14 mosques in Makkah being built
in original architectural style
Model of Haya'a Al-Egatha Mosque in Makkah
Monday 10 July 2017
JEDDAH: The Ministry of Islamic Affairs has began implementing the designs of 14 out of 50 mosques in the Makkan style to increase the Islamic identity of the surrounding Makkah environs.
The agreement was signed between the ministry and the Charitable Foundation for the Construction of Mosques to design and rehabilitate 50 mosques in Makkah, and to review the infrastructure and services of the city and Al-Mashaer area.
The project will also identify the technical features and measurements to build mosques and provide the architectural structures with artistic poise that reflects the past, but in a modern framework.
Haramain high-speed train arrives
in Jeddah for first time
Wednesday 19 July 2017
JEDDAH: The Haramain Express Train has arrived at Jeddah station for the first time after operational tests of the Saudi high-speed train system.
The train arrived on a pilot trip from King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC).
The Railway Corp. seeks to play its role in realizing Vision 2030 by harnessing its energies to serve pilgrims and guests through the Haramain train project, linking Makkah and Madinah through Jeddah, King Abdul Aziz International Airport and KAEC in Rabigh, said Rumaih bin Mohammed Al-Rumaih, chairman of the Public Transport Authority (PTA) and acting head of the Saudi Railways Organization (SRO).
Al-Rumaih said the railway will be fully operational by the end of 2017.
Last December, Haramain High Speed Rail Project Director Bassam bin Ahmed Ghulman said it is the largest transportation project in the Middle East and one of the largest public transportation projects in the world.
It is estimated to cost about SR62 billion ($16.5 billion), and involved erecting 15,000 power pylons and demolishing some mountains.
The 450-km-long electric railway is designed to serve 60 million passengers annually via 35 trains.
#تعرف على مشروع تظليل طريق المشاة بين منطقة العزيزية والدور الثاني لمنشأة الجمرات #مش
13 Projects underway to accommodate
pilgrims at Holy sites
Sunday 30 July 2017
Pilgrims will benefit from 13 projects undertaken by the Development Authority of Makkah and the holy sites (MMDA), and the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah.
These projects include pedestrian bridges, toilets, train gates and many others, and will accommodate pilgrims from all over the world.
According to Okaz newspaper, the holy sites are witnessing great efforts being exerted to complete a number of projects, especially since only 38 days are left before the arrival of pilgrims to the sprawling tent city of Mina.
Trial train trips have been operated on a daily basis over the past months, to make sure of the trains’ security, safety and readiness.
The Malaysian company operating the Mashaer Railway network is now offering temporary jobs for young Saudis. Saudis willing to work for a period of 8 days during the Hajj season this year can now apply.
The MMDA has achieved 60 percent of a project aiming to separate pedestrians climbing Jabal Al-Rahmah Mountain from the Iranian pilgrims’ camps in Arafat.
The MMDA and the workers on site are in a race against time, as they want pilgrims to benefit from this project during this year’s Hajj season.
كشفت هيئة تطوير المدينة المنورة عن النموذج المعماري والعمراني لمشروع تنفيذ مداخل و بوابات المدينة المنورة على الطرق الرئيسية الثلاثة ،بعد أن أعلنت عن طرح المنافسة لتنفيذ بوابتين الأولى على طريق الهجرة من المدخل الجنوبي للمدينة المنورة، والبوابة الثانية على طريق المدينة المنورة – القصيم السريع من المدخــل الشرقي، على أن يتم تنفيذ البوابة الثالثة على طريق تبوك من المدخل الغربي في وقت لاحق ، بما يتلاءم مع البيئة المحلية والطابع التراثي للمدينة المنورة، مع توفير الخدمات اللازمة للزوار والحجاج عند القدوم والمغادرة.
واوضح أمين هيئة تطوير المدينة المنورة الدكتور طلال الردادي أن الهدف من المشروع إيجاد معلم حضاري ذو هوية فريدة حيث يعبر تصميم المدخل والبوابة عن المدينة المنورة ومكانتها التاريخية والإسلامية مضيفا انه اخذ في الاعتبارات الجمالية لتصميم مداخل المدينة المنورة من خلال طرح أفكار تصميمية إبداعية ومبتكرة وفي نفس الوقت إيجاد علامة معمارية مميزة تدل على موقع الوصول للمدينة المنورة مع توفير الخدمات اللازمة للزوار والحجاج عند القدوم والمغادرة.
وقال الدكتور الردادي روعي ان تكون مداخل المدينة المنورة معلماً عمرانياً فنياً ومتعةً ترفيهيةً وخبرةً ثقافيةً متميزة تؤكد على الهوية الحضارية للمدينة المنورة مع التصميم المعماري والعمراني المتناسق لعناصر الموقع لمباني المشروع بما يعبر عن وظيفة المشروع وعناصره البنائية والوظيفية المختلفة، وبما يتلاءم مع البيئة المحلية والطابع التراثي للمدينة المنورة.
وأشار الدكتور الردادي إلى أهمية الاستدامة في تصميم موقع المداخل والمباني المقترحة به من خلال تأكيد الوحدة والارتباط العضوي بين عناصر المشروع ، أضافة الي الاستفادة من الوسائل التقنية المتقدمة في تصميم وتنفيذ المداخل المدينة المنورة وفي تقديم الخدمات المختلفة بها.
كما اشار إلى وجود تخطيط شبكة متكاملة من حركة وتجمعات السيارات والحافلات والخدمات والطوارئ ومراعاة عدم التداخل بينها ، و التحكم في حركة السيارات والحافلات وتخطيط المسارات الأساسية والفرعية ونقاط التفتيش ومواقف الانتظار بكفاءة تامة ، أضافة الي التنسيق الفراغي المتكامل للموقع وعناصره المختلفة بما يعكس تصميم جذاب ذو قيم جمالية متميزة ، وذلك من خلال طرح أفكار تصميمية مبتكرة لعناصر الفراغات (الأرصفة، الأسوار، الإضاءة ، الألوان). مع مراعاة عوامل السلامة والأمان في كافة عناصر المداخل والعناية بتخطيط الموقع من ناحية خطط حالات الطوارئ والإخلاء .
وأشار أمين هيئة تطوير المدينة المنورة أن مشروع البوابات يحتوي على مسجد يضم مرافقه وايضا محلات تجارية و سوبر ماركت و مطاعم اضافة الي وجود مركز معلومات وايضا مباني خاصة بالجهات الحكومية ذات العلاقة التي تقوم بتشغيل البوابة وتقدم الخدمات اللازمة للعابرين بها مواقف سيارات عامة وخاصة وحافلات وروعي وجود ساحات وحدائق مع العناية بتنسيق التشجير ونباتات ومسطحات خضراء وعناصر الطبيعية المختلفة ، وتصميم اللافتات الإرشادية ولافتات مجالات توجيه حركة المرور.
Enormous umbrellas to be
installed in the Grand Mosque
First phase begins next year
Wednesday August 23, 2017 / 1 Dhu al-hijjah 1438
MAKKAH — The design works of the umbrella project for the Grand Mosque courtyards have been completed, announced Maj. Gen. Muhammad Al-Ahmadi, Commander of Grand Mosque Security Forces during the Second Media Conference for Haj Security commanders held Monday in Makkah.
The area of an umbrella in the Prophet Mosque is 25*25 while in the Grand Mosque it is 53*53, which is double the area, he explained.
“These umbrellas are huge and there are no similar ones to them any place around the world. The first phase of the umbrella installation project will take place beginning of the next year and will cover all courtyards.
The Grand Mosque roof will have umbrellas as well,” he said.
The mataf expansion project, which was completed this year, will accommodate more pilgrims and provide them with more comfort and ease.
كشف قائد القوة الخاصة لأمن المسجد الحرام المكي "اللواء محمد الأحمدي"، لـ"سبق"، عن أنه تم تنفيذ مشروع المظلات داخل ساحات المسجد الحرام المكي وعلى سطحه، سيكون بدءاً من العام المقبل، مبيناً أن أمر تنفيذه قائم ومعتمد من قبل المقام السامي الكريم، وأن اللجنة الفنية انتهت من التصاميم وسيكون المشروع هو الأكبر في العالم؛ إذ تبلغ مساحته الإجمالية قرابة "٢٨٠٩"م٢.
Work has been started to renovate the Zamzam well inside Masjid Al-Haraam.
From left to right: Entrance to Mataf area for performing Tawaf, Area for praying 2 Rakat after Tawaf, Exit from mataf area, location of renovation project
MAKKAH — The Zamzam well will be spruced up to ensure the steady flow of blessed water, Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais, chairman of the Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques, has announced.
He said Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has approved the project which will take about seven months to complete, and will end before Ramadan.
The project consists of two parts. The first is to establish five service crossings for Zamzam well at the eastern mataf area. The total width of the crossings is eight meters and length 120 meters.
The second part of the project is the sterilization of the areas around Zamzam well by removing the debris of concrete and steel used in the old cellar of the Grand Mosque.
The project also includes installing sterilized gypsum around the well to ensure the steady flow of water.
The Saudi Geological Survey has a Zamzam Studies and Research Center which analyses the technical properties of the well in detail. Water levels were monitored by hydrograph, which in more recent times has changed to a digital monitoring system that tracks the water level, electric conductivity, pH, Eh, and temperature.
Located around 20 meters away from the Kaaba, the Zamzam well is believed to be the oldest well on earth, as water has been flowing there for 5000 years. The holy well pumps up to 18.5 liters per second and is only 30 meters deep.
Some 120 tons of Zamzam water is transported on a daily basis to the tanks at Al-Masjid Al-Nabawi in Madina through tankers with special specifications to protect the water from contamination.
Zamzam water is provided in 7,000 sterile containers distributed inside and around the Prophet’s Mosque.
Are only people performing umrah being allowed to do tawaf around prayer times? The last few times I've seen, every single person praying a fard prayer in jamah around the kabah has been in ihram.
Stunningly beautiful adhaan from the Dome of the Rock in Masjid ul Aqsa Download (right click and choose "save target/link as").
This is a clear message for mankind in order that they may be warned thereby, and that they may know that He is only One God, and that those of understanding may take heed (14:52)
Indeed Allah knows, and you know not (16: 74, part)
Yes, since the start of renovation work on Zamzam well, only Umrah visitors are allowed inside enclosed mataf area for Tawaf. Others can perform Tawaf on the ground floor level and upper levels.
Stunningly beautiful adhaan from the Dome of the Rock in Masjid ul Aqsa Download (right click and choose "save target/link as").
This is a clear message for mankind in order that they may be warned thereby, and that they may know that He is only One God, and that those of understanding may take heed (14:52)
Indeed Allah knows, and you know not (16: 74, part)
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