Ka'aba to be adorned with new Kiswa

MAKKAH: The Kaaba is to receive a new Kiswa — the specially adorned black silk cloth covering the entire structure — on Dhul Hijjah 9. According to the Saudi Press Agency, Saleh ibn Abdul Rahman Al-Hosayen, head of the Presidency of the Two Holy Mosques, is to hand over the new Kiswa to the Kaaba’s senior keeper, Abdul Aziz Al-Shaibi, at the Kiswa factory in Makkah on Nov. 29. The handover ceremony will also be attended by Muhammad Al-Khozaim, vice president of the presidency, Ziyad Khoja, general supervisor of the Kiswa factory, and the Grand Mosque’s keepers. The Kaaba is draped in a new Kiswa every year during full stories..................