31 Jul 2019
Indonesia is struggling to increase its hajj quota, from 231 thousand pilgrims to 250 thousand next year, Indonesian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Maftuh Abegebriel stated here on Tuesday.
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31 Jul 2019
Besides other dignitaries, Minister of Communications and Information Technology Abdullah Amer Al-Swaha was also in attendance, Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.
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31 Jul 2019
CAIRO: Arab League Assistant Secretary-General for Arab Affairs and National Security Khalil Ibrahim Al-Thawadi has said that Saudi Arabia’s efforts in facilitating Hajj have been reflected in the increase in the number of pilgrims each year. He said that preparations and facilities at airports, the number of diverse flights and the development of services in holy sites
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31 Jul 2019
In a statement to SPA, Shiha pointed out that the Kingdom is continuing its efforts to improve the efficiency of services being provided to the pilgrims.
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31 Jul 2019
CAIRO, JEDDAH: For centuries, every year during Hajj the Kiswa for the Kaaba arrived on a camel’s back all the way from Cairo to Makkah, following a precarious journey inside a ceremonial litter known as the Mahmal. From the reign of Al-Zahir Bebrus until the era of King Fuad of Egypt in the 1920s, the passage of the Mahmal through hundreds of miles of barren desert was an
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