18 Mar 2019
MAKKAH: A carpet of flowers featuring 1 million blooms will be one of the main attractions as Makkah hosts its first flower festival. The event, which begins on Tuesday at Muzdalifah, has been organized by the city’s municipality in cooperation with the Arab Urban Development Institute and King Saud University. It will be officially opened by Makkah Gov. Prince Khalid
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16 Mar 2019
According to the ministry, Pakistan sent the largest number of pilgrims with 1,031,253 of them coming to perform Umrah until Thursday. They were followed by 695,103 Indonesians, 435,746 Indians, 240,708 Egyptians, 219,729 Turkish, 214,931 Yemenis, 213,209 Malaysians, 160,759 Algerians, 121,262 Jordanians, and 116,154 Iraqis.
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14 Mar 2019
JEDDAH: A delegation from the transport, communications and information technology committee of the Shoura Council, headed by Lt. Nasser Al-Otaibi, visited the Haramain High-Speed Railway station in Jeddah on Thursday to learn about the services it provides for citizens and pilgrims. The delegation was received by Mohammed Fida, director general of the Haramain High-Speed
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12 Mar 2019
“The companies are not allowed to keep the passports of the pilgrims, so how can the ministry ask them to present copes of the stamped passports?” he said.
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