In the spring of 2014, I made the 1,000 km + journey overland from Jeddah airport up to the Egyptian town of Sharm Al-Sheikh along the Saudi Red Sea coast. The coastline is stunning, so...
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The Guide To Health Insurance For The (New) Saudi Visit Visa
Do You Need Health Insurance For A Saudi Visit Visa? Health Insurance is required for a 1. Single and 2. Multiple Entry Visit Visas whether it is for Family, Umrah, or Tourist visas. The...
Over the years, I have known tens of Muslim men who emigrated from Arab countries to the West and immediately married blond, blue-eyed non-Muslim women. The marriages got them a new life,...
With so many new freedoms being granted to women in Saudi Arabia these days, I have been wondering if the restrictions on women concerning her role in mosques would ever change. For 1,400...
Long before I converted to Islam (Mashallah), I knew that the 1.9 billion Muslims in the world do not worship the Kaaba and the Black Stone (HajrAswad). They do not worship them, yet at the same...
In my first Umrah in 2003, I thought it strange that the Muslim pilgrims had to walk 7 times between the twin hillocks called Safa and Marwa. Honestly, I couldn’t see the point of it. All we did...