Online booking for Haj goes full swing
Website witnessed huge traffic with more than half a million people visiting the site in the first week - ZAWYA MENA Edition
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Makkah Millennium Hotel & Towers Appoint Saad Khayat as New GM
Makkah Millennium Hotel and Towers, the luxury hotel serving the pilgrims coming to Makkah and located directly over the Holy Haram Piazza, is pleased to announce the appointment of Saad Khayat as the
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King Salman receives Islamic scholars, imams in Makkah
JEDDAH: King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Sunday received a number of Islamic scholars and imams including the general president of the Grand Mosque and Prophet’s Mosque Affairs, Sheikh Abdulrahman bin Abdul Aziz Al-Sudais, at Al-Safa Palace in Makkah. King Salman also received Saudi Minister of Hajj and Umrah Mohammed bin Saleh Binten, the ministry’s
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Farmers in Madinah begin harvest of dates
JEDDAH: Madinah farmers are harvesting this year’s dates crop , which are being put on display at the central dates market on a daily basis. The crops arrive from the governorate of Badr, and other nearby villages. The Saudi Press Agency published a series of pictures showing the selling of different types of dates at the market, in different quantities, as prices are
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Frenchman commits suicide in Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mosque in Makkah
RIYADH: A Frenchman has committed suicide by throwing himself off the roof of the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Makkah, Saudi and French officials said Saturday. “A foreigner threw himself from the roof of the Grand Mosque in Makkah” to the courtyard below, “resulting in his instant death,” Saudi police told the official SPA news agency. A French foreign ministry official
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Umrah & Hajj Visa Biometrics Office Opened in Durban
The South African Muslim Travel Association (Samta) has announced visa services company VFS Tasheel has opened a Durban based office saving pilgrims the time and effort to travel all the way to Johannesburg or Cape Town to capture their biometrics for hajj and Umrah visas.
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Minarets of Prophet’s Mosque an architectural attraction for visitors
The Prophet’s Mosque has undergone many developments in history, but since the reign of the Saudi state it has witnessed huge improvements at various levels to accommodate more worshippers whose numbers are increasing annually.
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Sudais calls for measures to counter anti-Islam campaign
He urged Muslims not to incline toward life of this world when they have tasted the sweetness of obedience and submission to Allah Almighty. Whoever inclines toward life in this world, will get ruined, he said adding that persevering and continuing on the path of Allah and staying right are signs of acceptance of one’s good deeds.
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Houthi militias close down Hajj and Umrah agencies in Yemeni areas under their control
LONDON: Houthi militias have closed a number of Hajj and Umrah travel agencies in the Yemeni capital Sanaa and other areas under their control, and are pursuing their owners, Al Arabiya reported. The manager of one of these agencies based in Sanaa said that a large Houthi campaign is underway to close Hajj and Umrah travel agencies on the basis of weak justifications. The
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ThePlace: Al-Balad, Jeddah's historical heart
Al-Balad, otherwise known as Historical Old Jeddah, downtown Jeddah and the Gate to Makkah, is listed as a UNESCO world heritage site. Locals and non-locals enjoy walking down the old alleys and admiring the remnants of old Hejaz, making it a favorite tourist attraction in the city. The houses are made of recti ed stones, mined from Arabia Lake, positioned in place by size
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Worshippers, throng the Grand Mosque in Makkah for the last Friday prayer of Ramadan
MAKKAH: Masses of worshippers descended on the Grand Mosque of Makkah to perform Friday prayer. Crowds made up of Saudis, residents as well as foreign visitors, performing Umrah, filled all corners of the Grand Mosque, as captured by a Saudi Press Agency photographer. Muslims everywhere tend to visit mosques more often during the last 10 days of the holy month of Ramadan to
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Saudi IHCC to build 300-bed hospital in Makkah
Saudi-based International Hospital Construction Company (IHCC) has won SR600-million ($82 million) contracts from Middle East Healthcare Company for the design and construction of a 300-bed hospital in Makkah and staff housing units in Dammam.
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