairs from the area next door. At one point, we had people playing on it the floor! It gets crazy!

The question I often ask the people who have stopped in their tracks and are looking at our booth is, "When was the last time you saw so many people playing an Islamic game?". They often reply with a smile and the word "Never". I then tell them that this is my live commerical that runs all day at the conference and that these people are real and not actors. They often laugh. Finally, I ofer to show them how the Mecca to Medina game works and then recommend that they ask the variety of different people who are playing the game what think of it.