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28 October
Wednesday Hijri 17 Jumada al-Ula 1448 AH
By the Gregorian calendar 28 October
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By the Hijri calendar 17 Jumada al-Ula 1448 AH
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20201 November
First pilgrims from abroad arrive for Umrah after the pandemic halt
On 1 November 2020, the third phase of the Umrah resumption began, and the first pilgrims from abroad in about seven months landed at King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah. The first flight, from Pakistan, carried 38 pilgrims; the second, from Indonesia, carried 224.
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19083 November
Arabic-Turkish newspaper "Hijaz" printed in Mecca
After the Second Constitutional Era began, "Hijaz", the first official weekly newspaper published in Arabic and Turkish, was printed at the Provincial Press (Vilayet Matbaası) in Mecca on 3 November 1908. It was followed on 16 February 1909 by the weekly Shams al-Haqiqa.