Al-Ahram Weekly
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Focus
7/30/2020 2:01:11 PM
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
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Heritage
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Islamic
9/4/2013 11:39:18 AM
The kiswa, cloth for covering the sacred Kaaba, used to be manufactured at the site
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Heritage
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Islamic
6/18/2012 12:37:15 PM
The 19th-century pieces of embroidered Al-Kaaba Kiswa, exhibited at Qubbat Afandina, are to given to the Ministry of State for Antiquities
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World
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Region
6/24/2011 2:05:38 PM
Syrian activists say security open fire on protesters in Kiswah as demonstrations erupt following Friday prayers in several cities and towns
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