The annual ceremony to change the Ghilaf-e-Kaaba (Kiswah) was held at the Grand Mosque of Makkah (Masjid-Al-Haram) in Saudi Arabia. Radio Pakistan's special correspondent Asad Ullah Khan reports from ...

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The Kiswa is replaced once a year on the 9th day of the month of Dul Hijjah after the pilgrims go to Mount Arafat. On behalf of King Salman, Makkah Gov. Prince Khalid Al-Faisal on Wednesday handed ...

last week saw the annual change of the kiswa, the lavish cloth covering the holy Kaaba in Mecca. Ahram Weekly chronicles Egypt’s centuries-old contribution to the process This time of the year has a ...

In a solemn and precise ritual marking the eve of the Islamic New Year, preparations are underway to drape the Holy Kaaba in ...

MAKKAH — The annual customary ceremony of replacing the Kiswa (cover) of the Holy Kaaba at the Grand Mosque in Makkah started officially on Wednesday evening. The General Presidency for the Affairs of ...

Early Monday morning, one of the most beloved events of Haj, the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Makkah, took place when most pilgrims were not present to witness it. The Kiswa, the finely embroidered ...

The Holy Kaaba was adorned with a new cover or “Kiswa” on Monday in an annual process carried a day before Muslims mark Eid Al Adha. Every year, the gatekeepers of the Kaaba carry a delicate, precise ...

Following the Fajr dawn prayers on Saturday, the ninth day of the Islamic month of Dhu al-Hijjah, the Kiswa (the cloth cover) of the Kaaba will be changed to commemorate the Day of Arafat and the ...

The old kiswa that the new one replaces is usually gifted to important figures and museums around the world, either in full or in smaller pieces, and it is sometimes sold at auction to raise money for ...