In 1940, a rare picture of the Kaaba’s red brick exterior was taken before it was adorned with its kiswah. This cover, also known as the kiswah, cost 22 million Riyals and took 10 months of hard ...

The production of Kaaba’s Kiswah (the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca), goes through several stages and long work. This starts from the lifting process of the cloth on Dhu’l-Qi’dah and ...

MAKKAH - The sacred ceremony of replacing the Kiswa, the black cloth covering the Kaaba, is being held today at the Grand Mosque (Masjid al-Haram), marking the beginning of the Islamic New Year.

Ahmed Shawky Othman Al Qasbaji is the grandson of the first Kaaba Kiswah maker in Egypt. The Kiswah used to be made annually at the hands of 10 peopl.

Saudi Arabia’s Islamic Arts Biennale 2025 is making history by displaying the full Kiswah of the Holy Kaaba outside Makkah for the first time. This special event is part of a series of ...

Kiswah is the cloth that covers Kaaba, where more than three million Muslim pilgrims converge for the annual Haj, which is expected to start on Sept 23. Follow Emirates 24|7 on Google News.

Holy Kaaba prepares for kiswah changing, embarking a new Hijri year. Mansour Al-Maswari . Published July 18th, 2023 - 04:14 GMT. Twitter/@theholymosques . Highlights.

A team from the King Abdulaziz Complex for Holy Kaaba Kiswah, consisting of 159 craftsmen, carried out the replacement. The team, distributed around the sides and roof of the Kaaba according to their ...

MECCA - The Kaaba, Islam's holiest site, was dressed in its new Kiswah - the cloth that covers the Kaaba - after Fajr prayer on Monday. According to the Saudi General Presidency of the Grand Mosque ...

Riyadh: The holy Kiswah which covers the Kaaba will be screened at the Islamic Arts Biennale, 2025 in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah. This will be the first time that Kiswah will be shown ...

MAKKAH: King Abdulaziz Complex for the Holy Kaabah Kiswah has almost finished manufacturing the new cover (Kiswah) for the coming Hijri year 1445.The holy Kaaba is draped with a new covering, called ...