Olive trees of Gethsemane among oldest in world — study
Reuters | Oct 20, 2012 | JORDAN TIMES VATICAN CITY — Olive trees in the Jerusalem garden revered by Christians as the place where Jesus Christ prayed before he was […]
Haj ‘ihram’ prices soar; China leads in production
JEDDAH: ARABNEWS Shoppers in Jeddah say ihram-clothing prices have risen and they differ from one shop to another. “Every year there seems to be an ihram “fashion trend” as I […]
Qatar to channel goods via Egypt to rebuild Gaza: officials
By Al Arabiya with agencies As Israel stops another pro-Palestinian ship carrying humanitarian cargo for Gaza on Saturday, Qatari and Palestinian officials said that their Gulf state will start to channel goods and materials to rebuild Israeli-blockaded Gaza via neighboring Egypt. Egypt’s Islamist President Mohammed Mursi and the Hamas premier […]
Israel seizes pro-Palestinian activist ship off Gaza
JERUSALEM | Sat Oct 20, 2012 6:29am EDT (Reuters) – The Israeli navy seized an international pro-Palestinian activist ship in the Mediterranean sea on Saturday to prevent it breaching its […]
13th Makkah Conference starts today
MAKKAH: ARAB NEWS Saturday 20 October 2012 Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal will inaugurate today the 13th Makkah Conference of the Muslim World League (MWL) under the aegis of Custodian […]
Pilgrims advised to avoid midday sun
RIYADH: MD RASOOLDEEN Saturday 20 October 2012 As hundreds of thousands of Haj pilgrims arrive in the holy city of Makkah for the annual pilgrimage, the Ministry of Health advised […]
Israel in final approval of 800 E. Jerusalem homes — NGO
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Israel granted final approval on Thursday to a plan to build 800 homes near Gilo in occupied East Jerusalem, with construction tenders likely to be published within […]
Prince Hassan renews call for ‘knowledge societies’
by Dana Al Emam | Oct 18, 2012 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — HRH Prince Hassan on Thursday renewed his call for “knowledge societies” to boost intellectual life among youths […]
20,000 buses to ferry pilgrims
ARAB NEWS Friday 19 October 2012 JEDDAH: The Car Syndicate has readied more than 20,000 buses to transport 1.7 million pilgrims between Makkah, Madinah and the holy sites during this […]
The lairy, wary cats stalking Jerusalem bins
By Kevin Connolly BBC News, Jerusalem There is some evidence that humans and cats first learned to cohabit in the Middle East, where cat bones are often discovered among the […]
At the historic Miqat Mosque in Madinah
ARAB NEWS Wednesday 17 October 2012 MADINAH: The Miqat Mosque, also called Aaba Ali, is one of the most noticeable spots in Madinah. It is the station for pilgrims from […]
UN agency funded with Saudi money wants to edit worldwide textbooks
By Ben Evansky Published October 16, 2012 FoxNews.com The UN agency that promotes education wants a say in how future textbooks are written, and Saudi Arabia — a nation whose […]
UN envoy to Syria calls on government to initiate cease-fire with rebels for Muslim holiday
BEIRUT – The international envoy to the Syrian conflict on Wednesday called on President Bashar Assad’s regime to take the lead in implementing a cease-fire during a major Muslim holiday later this month. Lakhdar Brahimi said rebel representatives have assured him they will also observe the truce if the government […]
Ulterior motives
Story Summary Daily Star, Lebanon Palestine has once again faced vocal rejection of its statehood bid, this time in a statement from the United States declaring that such a move would set back the peace process. The delay in recognizing Palestine instead means the country is steadily losing more land […]
Pregnant women, patients suffering from chronic ailments told to delay Haj
MD RASOOLDEEN ARABNEWS RIYADH: The Ministry Health Ministry advised pregnant mothers and patients suffering from chronic ailments to postpone the Haj pilgrimage for a subsequent occasion. Dr. Nasreen Sherbini, health adviser on epidemic diseases, offered the advice yesterday to prospective local Haj pilgrims through the ministry’s phone-in-service conducted by its […]
Changing tides in Syria
Osama Al Sharif ARABNEWS TWENTY months after the eruption of peaceful protests against the regime of President Bashar Assad, the situation today spells a different reality. More than 30,000 people have perished so far in drawn-out bloody confrontations between armed dissidents, representing various groups with different political and ideological affiliations, […]
Arafat Day on Oct. 25
ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: The Arafat Day, when millions of Muslim pilgrims will stand in prayer on the mount of Arafat near Makkah at the peak of the annual pilgrimage, will […]
World Bank and IDB sign Islamic finance deal
Source: MenaFn (MENAFN – Arab News) The World Bank and Islamic Development Bank have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to set out a framework for collaboration between the two parties and lend support to global, regional and country efforts in the development of Islamic Finance. World Bank Managing Director […]
Are Israelis truly a peace-seeking people?
We still have Memorial Day, and we also have the custom of marking the anniversaries of various wars. On the other hand, we have no Peace Day. Who remembers the […]
Speculation about Zamzam water decried
ARAB NEWS Monday 15 October 2012 MAKKAH: Chairman of the United Zamzam Office Suleiman Abu Ghelya has dismissed rumors appearing on some social networking sites about the genuineness of Zamzam […]