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Articles of the author HOLY SITES
Ministry to have a new center for Haj coverage
A new media center will be set up in the Holy Sites next year to increase the number of foreign journalists covering the Haj, Dr. Adel Al-Turaifi, Minister of Culture and Information, has said. The Persian-speaking Channel ‘Farsi', which started (...)

15 - 09 - 2016
Crown Prince Holds Annual Reception for Heads of Islamic Countries, Hajj Missions 6 Mina
Faisal, Governor of Makkah Region and Chairman of Central Hajj Committee; Prince Mohammed bin Naif bin Abdulaziz, Minister of Interior and Chairman of Supreme Hajj Committee and Prince Faisal bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Governor of Madinah (...)

16 - 10 - 2013
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Chairs Cabinet's Session 2 Jeddah
or his deputy - to sign a draft agreement between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina on the avoidance of double taxation and prevention of fiscal evasion concerning taxes on income and capital and the annexed (...)

17 - 06 - 2013
Train line to link holy sites with Haram
A plan has been completed to link Arafat, Muzdalifa and Mina with the expansion taking place at the Grand Mosque in Makkah, said Dr. Habib Zain Al-Abideen, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs and Supervisor General of the (...)

13 - 11 - 2011
Indian volunteers win hearts during Haj
As a volunteer coordinator and trainer from King Abdulaziz University, I was impressed with the services offered to pilgrims by various Indian expatriate organizations in Mina during this year's Haj. Hundreds of sick pilgrims were taken to the (...)

13 - 11 - 2011
16 fake Hajcompaniesuncovered
The authorities have arrested a number of people involved in running 16 bogus Haj companies, according to Hatim Bin Hassan Qadhi, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Haj. The ministries of interior and Haj were involved in uncovering the fraud. (...)

12 - 11 - 2011
Saudi female staff likely on Haj metro next year
The Mashair Railway administrators are considering the possibility of employing Saudi women. Under new proposals women staff will be in charge of directing female passengers not only at the stations, but also onboard the train, according to a (...)

11 - 11 - 2011
Saher-type cameras for Haj security next year
The government will install 5,000 high-resolution cameras in the holy sites next year to monitor service provision and curb crime, according to Amin Naib, Assistant Deputy Mayor of Makkah for Financial Affairs. He said it will be similar to the (...)

10 - 11 - 2011
Haramain railway project delayed
The government is searching for landlords of buildings that need to make way for the Haramain High Speed Rail Project (HHR), according to Dr. Jabarah Al-Suraisiry, Minister of Transport. He said that over 90 percent of the buildings that need to be (...)

10 - 11 - 2011
Makkah plans more pharmacies
The huge demand for medicine by pilgrims is forcing Makkah Mayoralty to triple the number of pharmacies in the city. The move comes after inspections showed that the city's three pharmacies in the central area near the Haram were chronically (...)

10 - 11 - 2011
Tube system to clear Mina waste
The Makkah Mayoralty has completed a study that could see a tube system used next Haj to carry waste from Mina to underground chambers and recycling stations at the holy sites. Engineer Abdul Salam Mashat, Deputy Mayor of Makkah for Services, said (...)

08 - 11 - 2011
Mina plan to house 3m Hajis
The government plans to construct new buildings in Mina after Haj which on completion will see the Tent City accommodate three million pilgrims, said Dr. Habeeb Zain Al-Abideen, Undersecretary at the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs and (...)

07 - 11 - 2011
Mina barbers start cutting hair of two million pilgrims
Hundreds of barbers have been organized to cut the hair of at least two million pilgrims after the stoning at the Jamarat in preparation for Al-Tahallul Al-Asghar. A total of 100 young Saudi barbers from all parts of the Kingdom are also involved in (...)

07 - 11 - 2011
Specialists monitor epidemic cases
More than 300 health specialists are providing round-the-clock health care to pilgrims besides working to contain any epidemic outbreak. The medical teams are working under the Ministry of Health Executive Committee for Preventive Medicine Program (...)

07 - 11 - 2011
Plan for Makkah control room
A project is under way to set up a single control room in Makkah to handle all emergency calls from across the Kingdom. The control room staff will be trained to receive reports in 10 languages, according to sources. The Makkah operations center (...)

06 - 11 - 2011
‘Tattoo' to prevent child getting lost
An Egyptian father has tattooed his son's arm with all his personal details to prevent him getting lost during Haj. Mahmood Awad, the boy's father, said it was an ingenious method to prevent their son from losing the address of their Haj group. Now (...)

06 - 11 - 2011
Copters equipped for emergencies
A total of 19 helicopters, equipped to fly in all-weather conditions, are being used for surveillance and emergency services this Haj, said Major General Muhammad Bin Eid Al-Harbi, Commander of Civil Defense Aviation. The copters have already (...)

06 - 11 - 2011
Prince Sultan Foundationdistributes 200,000 meals
The foundation of the late Prince Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz (may Allah shower His mercy on him), has donated 200,000 meals to Haj pilgrims at the holy sites. Muhammad Al-Harthi, spokesman of Al-Siqaya and Al-Rifada Committee in Makkah and the holy (...)

05 - 11 - 2011
Pilgrimage as a dowry
years ago a young Moroccan man, Mahjoub, tied the knot with his sweetheart Habeeba and promised her that as part of her dowry he would take her for Haj. For five long decades he was unable to do so. This year, he finally fulfilled that (...)

19 - 11 - 2010
7 languages will guide pilgrims on Holy Sites Train
Seven languages will be used on all signs on the Holy Sites Train and on those inside and outside the nine stations in Arafat, Mina and Muzdalifa in order to guide pilgrims to the train stations, said Dr. Habeeb Zain Al-Abdeen, Undersecretary of the (...)

17 - 06 - 2010
20 trains to carry pilgrims
Prince Mansour Bin Mite'b, Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs, Tuesday made an inspection tour of the Holy Sites Train and other projects being carried out by his ministry. He took the Holy Sites Train ride during its first trial-run, and (...)

16 - 06 - 2010
Holy Sites train trial-run today
Prince Mansour Bin Mite'b, Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs, is scheduled to witness Tuesday the first trial run of the Holy Sites Train. The driverless, electronically-controlled train will undergo testing in the presence of the ministry's (...)

15 - 06 - 2010
Saudi Press 2 Riyadh
going projects in the Holy Sites including the five-storey Jamarat bridge, facilitate the movement of pilgrims and eliminate the chances of stampede and other critical accidents," the paper said. It went on to say that the health services (...)

07 - 04 - 2010
Mina pictures evoke beautiful memories and good feelings
As the Haj drew to a close on the fourth day of Eid, many pilgrims were seen happily snapping away at Mina in a bid to record their Haj forever. With dark fast approaching, all that could be seen was the flashlights of cameras and camera phones. It (...)

02 - 12 - 2009
Gitmo returnees repentant for past terror attacks
A number of citizens who were released from Guantanamo Bay and have returned home are sorry for carrying out terrorist acts in the past. They have also thanked the State for reuniting them with their families and paying for some of them to go on (...)

01 - 12 - 2009
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