Makkah: Since the beginning of Ramadan, there has been a huge rise in the number of Umrah pilgrims to Makkah from within the Kingdom and abroad. This has been resulted in tariffs shooting up in hotels and rooms in residential buildings in the Central Haram area by up to 150
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FCO Consular incidents over a 24hr period
Today the Foreign & Commonwealth Office is launching a video which provides insight into consular incidents across the globe over a real 24 hour period. The video, hosted on You Tube, plots the location of 1000s of incidents involving British nationals on 27 June 2011. The incidents vary enormously from
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Makkah health plan in place for Ramadan
Health authorities have geared up to provide assistance to the nearly four million Umrah pilgrims expected to converge on the city this Ramadan. — Archives Five health centers at the Grand Mosque will operate round-the-clock. There are three ambulance centers at the Grand Mosque There are 29 permanent primary healthcare
Concrete jungles devour Madinah farms
Madinah, the city of the Prophet (peace be upon him), is also known as the city of date palms. Madinah’s dates enjoy some unique features and their name and fame cross borders of countries and continents. Realizing this, the Madinah provincial council and other concerned agencies are striving hard to
The Date: A source of nourishment
T he date palm, originating, as best we know, in the Middle East, has proved such a successful plant and source of nourishment that it has spread across the planet. Domesticated and bred to meet local conditions, the date palm was first recorded in the area around the Arabian Gulf
Dates in the Holy Qur’an & the Sunnah of the Prophet
The date fruit and tree were dear to Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and the word “date” is mentioned in the Holy Qur’an more than 20 times. While the date palm tree is called “nakhl,” the fruit is called “tamr” in Arabic. The date palm, mentioned more than any
Authorities keen to preserve precious Madinah dates
Millions of Haj and Umrah pilgrims as well as visitors from all over the world flock to Madinah, Islam’s second holiest city, to realize their life-long wish of visiting the grave of the Prophet (peace be upon him) and offer prayers at Rawda Sharif. Almost all of them return from
Watch for signals at the gates, visitors to Grand Mosque told
JEDDAH: A top Grand Mosque official has appealed to pilgrims and visitors to the mosque to check the signals at the gates before they enter. “Green lights mean there are empty places inside the mosque while red lights signify that all spaces have been occupied,” Talal Al-Thaqfi, the director in
Study proposes expansion of first floor mataf
JEDDAH: A comprehensive study has been prepared for the expansion of the mataf (the circumambulation area around the Holy Kaaba) to reduce congestion. Col. Yahya Al-Zahrani, commander of the security force at the Grand Mosque in Makkah told Al-Watan Arabic daily that the mataf expansion would be carried out on