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Freewheeling Saudis On A Roll As Skate Titles Come To Jeddah Saudis got their skates on for the ultimate rollerskating championships in Jeddah this week, which featured three days of competitions and skate-related events. Skaters from Dammam, Taif, Abha and Jed... August 18, 2018 0 701 Category: Saudi Arabia

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126,000 Pilgrims From Bangladesh Will Perform Hajj 2018 The last Hajj flights from Bangladesh will leave for Saudi Arabia this morning. About 125,000 Bangladeshi pilgrims have already reached the holy city Makkah, on special flights operated by Biman Bang... August 18, 2018 0 603 Category: Hajj and Umrah

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Saudi Arabia Greets 1.68m Pilgrims, Passport Chief Reveals More than 1.68 million Hajj pilgrims had arrived in the Kingdom by noon on Thursday, the General Directorate of Passports announced. Maj. Gen. Sulaiman bin Abdul Aziz Al-Yahya, director general of pa... August 18, 2018 0 636 Category: Culture & Heritage

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Saudi Commission For Tourism Completes Training For Hajj Guides In a breakthrough initiative for Tawafa institutions, the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage (SCTH) has completed the training of 135 male and female Tawafa guides — religious gu... August 18, 2018 0 654 Category: Hajj and Umrah

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Pilgrims Crowd Grand Mosque To Hear Last Friday Sermon Before Hajj Pilgrims packed Makkah’s Grand Mosque to hear the Friday sermon ahead of the start of Hajj. They listened to an emotional speech by imam Saud Al-Shuraim on the magnitude and significanc... August 18, 2018 0 635 Category: Hajj and Umrah

Al-Khayf Mosque In Mina The Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Dawah and Guidance’s efforts to help pilgrims by offering them educational programs throughout this year’s Hajj season are reflected in a series of lecture... August 18, 2018 0 795 Category: Saudi Arabia

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King Salman’s Hot Air Balloon Soars With Message Of Unity A hot air balloon dedicated to Saudi King Salman took to the sky over Poland as part of an international festival. The balloon featuring an image of the Saudi ruler and a message of unity was launche... August 18, 2018 0 1785 Category: Saudi Arabia

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Center To Measure Hajj Pilgrims Satisfaction With Government Services The National Center for Performance Measurement (Adaa) has activated one of its beneficiaries’ measurement tools to assess pilgrims’ satisfaction with government services during the Hajj s... August 18, 2018 0 551 Category: Hajj and Umrah

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Defense Ministry Backs Security Efforts For Hajj The Defense Ministry, represented by the Saudi Royal Land Forces, is backing the Public Security Forces to ensure Hajj pilgrims’ safety and security. Maj. Gen. Ibrahim Al-Asheikh, commander of ... August 18, 2018 0 620 Category: Hajj and Umrah

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1,000 Egyptian Pilgrims Arrive In Makkah For Hajj Tears of joy and complex feelings flowed as 1,000 pilgrims — families of the martyrs and wounded men of the Egyptian army and police — arrived as guests of the King Salman for the Hajj and... August 18, 2018 0 586 Category: Hajj and Umrah

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Saud Al-Shouraim, Imam And Khateeb At The Grand Mosque In Makkah Saud Al-Shouraim is one of the imams and khateeb at the Grand Mosque in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. He was born on Jan. 19, 1966, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Al-Shouraim is a well-renowned Qari — a pe... August 18, 2018 0 736 Category: Information

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More Than 7,400 Employees Provide Telecom Services During Hajj The total number of employees providing ICT services for this year’s Hajj was 7,411, according to the General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) data. The 24/7 services are supervised by the Com... August 18, 2018 0 644 Category: Hajj and Umrah

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Over 800 Foreign Journalists To Cover Hajj More than 800 foreign media workers will cover the Hajj rituals, Dr. Awwad bin Saleh Al-Awwad, Saudi minister of media, has announced. In addition, facilities have been provided for 151 media insti... August 18, 2018 0 593 Category: Hajj and Umrah

Saudi Arabia Shoots Down Ballistic Missile Fired By Houthi Terrorists Saudi Arabia’s air defense forces intercepted a ballistic missile fired by Houthi militia toward the southern city of Najran. The attack is the latest in a series of missile launches targetin... August 18, 2018 0 590 Category: Saudi Arabia

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Robot Communicates In Saudi Dialect A Saudi researcher has developed a robot that understands local dialect, becoming the first in the world to communicate in Arabic. Dr. Faisal Alsarheed, Assistant Professor in Artificial Intelligen... August 16, 2018 0 829 Category: Technology

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Roads Shut Down, 20 Traffic Lights Removed In Taifs Al-Woroud Area The Municipality of Al-Woroud and the Traffic Department removed 20 traffic lights and closed down several intersections causing great inconveniences to the people of the area. Abdulaziz Al-Nufaie ... August 16, 2018 0 1075 Category: Traffic

Saudi Authorities In Makkah Welcome Pilgrims With High Quality Natural Ittar Saudi authorities at the Grand Mosque in Makkah welcome pilgrims with high quality natural ittar (perfume) and bukhoor (agarwood) incense. Director responsible for receiving visitors in the Grand Mosq... August 16, 2018 0 585 Category: Culture & Heritage

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Taiwanese Pilgrims Impressed By Excellent Facilities A group of 25 Taiwanese Muslims arrived in the Kingdom last Sunday on a journey of a lifetime. “Although we are small in numbers in comparison to other countries, but coming to the most sacre... August 16, 2018 0 704 Category: Information

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Indian Missions Mark I-Day With Joy With great joy and enthusiasm, the 72nd Independence Day of India was celebrated in the two major cities of the Kingdom on Wednesday. At the Embassy of India, Riyadh, Ambassador Ahmad Javed hoisted... August 16, 2018 0 662 Category: India

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Industrial Sector Can Solve Unemployment Issue Better Most economists in the Kingdom believe various industrial sectors can deal with the unemployment issue better than the Ministry of Labor and Social Development, according to the results of a poll publ... August 16, 2018 0 602 Category: Saudi Arabia

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