• An official from the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques cleans the Kabaa at the Grand Mosque, in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Reuters
    An official from the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques cleans the Kabaa at the Grand Mosque, in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Reuters
  • An official from the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques applies perfume to Kiswah, the cloth that covers the Kaaba, at the Grand Mosque in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Reuters
    An official from the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques applies perfume to Kiswah, the cloth that covers the Kaaba, at the Grand Mosque in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Reuters
  • An official from the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques polishes the dome of Maqam Ibrahim, at the Kaaba in the Grand Mosque, in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Reuters
    An official from the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques polishes the dome of Maqam Ibrahim, at the Kaaba in the Grand Mosque, in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Reuters
  • An official from the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques polishes the enclosure of Maqam Ibrahim, at the Kaaba, in the Grand Mosque, in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Reuters
    An official from the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques polishes the enclosure of Maqam Ibrahim, at the Kaaba, in the Grand Mosque, in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Reuters
  • An official from the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques takes part in the cleaning operation at the Kaaba in the Grand Mosque, in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Reuters
    An official from the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques takes part in the cleaning operation at the Kaaba in the Grand Mosque, in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Reuters

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Ramadan 2021: Saudi Arabian officials clean and scent the Kaaba in Makkah - in pictures

Staff from the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques tended to Islam's holiest site

The National

April 18, 2021

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