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Latest in Tag: pilgrimage
Egypt to launch portal for Umrah pilgrimage to end brokerage
The Egyptian Portal for Umrah aims to organise Umrah trips set up by tourism companies, according to the Official Gazette.
Muslims residing in Saudi Arabia begin scaled-back Hajj pilgrimage
Small number of Muslims taking part in this year’s Hajj, usually one of world’s biggest religious gatherings
69005 patients treated in Egyptian medical pilgrimage clinics in Saudi Arabia
EgyptAir operates 18 flights from Jeddah, Medina to Cairo, carrying 4200 pilgrims
EGYPTAIR mission in Jeddah gets ready for pilgrimage return flights
EGYPTAIR pilgrimage mission in Jeddah held an initial intensive meeting to discuss easily return flights to Egypt, according to a press statement of the company early this week. Mission Cheif, Mohammad Abdel Wahab, affirmed his company’s collaboration with the Saudi authorities and pilgrimage stakeholders to ensure committing airports procedures in Jeddah and Madina Munawara.  On 15 August, EGYPTAIR ended …
Pilgrimage season gets underway in Europe
More and more people are stepping away from daily life and onto a pilgrimage path like the Way of Saint James, which goes to Spain’s west coast. Germany also offers pilgrims routes and help to meet their different needs.Spring has finally started, and with it the new pilgrimage season. In the weeks and months ahead, …
Egyptian Travel Agencies Association rents 5 buses to support Pilgrimage
Electronic route required by Saudi authorities stipulates listing names of pilgrims and programmes, only accepts over 50 names, companies have to cooperate with others if they have fewer names
Will it be easy for Coptic Egyptians to go on pilgrimage to Jerusalem?
For the first time, the Higher Constitutional Court granted Egyptian Christians the right to one-month paid leave for pilgrimage; however, the Coptic Orthodox Church bans its followers from travelling to Israel
EgyptAir starts pilgrimage return flights Thursday
The scheduled flights will transport 75,000 passengers back to Egypt
28 Egyptians die during pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia: ministry
The citizens were from different pilgrimage groups
3 more Egyptians die during pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia
The death toll of Egyptian pilgrims during this year’s hajj season has reached 15
5th Egyptian dies in Saudi Arabia during pilgrimage
4,267 citizens underwent medical examinations in the past week during hajj
No mass burials, all done in accordance with legal procedures: GomaaÂ
Egyptian pilgrims’ death toll from Mina stampede rises to 138, 96 missing
Number of Egyptian pilgrims killed in Mina stampede rises to 37
Stampede at end of Hajj pilgrimage resulted in total of 769 pilgrims’ deaths, according to Saudi Health Ministry
Tourism ministry announces electronic draw results for pilgrimage
269,571 citizens competed to acquire 29,000 pilgrimage visas, tourism ministry says
No new tourism licences to companies: Tourism minister
300% increase in the number of Gulf tourists during the third quarter of 2014
Rafah border crossing to be reopened for 4 days
Crossing to be opened from Sunday to Wednesday for pilgrimage and humanitarian purposes
Saudi Arabia cuts Egyptian visas to Mecca
The Saudi government cited ongoing infrastructural projects in the holy city of Mecca as the primary cause for the cut.
The dead of the Salem Express
Out of all the dive sites in the Red Sea, the Salem Express wreck is known among divers as the most depressing. In 1991, the passenger ferry carrying pilgrims back from Saudi Arabia sunk 18 metres under the turbulent waters of Safaga’s sea, killing all most of its passengers Resting on its side, the twisted …
The spiritual journey to Mecca
Every year millions of Muslims go on a pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia to visit the cities of Mecca and Medina. The visit to the holy places that lay at the centre of the Muslim faith is a highlight in their spiritual life.
Muslim pilgrims rush to complete final hajj rituals
The hajj officially ends on Monday but pilgrims who are in a hurry to conclude their journey can do so on Sunday.
Catholic Pope brings message of coexistence to Lebanon visit
Roman pontiff says he comes as “pilgrim of peace”
Vatican Pope to visit Beirut
Pope Benedict XVI calls Middle East visit a “pilgrimage for peace”