Latest in Tag: pilgrims Highlight
Latest in Tag: pilgrims

Customs procedures facilitated for pilgrims, Egyptian expats returning from abroad: Finance Minister
All ports will be connected to a unified electronic platform

Health Minister follows up on health status of Egyptian pilgrims in holy lands
5,502 pilgrims received health services through the clinics of the Egyptian Medical Mission

Health Ministry provides medical care, awareness seminars for Egyptian pilgrims in Mecca
Mobile medical teams were allotted to roam the residences of Egyptian pilgrims in hotels

Health Ministry announces plan to ensure safety of Egyptian pilgrims during Hajj
Allocating 12 clinics in Mecca and Madinah to provide medical services to pilgrims

Pilgrims in Saudi Arabia free from COVID-19 so far
The health condition of pilgrims, who will perform the peak of Hajj on Arafat mount this year, is reassuring, the Saudi health ministry said in a statement.

Death toll among Egyptian pilgrims rises to 39
Last year, 110 Egyptian pilgrims died during the pilgrimage season

Death toll among Egyptian pilgrims rises to 18
Holy places receive 78,000 Egyptian pilgrims this year

Death toll among Egyptian pilgrims rises to 15
Holy places receive 78,000 Egyptian pilgrims this year

Death toll among Egyptian pilgrims rises to six
Holy places receive 78,000 Egyptian pilgrims this year

Death toll among Egyptian pilgrims rises to three
The Egyptian Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday the death of the third Egyptian pilgrim in Saudi Arabia, as a result of a cardiac arrest. The Head of the Egyptian Medical Pilgrimage Mission Mohamed Shawki, said that Shawqia Shehta, an Egyptian pilgrim died as a result of a cardiac arrest at the General Heraa Hospital …

Egypt’s Awqaf minister urges pilgrims to avoid political topics, arguments
Egypt’s Minister of Awqaf (Religious Endowments) Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa has called on pilgrims to avoid “raising political topics and arguments,” and was quoted as saying, “everyone abroad thinks that no one watches them; they should realise that we live in a small world.” Gomaa added in a meeting on Sunday with preachers and ministry employees …

The death toll among Egyptian pilgrims rises to 54
Four new deaths occurred on Monday in Saudi Arabia among Egyptian pilgrims raising the death toll to 54, according to the Ministry of Health in a Monday statement. The latest cases, as mentioned in the statement, due to heart and breathing problems that escalated. Head of Egypt’s pilgrims delegation, Ahmed Al-Ansary, said that death certificates …

The death toll among Egyptian pilgrims rises to 54
Four new deaths occurred on Monday in Saudi Arabia among Egyptian pilgrims raising the death toll to 54, according to the Ministry of Health in a Monday statement. The latest cases, as mentioned in the statement, due to heart and breathing problems that escalated. Head of Egypt’s pilgrims delegation Ahmed Al-Ansary said that death certificates …

Number of Egyptians dead pilgrims reaches 50: Health Ministry
Reported deaths so far are of natural causes

CBE caps pilgrims cash to $10,000
Foreign exchange reserves rose at the end of July to $36bn, thanks to the governmental economic reforms initiated in November

Hajj pilgrims to be given e-bracelets for safety in Mecca
Saudi newspapers have reported that pilgrims joining this year’s Hajj will have to wear an electronic safety bracelet. Last year, more than 2,000 people died in a stampede during the religious festival.

1,814 Palestinians pass through Rafah as border opens for one day
The Palestinian Interior ministry in Gaza criticised Egypt’s decision to open the border towards Gaza for one day only, called for opening the two-way crossing

Rafah border to be opened Thursday for returning Palestinians
43 Palestinians arrived in Cairo Airport on Tuesday from various countries, to be transported to the Rafah border crossing

Endowments Ministry releases names of 53 missing pilgrims
Ibrahim El-Garady can do nothing but wait for news of his missing relatives

Relatives of Mina stampede victims express anger against Egyptian government
Press Syndicate hosted press conference for relatives of pilgrims that died during Hajj in stampede in Saudi Arabia

Egyptian pilgrims’ death toll from Mina stampede rises to 126
110 reported missing, 14 injured

Tourism companies consider increasing insurance coverage for pilgrims: ETAA official
Family of each deceased person to receive compensation worth EGP 20,000, badly injured pilgrims to receives 50% of the value

Number of Egyptians dead in Mina stampede reaches 75
94 Egyptians are still missing, according to the cabinet

Egyptian deaths from Mina stampede rise to 54
120 Egyptian pilgrims are missing, says Minister of Religious Endowments

15 Egyptians die in Saudi Arabia during Hajj season: Health Ministry
No epidemic reported, says ministry spokesman

Mecca crane collapse kills 2 Egyptians
Saudi Arabia incident also injured 23 Egyptians, total death toll 107

Where a crane falls, questions rise
107 are dead and 238 injured in the wake of a major collapse of a giant building crane near the holy site of the Kaaba in Mecca, Saudi Arabia in the evening hours of 11 September. Initial news reports put the blame on severe weather that swept through the Saudi kingdom, with amateur videos, shot …

Elaf Group hopes to increase share of Egyptian Umrah travellers
Egypt one of the largest Umrah markets with 945,000 pilgrims last year

Egyptian pilgrim arrested in Mecca for ‘chanting against Arab rulers’
Minister of Endowments calls for his deportation to Egypt, to be arrested and tried

920,000 Egyptian pilgrims will visit Saudi Arabia by end of July: Egyptian Travel Agents Association official
El-Sisi predicted the number of Egyptian pilgrims to reach 920,000 by the end of Ramadan in light of widespread interested in Umrah trips throughout the holy month.