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Electronic monitoring of pilgrims' buses planned
  Abdulaziz Ghazzawi Okaz/Saudi Gazette   JEDDAH — The Ministry of Haj will monitor the movement of buses transporting pilgrims electronically, according to the ministry's undersecretary for development projects. "The ministry is using the latest technology to run its activities especially the electronic monitoring of ...
Municipality foils ploy by land sharks to encroach on govt land
  Abdulaziz Ghazzawi Okaz/Saudi Gazette     JEDDAH ­— Jeddah Mayor Hani Abu Ras has announced that the municipality has foiled attempts by land sharks to encroach on nearly 4 million square meters of government lands. He said the plots of land were located in an ...
Haj symposium to discuss honoring of the Haj rites
    Abdulaziz Ghazzawi Okaz / Saudi Gazette   MAKKAH — The 39th annual Haj symposium will be held this year under the theme: "Honoring of the Haj rites", Haj Minister Bandar Al-Hajjar announced.   He said prominent Islamic scholars, Fiqh (jurisprudence) experts, researchers, academicians and men ...
Haj symposium to discuss honoring of the Haj rites
    Abdulaziz Ghazzawi Okaz / Saudi Gazette   MAKKAH — The 39th annual Haj symposium will be held this year under the theme: "Honoring of the Haj rites", Haj Minister Bandar Al-Hajjar announced.   He said prominent Islamic scholars, Fiqh (jurisprudence) experts, researchers, academicians and men ...
No MERS effect on pilgrimage
  Abdulaziz Ghazzawi Okaz/Saudi Gazette   JEDDAH — Haj Minister Bandar Al-Hajjar has refuted reports that a number of Muslim countries had banned their citizens from traveling to Saudi Arabia for Haj or Umrah because of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) which is ...
No changes in Umrah system, says Haj Ministry
  Abdulaziz Ghazzawi Okaz/Saudi Gazette     RIYADH — The Haj Ministry said no changes have been made for this year's Umrah season and Umrah is open as usual for everyone. The ministry's undersecretary, Issa Rawwas, said the number of Umrah pilgrims will be set according ...
Saudi engineers supervising airport, railway projects
Abdulaziz Ghazzawi Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Young Saudi engineers are supervising the construction of the new Jeddah airport and the Haramain railway projects. These engineers are a mix of local university graduates and others who were on scholarships abroad. The Haramain train project employs ...
Adieu to world’s largest bicycle
  Abdulaziz Ghazzawi Okaz/Saudi Gazette   JEDDAH — Jeddawis will soon bid farewell to the Bicycle Roundabout which is registered in the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest bicycle in the world. The bicycle has been standing at the roundabout for the past ...
28-km highway opens new route to Makkah
Abdulaziz Ghazzawi Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The new highway linking Briman Bridge and Makkah has been opened to road users, announced the Ministry of Transport. Muhammad Tawfiq, director of transport for Makkah province, said the 28-kilometer-long highway allows those coming from north Jeddah ...
7,000 Umrah visas issued electronically
Abdulaziz Ghazzawi Okaz/Saudi Gazette   JEDDAH — Deputy Minister of Haj Hatim Qadi reported that 7,000 Umrah visas were issued electronically. He added that issuing visas electronically for Umrah pilgrims appeared to be a positive move. He expects an increase in the issuance ...
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