Australian expats who have stayed in Bali during the COVID-19 pandemic have told how the once bustling tourist mecca is now a deserted ghost town. Footage of the island shows busy markets completely empty and rows of scooters and tuk-tuks that would have once noisily battled for a place on the road parked silently to … Read more
Strict social distancing measures were in place during the third day of the hajj pilgrimage in Mecca amid the coronavirus pandemic. A limited number of Muslim pilgrims of Saudi Arabia residents gathered at the Great Mosque in Mecca to pray during one of the Islamic rituals of pilgrimage, the Tawaf Al-Ifadah. The symbolic ritual of ‘Stoning … Read more
Islam’s most holiest site, the Kaaba at the centre of the Great Mosque in Mecca, was given a new £4.5m silk cover today as part of the annual hajj pilgrimage. More than 150 artisans and technicians, with the help of two cranes, put the black cloth, known as the Kiswa, over the four sides of … Read more
Footy WAG Rebecca Judd shows off her tiny frame in activewear as she buys a $90 candle from a Mecca makeup store in Melbourne By Candice Jackson For Daily Mail Australia Published: 02:32 BST, 8 June 2020 | Updated: 02:57 BST, 8 June 2020 Footy WAG Rebecca Judd has spent the past few months in … Read more
Just so you know where I’m coming from, I think a great city is one that contains a Dries van Noten store, with the Belgian designer’s trademark daffodil yellow silk wallpaper, sumptuous upholstery and clothes that everyone of all shapes and ages can wear, if not afford. Antwerp is such a place. Dries van Noten … Read more
Saudi Arabia finally BANS religious pilgrims from visiting Mecca or Medina to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the Kingdom Statement issued this evening by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Kingdom Will be supporting other countries and will abide by ‘international standards’ Temporarily suspended entry into the Kingdom for the purpose of Umrah … Read more