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Egypt
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Society
5/30/2023 10:35:34 PM
Hajj costs have skyrocketed by more than 85 percent in the past year. This enticed a number of Egyptian banks to offer loans to those seeking to perform the religious duty. Enter controversy.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
4/7/2023 12:40:05 AM
Two Egyptian ummrah pilgrims were killed in a bus accident on Thursday in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, according to a statement released by the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs tonight.
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World
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Region
3/28/2023 12:01:14 AM
A bus ferrying pilgrims to the holy city of Mecca burst into flames after a collision on a bridge on Monday, killing 20 people and injuring more than two dozen others, Saudi state media reported.
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Egypt
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Health
2/23/2023 5:33:14 PM
Egyptians willing to perform Hajj (annual Islamic pilgrimage) this year in the holy city of Mecca are required to be fully vaccinated against coronavirus and to take a meningitis vaccine shot, Spokesman of Egypt’s Ministry of Health Hossam Abdel-Ghaffar affirmed.
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Sports
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World
1/3/2023 12:57:00 PM
Forty-five years after Pele played his last game, it's hard to imagine modern soccer, or Brazil, without him.
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Egypt
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Society
12/21/2022 3:18:54 PM
Egypt’s Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly has cancelled the Hajj (annual Islamic pilgrimage) at the expense of the Egyptian state for the second year in a row.
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World
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Region
9/13/2022 9:59:07 AM
Saudi authorities have arrested a man who claimed to have travelled to the Muslim holy city of Mecca to perform an umrah pilgrimage on behalf of the late Queen Elizabeth II.
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World
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Region
7/23/2022 2:03:32 PM
Police in Mecca say they have arrested a Saudi man who helped an Israeli-Jewish reporter sneak into Islam's holiest city, defying a rule that only Muslims can enter the area.
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World
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Region
7/21/2022 12:51:00 PM
An Israeli journalist has sparked controversy after publishing a video of himself sneaking into the Saudi city of Mecca, the holiest city of Islam, flouting a ban on non-Muslims.
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World
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Region
7/9/2022 12:39:11 PM
Thousands of Muslim pilgrims cast pebbles in the "stoning of the devil" ritual marking the start of the Eid al-Adha holiday Saturday, as a hajj pilgrimage that drew 900,000 visitors began winding down.
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World
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Region
7/8/2022 6:43:00 PM
Huge crowds of Muslim pilgrims prayed on Saudi Arabia's Mount Arafat on Friday, the climax of the biggest hajj pilgrimage since the pandemic forced drastic cuts in numbers two years in a row.
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Heritage
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Folk Arts
7/8/2022 1:03:30 PM
Under the steady hum of a ceiling fan, Ahmed Othman weaves golden threads through black fabric, creating Koranic verses, a century after his grandfather's work adorned the Kaaba in Mecca's Grand Mosque.
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World
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Region
7/7/2022 2:30:00 PM
It is a scene that stirs hope, and relief, for Muslims around the world.
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World
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Region
7/6/2022 11:57:03 AM
One million Muslim pilgrims were converging on Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca on Wednesday for the largest hajj since the coronavirus pandemic severely curtailed access to one of Islam's five pillars.
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World
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Region
7/4/2022 5:27:08 PM
Saudi authorities have arrested and fined nearly 300 people caught trying to perform the hajj without permits, an official said Monday, as the kingdom prepares to receive 1 million people for the annual pilgrimage.
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World
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Region
6/13/2022 6:10:07 PM
Saudi Arabia announced on Monday the lifting of precautionary measures against COVID-19 pandemic, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.
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World
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Region
1/2/2022 5:41:54 PM
Authorities in several Gulf countries renewed weather warnings on Sunday as several days of heavy rains batter the usually arid region.
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Egypt
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Society
12/30/2021 7:26:34 PM
Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism has announced a set of regulations governing the next Umrah (the small pilgrimage to Mecca) for Egyptians, one week after the Cabinet’s approved requirements for the religious trips for the months of Rajab, Sha’ban and Ramadan of the current Hijra year.
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World
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Region
12/30/2021 1:12:53 PM
Saudi Arabia on Thursday reimposed social distancing measures at the Grand Mosque in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, after recording the highest number of infections in months.
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World
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Region
10/17/2021 11:46:05 AM
The Grand Mosque in the Muslim holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia operated at full capacity Sunday, with worshippers praying shoulder-to-shoulder for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began.
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