Alwafd – Deputy Minister of Hajj and Umrah, Dr. Abdul-Fattah Suleiman Mushat, met with Mr. Mohamed bin Mahdi Al-Harthi, Director of Makkah Education Department, to discuss the aspects of joint cooperation between the Ministry and the Education Department.
The Deputy thanked the Director for his prompt actions in regards to raising awareness of volunteering to serve the guests of...
RT – Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz has approved Zamzam well renovation project. Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais, Imam of the Grand Mosque in Mecca and the President of the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques explained the importance of the renovation project in terms of Zamzam water. The project
duration is estimated to be 7 months.
The project is divided into...
ARAB NEWS – Ammar Al Amir, a young photographer from Makkah, made it into National Geographic when his Hajj photo was featured in National Geographic Magazine. Alamir is passionate about photography and works as a TV director at the Saudi Broadcasting Corporation.
The photo depicted pilgrims in Makkah circling the Holy Kaaba while carrying colorful sun umbrellas. According to Alamir,...
GISuser – For the citizens and pilgrims’ safety sake, the Saudi Ministry of Interior (MOI) deployed Hexagon Safety & Infrastructure’s Intergraph® Computer-Aided Dispatch (I/CAD) solution. Thanks to Hexagon’s incident management system, all emergency calls are made using a unified emergency number (911).
The project began in 2015 and Makkah was selected as the first...
Saudi Gazette – To improve security and safety for the pilgrims coming to Saudi Arabia, the Saudi embassies abroad have started taking biometrics of Umrah visa applicants and made the procedure a mandatory measure.
The measure was previously applied in a few countries. Accordingly, the Saudi Embassy in Pakistan notified pilgrim service offices to obtain biometrics before applying for...
ARAB NEWS – Thanks to the reduction in Umrah fare after the Hajj season by 44.44% (from SR180 ($48) to SR100), increasing numbers of Umrah pilgrims are visiting Makkah and Madinah. Performing Umrah or visiting the Holy Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah was prohibited was prohibited by authorities during the Hajj season.
Many local pilgrims can now benefit from the fares reduction. A...
Saudi Gazette – Over 10 million Umrah pilgrims will visit Jeddah’s King Abdulaziz International Airport during the season which began on 23th of October 2017 and will continue until 2nd of July 2018.
The airport capacity can accommodate up to 1800 arriving passengers and 1,700 departing passengers per hour. At five million square feet (510,000), the Jeddah airport Hajj Terminal...
Saudi Gazette – In line with Saudi Arabia’s efforts to make Hajj and Umrah rituals more comfortable for pilgrims, the long-awaited Haramain Express Train has arrived at Jeddah station for the first time in the final phase of the experimental operation of the train. Traveling at a speed of 320 km per hour and fitted with the highly advanced equipment and devices, the cost of...