In a first, women are working on the front lines at Makkah’s Masjid Al Haram
Saudi Arabia’s General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques has hired around 1,500 women to serve worshippers and pilgrims at Makkah’s Masjid al Haram, state news agency SPA reported on Tuesday (April 20).
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