Hussayen, head of the Presidency of the Two Holy Mosques Affairs, will hand over a new Kaaba cover to Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Sheibi, the leading keeper of the Holy Kaaba on Jan. 1. Ziyad Mohiuddin Khoja of the Kiswa Factory in Um Al-Joud said the new cover was manufactured at a cost of SR20 million. "The presentation of the new kiswa will be made at a ceremony to be held at the factory," he told Arab News. The new kiswa will be put in place at a ceremony organized by the Presidency for the Two Holy Mosques Affairs, which will be attended by a number of Saudi officials as well as diplomats from Arab and Muslim countries. It will take place on the Arafat Day.
