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 ...

Makkah: Saudi Arabia announced on Monday dawn that the Kaaba cloth (Kiswah) was replaced, in line with the annual custom on the day of Arafah that falls on the 9th day of Dhu al-Hijjah. The Kaaba ...

at a cost of 25 million Saudi riyals ($6,650,000) Sami Mzayen, Supervisor at Kiswa factory: "The cloth of the holy Kaaba is made out of 56 golden pieces that covers it. Here in the department we have ...

(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) JEDDAH, July 29 (KUNA) -- The Kaaba cloth (Kiswa) was replaced with a new one Wednesday, in accordance with the annual tradition, which marks the Hajj season. The ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The Kaaba, the cube-shaped structure in Mecca revered by Muslims as the house of God, was covered in a new pure silk cloth yesterday at ...

The oldest weaver of the black cloth covering the Holy Kaaba cloth died Monday at a private hospital aged 90. Rajab Mahoos Al-Malki had spent over 47 years of his life doing the same job he was proud ...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Early Saturday, senior members of the Saudi royal family and religious establishment took up brooms and cloths perfumed with rosewater to wash the interior of the Kaaba, the ...

MAKKAH: A team of 40 specialists from the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques took part in lifting the lower part of the Kiswa (Kaaba cover) by three meters and covering the ...

Saudi officials have replaced the Kiswa (the cloth cover) of the Kaabato commemorate the Day of Arafat and the start of Eid al-Adha, according to Saudi Press Agency (SPA) on Monday. The process of ...