27 Jun 2020
Makkah’s historical mountains are a window into the holy city’s beauty and grandeur as they overlook all aspects of the Grand Mosque, while also providing perfect locations for guides, photographers and researchers to document, present or learn more about Makkah’s stories from Prophet Muhammad’s era to the present day.
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26 Jun 2020
Some 1,500 residents of the coastal enclave had been eagerly preparing to perform the pilgrimage, only for coronavirus to get in the way
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24 Jun 2020
The space allocated for each pilgrim for this year's Hajj will be four times larger than the area allocated previously, according to a senior Hajj official.
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24 Jun 2020
This year, nearly 1,500 Muslims from several nationalities living in Italy will have to cancel their trip to Saudi Arabia for Hajj. Most of them had booked their flight tickets and hotels last year, but they will now have to cancel their pilgrimage after Saudi Arabia’s decision to allow only a limited number of pilgrims to perform Hajj this year.
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24 Jun 2020
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday said it supported Saudi Arabia's move to hold a limited Hajj this year, saying putting health first is a choice all countries must make during the coronavirus pandemic.
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