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Foster + Partners has won an international competition for a new luxury hotel and apartment complex located just outside the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Borrowing from traditional Arab architecture and the area’s mountainous terrain, the mixed...

Editor’s Note: Earlier this month SUSRIS provided the International Monetary Fund’s readout from its consultations in Saudi Arabia — an annual event that allows the IMF to assess the health and prospects of the economy. This spring’s IMF team reported...

Saudi overhaul reshapes Islam’s holiest city Mecca By Associated Press October 1 at 12:15 PM Quote: FILE - In this Sept. 7, 1954 file photo, Muslims visit the Kaaba, the Sacred House of Allah, during a pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia. As Muslims...

AYA BATRAWY AP MECCA, Saudi Arabia — As a child, Osama al-Bar would walk from his home past Islam’s holiest site, the Kaaba, to the market of spice and fabric merchants where his father owned a store. At that time, Mecca was so small, pilgrims could...

acizane nacizane / Flickr MECCA, Saudi Arabia—As a child, Osama al-Bar would walk from his home past Islam’s holiest site, the Kaaba, to the market of spice and fabric merchants where his father owned a store. At that time, Mecca was so small, pilgrims...