Astronaut Don Pettit, renowned for his artistic space photography during his fourth ISS mission, captured the scene from the ...

An aerial view taken on March 5, 2020 shows the white-tiled area surrounding the Kaaba, inside Makkah´s Grand Mosque, empty of worshippers. Saudi Arabia today emptied Islam´s holiest site for ...

The Kiswa is replaced once a year on the 9th day of the month of Dul Hijjah after the pilgrims go to Mount Arafat. On behalf of King Salman, Makkah Gov. Prince Khalid Al-Faisal on Wednesday handed ...

Nasa astronaut Don Pettit has captivated the internet with a striking photograph taken from space, showing the Saudi Arabian ...

Renowned NASA astronaut Don Pettit, known for his artistic space photography, took the picture of Mecca's Kaaba while on his ...

The structure that stands high in the middle of Makkah's Masjid Al-Haram is the Holy Kaaba -- the most sacred site in Islam. Considered the 'House of Allah', Muslims the world over turn towards it ...

Nasa astronaut Don Pettit, who has just returned from his ISS mission, posted the photo on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday.

The production of Kaaba’s Kiswah (the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca), goes through several stages and long work. This starts from the lifting process of the cloth on Dhu’l-Qi’dah and handing ...

Islam’s holiest site, the Kaaba, was dressed in its new Kiswa (the cloth that covers the Kaaba) after Fajr prayer on Sunday by as many as 86 technicians and weavers. The Kaaba is dressed in its new ...

A Bahraini man, who shot to fame after being captured by a photographer performing Tawaf around a flooded Kaaba has died, aged 86. In one of the rare pictures of 1941 flood that submerged the Makkah’s ...

Chief key holder and caretaker of the Holy Kaaba Dr Sheikh Saleh Al-Shaiba breathed his last Saturday morning after a prolonged illness. Al-Shaiba the 109th guardian of the Holy Kaaba and successor to ...