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Articles of the author Ahmed Al Lahyani
9,000 copies of Qur'an pulled out of Grand Mosque daily for errors
Okaz/Saudi Gazette MAKKAH — About 9,000 copies of the Holy Qur'an are being pulled out of the Grand Mosque every day for errors in the text or incomplete pages, according to Khaled Al-Harithy, director of the department of books of the Presidency of (...)

03 - 08 - 2019
Saudi scholarship student who drowned in US buried in Makkah
Okaz/Saudi Gazette MAKKAH — Qasim Addawi, the Saudi scholarship student in the US who drowned in the Niagara Falls was laid to rest on Friday at the Haram Martyrs Graveyard in Al-Sharaie to the east of the holy city. Large crowds of mourners (...)

20 - 07 - 2019
Five rescued from fire in their Makkah home
Okaz/Saudi Gazette MAKKAH — The Civil Defense teams extinguished a fire that broke out in a house on the top of Barna mountain in Al-Shawqiyyah District in the holy city. Major Naif Al-Sharif, spokesman of the Civil Defense, said all the five (...)

17 - 07 - 2019
15m Umrah pilgrims expected
MAKKAH — As many as 1,511 hotels in Makkah with a total of 219,350 rooms have completed preparations to receive up to 15 million pilgrims expected to arrive during the current Umrah season, which began in mid-November. The Umrah season will continue (...)

29 - 11 - 2016
Bridge closure cuts off 40 villages
MAKKAH – The closure of a damaged bridge in Jamoom after it was hit by a truck has affected motorists and residents of the governorate, who are now forced to take a detour through a floodpath to reach the city and its surrounding villages. Residents (...)

24 - 11 - 2016
Surfacing groundwater irks residents of Makkah district
MAKKAH — Residents of Fahas Al-Douri District, north of Makkah, have warned authorities about a possible environmental catastrophe due to mixing of sewage with underground water, adding that the contaminated water could reach their underground (...)

11 - 10 - 2016
Feminization of currency exchange shops in Makkah
MAKKAH — The Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA), the Kingdom's Central Bank, is weighing prospects of appointing women graduates of accountancy and finance courses to work at currency exchange shops, following Shariah regulations. "SAMA is holding (...)

05 - 05 - 2016
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