Emirates officials said a proposed ban on elderly and children performing Hajj this year would not affect their passenger loads if it is enforced. The Dubai airline was commenting regarding an agreement announced last week between Arab health ministers to restrict certain people from travelling in order to minimize the risk of transmission of the H1N1 virus.
About three million Muslims will arrive in Mecca this November for Hajj and Middle East countries are concerned some will have the H1N1 virus. Saudi authorities have yet to officially approve the proposed ban. Emirates Senior Vice President of Commercial Operations in the Gulf, Middle East, and Iran clarified “Emirates will transport pilgrims holding valid Hajj visas. As with previous years we expect a high volume of passengers to travel to Saudi Arabia with Emirates for Hajj, and have obtained special permission from the Saudi authorities to operate extra flights specially designated for Hajj pilgrims only during this period.”
This small district, straddling the border of Westminster and Camden, was originally a large open field owned by Westminster Abbey. In the seventeenth century, the area began to be developed. The fashionable new neighborhood was centered on a fruit and vegetable market. In the eighteenth century, vagrants and prostitutes moved in, and the area became a notorious red-light distr...
This is a private art collection of John and Dominique de Menil. The collection includes astronomical instruments, antiquities, ceremonial masks, Byzantine art and tribal art amongst others. The pieces were amassed by the prominent couple through years of travel. 1515 Sul Ross Street, Museum District Tel: (713) 525 9400. Website: www.menil.org Opening hours: Wed-Sun 1100...
English style gardens and lakes are to be found here as well as the Instituto Nacional de Belas Artes, which often houses art exhibitions. Address: Rua Jardim Botanico 414, Jardim Botanico Tel: 2538 1091 Opening Time: 7am-6pm ...
Tel: +9771 442 5340 Price: Adult/child: Rs 160/40 Opening Time: 9am-10pm Beautifully restored, this garden is one of the most peaceful and beautiful places in Kathmandu. Built after Feild Marshall Kaiser Shamser (1892-1964) visited the gardens of Edwarian England, he won the funds from his father (the prime minister of the time) in an epic Rs 100 000 game of cowrie shells. ...