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A blueprint for preserving Saudi Arabia’s urban heritage

Public spaces express the culture and identity of a city’s inhabitants, regardless of their backgrounds. Be it in Saudi Arabia or France or Russia, cities are shaped by collective identities, shared memories, cultures and histories. The

Officials laud Saudi efforts to serve Hajj pilgrims

Makram Mohammed Ahmed, head of Egypt’s Supreme Council for Media Regulation, hailed Saudi efforts to provide pilgrims with all facilities to perform Hajj easily and smoothly. He said that the Muslim world and the international community

KSA strives to protect Yemeni children: Envoy

Saudi Arabia’s permanent representative to the UN has affirmed the Kingdom’s determination to take all measures to protect children in the Yemeni conflict. Abdallah Al-Mouallimi said Saudi Arabia is working with the coalition backing

New Zealand’s most senior Muslim police officer thanks King Salman for making Hajj dream come true

Just over four months ago, police superintendent Naila Hassan was giving an emotional speech at a vigil in New Zealand for the 51 people murdered in

329,000 people stopped from entering Makkah for lack of Hajj permit

Makkah Gov. Prince Khalid Al-Faisal on Sunday said more than 329,000 people had been stopped from entering the holy city since the start of the

Honor to serve: Saudi boy scouts are always there to help during Hajj

Each Hajj season more than 4,000 Saudi boy scouts volunteer for service, as up to 2 million pilgrims gather to perform Hajj. Saudi scouts are

First group of Lebanese, Syrian, Palestinian pilgrims leave Beirut for Hajj

The Saudi ambassador to Lebanon on Thursday joined the first batch of 20,000 pilgrims from the country leaving Beirut to perform Hajj. Envoy Walid Al-Bukhari, accompanied Makkah-bound pilgrims to the capital’s Rafic Hariri International

Saudi Arabia praised for keeping millions connected during Hajj

The Saudi Ministry of Communications and Information Technology and the Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) have been praised for their efforts to improve the Hajj experience through the use of technology. A senior

Saudi embassies bid farewell to Hajj pilgrims

The Saudi Ambassador to Australia Musaed bin Ibrahim Al-Saleem bid farewell to pilgrims as they left the capital Canberra on their journey to perform Hajj. Al-Saleem said that the consular affairs department had issued 4,500 visas to Australian

Saudi Arabia ends restrictions on women traveling: Royal Decree

Saudi women no longer require a permission from a “male guardian” to travel or obtain a passport, a decree signed by King Salman bin Abdulaziz indicates. According to the document — seen and verified by Arab News —