File photo showing a Hajj pilgrim using a cellphone in Mecca. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
by Shuja Al-Baqmi | Jul 23, 2014 | Business
Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi Arabia’s ‘big three’ wireless carriers will be launching aggressive marketing campaigns this Hajj season in a bid to capture a larger share of the prepaid SIM card market, which booms each year in the Kingdom with the arrival of the...
Image of Muslim pilgrims during the Hajj. (Credit: British Museum)
by Mshari Al-Zaydi | Oct 15, 2013 | Opinion
During the pilgrimage season in 1987, a fierce confrontation occurred between elements from Iranian militias and some Iranian pilgrims on the one hand, and Saudi security forces on the other. I still remember these bloody incidents very well because I was performing...
