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Families savor string of events during Eid holidays in Kingdom

A string of events are taking place across the Kingdom to celebrate Eid Al Fitr holidays, with scores of family focused events being conducting in Jeddah and all other major cities.

Thousands attend Eid Al Fitr prayers in Jeddah

It was visible that fewer crowds of expatriates and their families at Eid prayers as many had left for their home countries for holidays and some also for good. Also most of Saudi families opted to spend Eid in their ...

Tarham Jeddah collects SR6 million, secure release of 100 inmates

In Makkah, Madinah, Abha, Najran, Jazan, Jouf, Eastern Province, Riyadh and other regions of the Kingdom witnessed similar receptions at end of a donation collection campaign where generous Saudi individuals contributed large amounts of money.

Online booking for Haj goes full swing

Since there was no indication of the English language availability at the site, it was difficult for the aspirants to reach the concerned page. The officials said after the default opening of the portal in Arabic, the visitor has to ...

Residents of Haql the last to break the fast in Saudi Arabia

“We are the last people in the Kingdom to break the fast,” Zafar Nadvi, a longtime resident of Haql, told Saudi Gazette. Nadvi is associated with the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Call and Guidance and has helped prepare prayer calendar ...

Makkah's public transport system ferries over 1 million pilgrims daily

Motorists who arrive from the direction of Jeddah are being diverted to the Haj parking along Jeddah Expressway, those arriving from Riyadh and Dammam are scheduled to park their cars along Hada and Sharaya highways while Al-Laith Road parking is ...

Exhaustion, heat blamed for fatal accidents in Ramadan

The workers, hailing from Nepal, India and Bangladesh, worked in a date farm in Madinah. They were on their way back to Madinah in a bus after performing Umrah on the first day of Ramadan. The bus overturned near ...

Maj. Gen. Yahya in Indonesia to discuss POC system

A delegation led by Maj. Gen. Al Yahya has met with Dr. Nizar Ali, director general of Haj affairs of Indonesian government, and other concerned authorities in Jakarta on Saturday. The Saudi delegation also held a wide range of meetings ...

Women throng universities to learn driving rules, skills

Simulators are being used as cars to impart training to women. Technical information, besides safety and traffic rules and regulations, is also being given to them in their orientation programs.

Ramadan this year will be without Saudi TV 2

Saudi TV 2, as it is commonly known, is the only English channel of the Kingdom. It largely caters to the demand of English-speaking expatriates and was beaming live from the Prophets Mosque in Madinah. It was helpful to the ...