1 Jun 2018
About 12,000 electric cars and wheelchairs will be provided for free to elderly, sick and special-needs pilgrims so they can perform their rituals in ease and comfort at the Grand Mosque in Makkah and the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah, said the Presidency of the Two Holy Mosques. The presidency will also supervise wheelchair pushers so as to avoid exploitation, manipulation and
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1 Jun 2018
Hundreds of thousands of worshippers performed the third Friday prayer at the Grand Mosque during this holy month of Ramadan. For the first time, the Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques this year launched a transfer service for elderly, sick and special-needs pilgrims, with drivers transporting families and individuals to perform their rituals.
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31 May 2018
JEDDAH: The Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage (SCTH) registered 32 archaeological and historical sites in the National Antiquities Register in the first quarter of 2018, bringing the total number of registered sites to 8,225, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. The SCTH registered seven archaeological sites: Three in the Tabuk region, two in the Asir
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31 May 2018
The kingdom is in the middle of a crackdown on labour and residency law violators
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30 May 2018
Hijazi says his interpreters translate to and from 10 languages including English, French, Urdu, Malay, Persian, Turkish, Russian, Hawsa, Chinese and Bengali.
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