MAKKAH: Maintenance work was recently carried out on the Kaaba Kiswa in Makkah. The General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques, represented by the King Abdulaziz Complex for Manufacturing Kaaba Kiswa and the General Administration for the Maintenance of the Kiswa, was concentrated on the cloth around the Rukan Yamani. Amjad bin Ayed Al-Hazmi,
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MAKKAH: Every year on the ninth or tenth day of Dhul Al-Hijja, the 12th and final month of the Islamic calendar, the holy Kaaba is adorned with a new covering (kiswa) to mark the occasion of Eid Al-Adha. Abdulhamid bin Said Al-Maliki, the deputy general president for affairs at the King Abdulaziz Complex for Manufacturing the Kaaba Kiswa, said the new kiswa would be draped
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