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Hayla Ghazal is a Syrian internet personality based in Dubai. [2] She is a Change Ambassador for Goodwill for the United Nations.She was awarded the Arab Women’s Award for the New Media Category in 2016, and was listed as one of the 100 Most Influential Arab Youth in the World Under 40 the same year.
The Al Arabiya English website began under the same editorial management as the channel's Arabic website. [2] In July 2012, Faisal J. Abbas, a Huffington Post blogger, Middle East correspondent and former media editor of London-based daily Asharq Al Awsat, was appointed editor-in-chief of the Al Arabiya English Service. He held the role until 2016.
Al Arabiya (Arabic: العربية, transliterated: al-ʿArabiyyah; meaning "The Arabic One" or "The Arab One" [a]) [citation needed] is a Saudi state-owned [1] international Arabic news television channel. It is based in Riyadh and is a subsidiary of MBC Group. [2]
Muslim pilgrims continued their religious rituals on Sunday during the annual hajj pilgrimage, circling the Kaaba in Mecca. (July 10)
The Kaaba, [b] sometimes referred to as al-Ka'ba al-Musharrafa, [d] is a stone building at the center of Islam's most important mosque and holiest site, the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. [2] [3] [4] It is considered by Muslims to be the Baytullah (Arabic: بَيْت ٱللَّٰه, lit.
The Kaaba of Najran still survives today, although in ruins, and is part of an archaeological site. The traveller Yaqut al-Hamawi mentions that the Kaaba of Dhu al-Khalasa was converted into a mosque. [4] The site of the Kaaba of al-Lat is also now where the Abd Allah ibn al-Abbas Mosque stands. [10]
The old key to the Kaaba, which was used during the late Mamluk period. The person who takes up the role receives the title Custodian of the Kaaba (Arabic: سدانة الكعبة, Sadinat al-Ka'bah). The current custodian of the Kaaba is Sheikh Abdul Wahhab bin Zain Al-Abidin Al-Shaibi.
Its length is 258 cm (8.46 ft), which is included in the wall of the Kaaba, its cavity width is 26 cm (10 in), the height of each side is 23 cm (9.1 in), and its entry into the roof wall is 58 cm (1.90 ft). [2] [3] A detailed description of the mīzāb around 1183–85 CE is offered by Ibn Jubayr: