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MAKKAH: Each year, millions of worshippers travel to Saudi Arabia to pray at the Two Holy Mosques in Makkah and Madinah. Keeping these vast crowds safe and provided for is a gargantuan task at the best of times, but the pandemic has added many more layers of preparation.
Saudi Arabia banned international visitors from making the Islamic pilgrimage, or Hajj, in 2020, in a bid to control the coronavirus pandemic. Only a very limited number of people residing in the Kingdom were permitted to take part.
Now that flights have resumed and the Kingdom’s borders have reopened, worshippers are permitted to enter provided they abide by a strict set of protocols.
Saudi Arabia appoint female workers at Holy Ka’aba
World
Tue, May 04, 2021
Female workers will serve the female worshippers who come to visit and pray at the Holy Ka aba.
RIYADH: The General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques has appointed female workers to perform duties at the Holy Ka’aba.
According to details, an estimated 1,500 females have been hired in different departments. Their duties are to serve the female worshippers who come to visit and pray at the Holy Ka aba.
A total of 600 women have been recruited in the Technical and Service Affairs Agency.
The rest of the female staff has been deployed in other departments of the presidency such as electric vehicles, Zamzam watering unit, guidance and intellectual affairs, administrative affairs, public relations, media and communication and the General Department of Internal Auditing.
Close up: Saudi govt releases new, detailed pictures of Hajr-e-Aswad
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Combo shows Hajr-e-Aswad.
MAKKAH: The Saudi Arabian government has released new high-resolution pictures of the Hajr-e-Aswad (sacred Black Stone of the Holy Ka’aba) taken by the Engineering Studies Department of the Reasah Alharmain through Focus Stack Panorama technology.
According to a Saudi official, the images are up to 49,000 megapixels and it took 50 working hours to process the 1,050 photos.
Pictures released by the Reasah Alharmain.
The scared stone is situated in the eastern corner of the Ka aba from the outside. It is the starting and ending point of the Circumambulation.
In a first, female workers appointed at Holy Ka’aba
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Female workers performing duties at the Grand Mosque.
RIYADH: In a major shift, the Saudi Arabian authorities have appointed female workers to perform duties at the Holy Ka’aba.
According to details, the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques has appointed an estimated 1,500 females in its different departments.
Their duties are to serve the female worshippers who come to visit and pray at the Holy Ka aba.
A total of 600 women have been recruited in the Technical and Service Affairs Agency.
The rest of the female staff has been deployed in other departments of the presidency such as electric vehicles, Zamzam watering unit, guidance and intellectual affairs, administrative affairs, public relations, media and communication and the General Department of Internal Auditing.