The cost of producing this year’s Kiswa, the ceremonial cloth covering the holy Kaaba, reached SAR 25 million, according to Ahmed Al-Suweihri, Director of Public Relations and Media at the King ...

Guests of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques' Program for Hajj, Umrah, and Visitation toured the King Abdulaziz Complex ...

Preparation of the Ghilaf-e-Kaaba is currently underway at the Kiswa factory. The covering, made from high-quality silk, gold ...

So far, authorities have recorded 44 cases of heat exhaustion as more than 1.4 million pilgrims have arrived in Saudi Arabia ...

The thread itself is often imported from Germany. A new Kiswa is made each year, with the used covering being divided up into smaller pieces that are gifted to Muslim dignitaries and nations.

Raising the Kiswa – the black cloth covering the Holy Kaaba in Mecca – is an annual tradition preceding the Hajj season that signals the start of the Muslim pilgrimage and protects the black ...

The Kiswa was not merely a ceremonial object. It was a national pride, crafted with intention, reverence, and artistry. Egypt ...

A worker prepares the Kiswa, a silk cloth that covers the Kaaba, the sacred building at the centre of the Grand Mosque, ahead of the annual Haj pilgrimage, at a factory in the holy city of Mecca ...

Details provided during the tour stated that the kiswa is made using about 670 kilogrammes of black-dyed raw silk and is embroidered with verses from the Qur’an in 120 kilogrammes of 21-karat gold ...