First Qur’anic verse beamed into Makkah sky with lasers
29 September 2022| 02 Rabi ul Awwal 1444 Residents of Makkah have been treated to a laser light display that filled the sky with the first Qur’anic verse revealed to…
More steps taken for visitors’ safety at Masjidul haram,Makkah
11 March 2020| 16 Rajab 1441| Arab news The use of interactive educational touch-screens in the Grand Mosque in Makkah has been suspended as part of efforts to stop the…
Saudi Arabia: Hot and dusty days ahead, warns weather department
22 July 2019| 19 Dhul Qadha 1440| Saudi Gazette The General Authority for Meteorology and Environmental Protection has warned of scorching heat and dusty winds in the coming days. Rising…
Grand Mosque has 10,000 new containers for Zamzam
27 May 2019| 21 Ramadaan 1440| Saudi Gazette The Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques has supplied the Grand Mosque with 10,000 new Zamzam containers, according to…
400 smart buses to transport pilgrims, Makkah residents starting 2020
31 January 2019| 24 Jumadul Ulaa 1440| Arab News The Makkah Region Development Authority is almost at the end of the manufacturing stage of 400 buses, which comes within the…
More than 3 million Umrah visas issued by Saudi Ministry so far so 2019
22 January 2019| 15 Jumadul Ulaa 1440| Arab News The number of Umrah visas issued this year has reached 3,024,272, of which 2,561,541 pilgrims have arrived in the Kingdom, according…
Governor of Makkah attends holy Kaaba washing ceremony
25 September 2018|15 Muharram 1440|Arab news On behalf of King Salman, the governor of Makkah province, Prince Khalid Al-Faisal oversaw the washing of the holy Kaaba on Tuesday. On his…
‘Green Haj’ slowly takes root in Makkah
24 August 2018|12 Dhul Hijjah 1439|Gulf News Thousands of cleaners are busy separating plastic from other rubbish as more than two million Muslims wrap up a pilgrimage to Makkah that…
18 judicial panels and six mobile notaries to serve hujjaaj in Saudi Arabia
13 August 2018|01 Dhul Hijjah 1439|Al Arabiya The Saudi Justice Ministry has announced that it has set up 18 judicial panels and six mobile notaries across Makkah, Mina, and Arafat,…
Saudi Arabia readies 18,400 sophisticated transport buses for Hajj
06 August 2018|23 Dhul Qa’dha 1439|Al Arabiya Saudi Arabia’s General Union of Motor Vehicles has prepared an integrated plan to transport more than 1.8 million pilgrims by 18,400 buses during…