Hajj and Umrah News - South Africa

30 May 2018

Saudi Arabia Seeks Private Investments in Hajj

Saudi Hajj and Umrah Minister Mohammed Benten said that Saudi ambition is very great in realizing Vision 2030, especially in the Hajj and Umrah issue, which is shared by 32 government agencies to implement the program and the ambitious plan to motivate and facilitate the arrival of many guests.

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29 May 2018

Hundreds of fans installed at Prophet’s Mosque in Saudi Arabia to cool pilgrims

DUBAI: Hundreds of fans have been installed in the Masjid Al-Mustafa mosque in Madina, Saudi state-news channel Al-Ekhbariya reported. The project, thought to be one of the largest in the world, is designed to cool pilgrims during the summer heat, which will overlap with Haj this year. There are 436 of the 120kg fans, blowing 200 liters of water as a fine mist of water into

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29 May 2018

4-phase Soft launch operations begin at new Jeddah airport

Al-Tamimi confirmed that the soft launch would be delivered across four key stages: May to July: Small number of domestic flights through six gates, July to September: Gradual increase in the number of domestic flights, November to December: All domestic flights to be accommodated and January to March 2019: the airport will be fully operational and will accommodate domestic and international flights through 46 gates.

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