MECCA: Twenty Malaysian pilgrims have died during the haj season, said Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Maj-Gen (Rtd) Datuk Jamil Khir Baharom. He said the...
Connecticut's reputation as an incubator of girls' and women's athletics has long been associated with basketball. The 25th ConnecticutPolar Bears Holiday Tournament shows the state is a magnet for...
Hyderabad, December 27: The historic Mecca Masjid is likely to get a facelift. A Jeddahbased company has volunteered to renovate the structure located in the Old City. Representatives of Fak and Partners Company Investors contacted Minister for Minorities Mohammed...
Anwar Al-Sayed | Arab News MAKKAH: Residents of the Al-Sharaie district, located in the east of Makkah, have sought the urgent intervention of the authorities to prevent a Jeddah-like flood from happening in their neighborhood. The residents say this might happen if...
- Opera Hosts 16 Innovative Producers in a Battle of the Beats - ATLANTA, Oct. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- The Mecca of hip-hop plays host and critic to 16 aspiring producers who are primed to innovate the music scene with the next "big tune." On November 3rd, Opera opens...
Anwar Al-Sayed | Arab News MAKKAH: For some pilgrims, especially those coming from the Russian Federation and Central Asia, the Haj doesn't end after the stoning of the Satan, but continues afterward with the annual tradition of selling goods they brought to help pay...
Macau celebrated its 10th anniversary of Chinese rule Sunday, a decade marked by the extraordinary transformation of the once seedy Portuguese colony into a glitzy international gambling capital....
When Edmund Ho, Macau's first chief executive, assumed office on December 20, 1999, the former Portuguese colony near Hong Kong was a very different place. Hong Kong business mogul Stanley Ho had a monopoly on the region's sleepy gamblingindustry. The Triads, southern...
If someone on your shopping list is passionate about comicbooks, sports cards, card games, trains, skateboarding or guitars, then point your car toward Kenmore Boulevard. The quaint shopping strip features five hobby shops. And mom-and-pop shops have the jump on big...
Badea Abu Al-Naja | Arab News DANGEROUS: A makeshift workshop in Makkah. (AN photo by Ahmed Hashad) MAKKAH: The number of illegal mechanic workshops is on the rise in Makkah. Residents have expressed fears that they pose a danger to society....
