Makkah, May 14 -- In preparation for the 1446 AH-2025 Haj season, the General Authority for the Care of the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques has raised the lower part of the Kiswah - the black silk cloth covering the Holy Kaaba at the Grand Mosque in Makkah, Saudi Arabia - by about three meters.

The raised part has been covered with a white cotton cloth (Ihram) measuring two and a half metres in width and 54 metres in length, encircling all four sides after Isha prayer on Tuesday, May 13.

This procedure is carried out by a team of specialists from the King Abdul Aziz Complex, responsible for the Kaaba's maintenance.

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The operation involved 36 specialised Saudi technicians and the use of 10 cranes. It includes severa...