The covering cloth for the Kaaba (which stands in the Masjid al-Haram), is known as Kiswa. It is changed on the 9th day of Zilhaj. A man embroiders the Kiswa, a silk cloth covering the Holy Kaaba. Photo: Reuters...
Ibu Mariah Marghani Muhammad, one of the oldest people who will be performing Hajj this year, arrived in Saudi Arabia prior to the pilgrimage. Photo: Khaleej Times...
"Many pilgrims come from Asia or Africa, far from the Middle East, and they come to a place where they can try to forget their lives back home", says author Slimane Zeghidour. Photo: AFP...