 "A Sinner in Mecca" was only theatrically released in four.Over the years, worldwide press have profiled Parvez Sharma and reviewed his work.For example, The New York Times collectively in two excerpts and two reviews, says "There is no doubting the courage and conviction of the New York documentarian Parvez Sharma…We emerge from (Sharma's) films more enlightened, but arranging to meet (this filmmaker) is a little like setting up an appointment with an extremely polite spy.