Sayed Maher

Hajj mission chief: Lottery pilgrims to return home Monday

Madina Munawara - Arab Today

Assistant Interior Minister for Administrative Affairs and Head of the Egyptian Hajj Mission General Sayed Maher said the first flights of lottery pilgrims will arrive home Monday. In statements to MENA on Sunday, Maher said the first group of lottery pilgrims will leave Jeddah International Airport back home on Monday. Another group of pilgrims will leave Madina back home onRead more

Egyptian lottery pilgrims start leaving Mina for Mecca

Mecca - Arab Today

The Egyptian lottery pilgrimage mission started organizing its pilgrim members into groups, those who chose to leave on the fifth day of Hajj, since the early morning to transport them from Mina to their hotels in Mecca, after having completed the Hajj ritual of “Jamarat” (stoning of the Devil), executive chief of the Egyptian mission Sayed Maher said. Most ofRead more

Egyptian pilgrims successfully ascend Mount Arafat - hajj mission

Mecca - Arab Today

Egyptian pilgrims have successfully ascended Mount Arafat to perform hajj's cornerstone ritual, Executive chairman of Egyptian hajj mission Sayed Maher said on Sunday. The operation room of the Egyptian hajj mission has received reports about the arrival of all buses carrying Egyptian pilgrims to Arafat, Maher told MENA correspondent. Doctors affiliated with the Egyptian Interior Ministry's medical services sector, inRead more

Death toll of Egyptian pilgrims up to 21

Cairo - Arab Today

The death toll of Egyptian pilgrims rose on Sunday to 21, Chief Executive of the Egyptian Hajj mission Sayed Maher said. In statements to MENA, Maher added that all of the deceased have been buried in Saudi Arabia upon acceptance from their families. There are 19 other pilgrims who are receiving medical treatment at hospitals, he said, noting that theyRead more

85,993 Egyptian pilgrims in Saudi Arabia

Mecca - Arab Today

A total of 85,993 Egyptian pilgrims have so far arrived in Saudi Arabia, Egyptian Assistant Interior Minister for Administrative Affairs and head of the Hajj mission Sayed Maher said. The number of deaths among Egyptian pilgrims rose to 13 and they were buried in Saudi Arabia after the consent of their families in Egypt, Maher told MENA correspondent here onRead more