Imagining of the house of the Prophet Muhammad after his return to Medina in 622 AD (Giorgio Albertini)

𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔'𝗦 𝗙𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘

✧ The Great Mecca Feast ✧

The Great Mecca Feast is a 1928 documentary film by George Krugers (pictured). It follows a group of Muslim men from the Dutch East Indies on the hajj pilgrimage, showcasing elements of everyday life and worship in the Hejaz region of the Arabian Peninsula – including the hajj itself. As Mecca was closed to non-Mus...

#greatmeccafeast #dutch #hejaz #arabianpeninsula #mecca #wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Mecca_Feast

#CENTCOM published an image of a B-52 Bomber refueling in the ongoing Operation Epstein Fury, dated to March 26.

The image was geolocated to 27.0477883, 46.9865168, northwest of Ar Rafah, east of the King Abdulaziz Royal Reserve, eastern #SaudiArabia. The aircraft is moving in a northwest direction, which indicates it's therefore returning from an attack on Iran, and heading back to base (likely in the #UK).

#SaudiArabia has consistently asserted it has not given the US permission to use its airspace to launch attacks on Iran. CENTCOM's image states otherwise.

The release of the Image is clearly a signal from US to give Iran the needed proof that KSA is actively helping US/Israel attacking Iran, not just by fuel and US airbase, but also giving them permission to use their air space to attack.

#WarOnIran #Hypocrisy #B52 #ArabianPeninsula #KSA #EpsteinWar #WarOfAggression #IranInvasion #WestAsia #USpol #Politics #Iran #Israel

Chainmail supposedly belonging to the Arab military commander Khalid ibn al-Walid during the Rashidun Caliphate, 7th century AD
Between AD 1405 and 1433, the imperial fleet made seven voyages that reached Southeast Asia, India, East Africa, and the #ArabianPeninsula.

Scores of #oiltankers are sitting on either side of the #StraitOfHormuz, unable to move, and #vulnerable to Iranian #attack. Unable to move, that is, unless they are carrying Iranian oil.

Iran's supreme leader said on Thursday the strait would remain closed, and a defence spokesman said no oil would pass through that could assist the #UnitedStates or #Israel.

Having provoked this situation, the United States has so far #declinedToHelp, with the US military reported to have #turneddown numerous #requests from around the region to #escort oil tankers or other civilian ships through the strait. Donald #Trump has suggested that the US and its allies could provide military escorts to ships crossing the waterway "when the time comes". #NeverTrustTrump

Is there any other way of getting the 20 million barrels of oil a day that usually flows out of the Gulf to global customers? Well, yes, there is one way to get at least some oil out.

In the 1980s, #SaudiArabia built a 1,200 km-long pipeline — the East West Pipeline — across the width of the #ArabianPeninsula to carry oil that would normally be exported via the Gulf to the #RedSea.

The Financial Times reports that a "flotilla of #supertankers is steaming towards Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coast as the kingdom rushes to reroute oil exports trapped in the Gulf by the Iran war".

"About 30 so-called very large crude carriers, each capable of carrying more than 2 million barrels of oil, are heading to the kingdom's western port of Yanbu over the coming days, according to ship-brokers, compared with a long-term average of about two a month."

But the new route carries its own dangers, the FT notes. "To enter the Red Sea from the south, the tankers will need to brave the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, where ships have been struck in recent years by #Yemen's #Houthi militants — and which is also within range of some Iranian missiles."

#uspol #auspol #EpsteinWars #TrumpRegime #Iran #oil

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-13/iran-israel-war-daily-news-briefing-laura-tingle/106446802

What you need to know about Iran today, with Laura Tingle

The ABC's global affairs editor, Laura Tingle, is in Dubai and will provide daily updates on the Middle East war.  

الثلوج تغطي جبل اللوز في منطقة تبوك شمال غرب المملكة العربية السعودية

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New report warns of critical climate risks in Arab region

Foundations of daily life are being pushed to the brink by human-caused warming.

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𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗜𝗹𝗹𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗢𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝗮
Archaeologists discover a 1,400-year-old Christian cross on Abu Dhabi's Sir Bani Yas Island, revealing evidence of thriving Christian communities in the Arabian Peninsula.
#religion #christianity #Islam #arabianpeninsula #ancienthistory #ancientorigins
https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/christian-cross-uae-0022378
Christian Cross Shows Ancient Religious Diversity On the Arabian Peninsula

Archaeologists have unearthed a remarkable 1,400-year-old Christian cross on Abu Dhabi's Sir Bani Yas Island, adding to our understanding of Christianity's eastward expansion in the Arabian Peninsula.

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