Roukaya19

i think that that photo ^^ is meant to be a joke :p

i was about to say....

although i wouldn't doubt it if it was real. that crescent is MASSIVE, plus the royal family could get it done if they wished. it'd be one of the filthiest apartments in the entire planet!

What are you talking about ??? I have my office there...don't you see? ^^

Get out!

If this is real....then you must have the highest occupied office space in the world, huh?

LOOOOL ! where did you find this pic :D

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6131/...2bd25b87_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/5793057...n/photostream/

amazing view :)

^Truly so!

Amazing project.

What is underconstruction on the left side of that last pic?

its: Jabal Omar Project. "Omar Mountain project"

its part of the mosque huge expansion (prayer halls) + towers and accommodation (hotel)

http://www.constructionweekonline.co...ent-Plan-3.gif

Jabal Omar project will house 12 hotels and that all of them have been signed off under management contracts with the Hilton, Hyatt and Marriott chains. I've taken the liberty of listing them all here for the sake of simplicity and easy access.

HILTON
496-room Conrad Makkah (2014)
516-room Hilton Suites Makkah (2014)
566-room Hilton Makkah Convention Hotel (2014)
865-room Hilton Bab Makkah North (2014)
865-room Hilton Bab Makkah South (2014)
806-room Doubletree by Hilton Makkah (2014)

HYATT
628-room Hyatt Regency Mecca (2013)
200-room Hyatt Place Mecca (2014)
200-room Hyatt Summerfield Suites Mecca (2014)

MARRIOTT
636-room JW Marriott Makkah (2015)
540-room Marriott Makkah (2014)
432-room Courtyard by Marriott Makkah (2015)
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Nice pic heh!

You don't believe me :rolleyes:...look at the render on what my friend is standing on!

By BADEA ABU AL-NAJA | ARAB NEWS

Published: Jul 30, 2011 22:51 Updated: Jul 30, 2011 23:02

MAKKAH:The Makkah Royal Clock Tower, the second tallest tower in the world, will start emitting 16 light beams to a height of 10 kilometers Sunday evening to announce the beginning of Ramadan.

The loud speakers installed at the top of the tower will carry the sound of adhan (call to prayer) from the Grand Mosque to seven kilometers far. The powerful lights in white and green blinking at the time of adhan can be seen from a distance of 30 kilometers. The lights are also helpful for people with hearing difficulties to know prayer times.

The clock face is white and indicators dark during daylight and green and white at night.

A trial run of the clock was held at the beginning of last year’s Ramadan.

The gigantic Makkah clock project was constructed on top of tower number five of King Abdul Aziz Endowment project, which consists of seven towers.

“All arrangements to receive Ramadan guests in the residential hotel, on which the clock tower is situated, have been completed. All rooms and suites have an Islamic style of interior décor that add to the spirituality of Ramadan,” director of telecommunications and business promotion at the Fairmont Raffles Hotels International in Makkah, Khaled Yamaq, said.

The Makkah Clock Tower Hotel, on which the clock is situated, is 601 meters high with 76 stories and 858 suites. It overlooks the Grand Mosque.

“A large number of pilgrims of different nationalities will be visiting the tower to get a close look at the interior of the clock tower. Therefore, the hotel’s main banquet hall has prepared to accommodate 1,000 guests for iftar (fast-breaking meal) and suhur (predawn meal before starting the fast). It comprises menus of 15 countries, including local dishes,” he said.

Ramadan cannon

A cannon will fire seven shots to mark the beginning of Ramadan in Makkah, the Saudi Press Agency said on Saturday. Shots will be fired throughout the month to announce the time of breaking the fast, the time for suhur and the end of the suhur.

The cannon will be positioned at the top of the highest hill, away from residential neighborhoods in Makkah, and is provided with sound-producing detonators. There are special security officers to take care of the cannon, which will be sent back to the store of the Tasks and Duties Administration in Makkah after the last shots announcing the arrival of Eid Al-Fitr. A total of 150 shots will be fired in the whole month.

In most Muslim countries, cannons are fired to announce the beginning of Ramadan and fast breaking time.

http://arabnews.com/saudiarabia/article480501.ece

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/o...l/56558249.jpg

جو مكة صباح الثلاثين من شعبان 1432
Atmosphere of Mecca this morning

http://www6.0zz0.com/2011/07/23/20/125185408.jpg

Original image :)

WOW! Great pic! Thanks Youssef ...Ramadan Kareem :)

Thank you very much, Roukaya19
Ramadan Kareem ;)

2 August 2011

أنارت ساعة مكة المكرمة سماء العاصمة المقدسة البارحة، بإطلاقها حزما ضوئية فوسفورية جذابة في مختلف الاتجاهات مع بدء رفع أذان صلاة المغرب خلال إفطار الصائمين.

وخطفت الأضواء الساحرة المنطلقة من أعلى قمة ساعة مكة أنظار الصائمين والمعتمرين وزوار بيت الله الحرام، بعد أن أطلقت الأضواء بالتزامن مع موعد إفطار الصائمين في مراحل تجريبية إذانا بإطلاق كافة الإشعاعات الضوئية من ساعة مكة خلال موسم رمضان الحالي، إذ تم إطلاق 16 حزمة ضوئية عمودية خاصة تصل ارتفاعها إلى أكثر من عشرة كيلو مترات، وتبلغ قوة كل منها عشرة كيلو وات.

وتتم إضاءة أعلى قمة ساعة مكة بواسطة 21 ألف مصباح ضوئي جذاب وجميل عمل بطريقة هندسية جميلة ورائعة، ويصدر أضواء لامعة وجذابة باللونين الأبيض والأخضر يمكن رؤيتها من مسافة تصل إلى 30 كيلومترا من موقع البرج.

وتشير الإضاءة إلى دخول وقت الصلوات في العاصمة المقدسة، كما تمكن هذه الإشارات الضوئية ذوي الاحتياجات الخاصة من صم وبكم وضعيفي السمع، أو الذين يتواجدون في مواقع تبعد عن ساحات المسجد الحرام من معرفة دخول وقت الصلاة عبر الإشعاعات الضوئية المتواجدة في ساعة المسجد الحرام.

وتعد واجهة ساعة العاصمة المقدسة بيضاء اللون، والمؤشرات سوداء اللون نهارا، ويختلف أسلوب الإضاءة ليلا، حيث تكون الساعة خضراء اللون، والمؤشرات بيضاء اللون، فيما يحيط لفظ الجلالة بالساعة من جميع الجوانب.

http://www.makkawi.com/News/show.aspx?Id=2015

Google translation:

Lined the sky an hour Mecca the Holy City yesterday, launching aggressive phosphorous attractive light in different directions with the initiation of azan Maghrib prayer breakfast during fasting.

She was abducted lights charming emanating from the highest peak hour Mecca attention fasters and Umrah performers and visitors to the House of God, having launched the lights in conjunction with the date of breakfast fasting in the experimental stages ears opened all the radiation light than an hour of Mecca during the season of Ramadan, the current, since it was launched 16 beam light vertical private up to a height of more than ten kilometers, with a strength of each of ten kilowatts.

The lighting is the highest peak hour of Mecca by 21 thousand light bulb attractive and beautiful work of engineering in a beautiful and wonderful, and the lights made shiny and attractive white and green can be seen from a distance of up to 30 kilometers from the site of the tower.

The lighting to the time for prayers in the Holy City, and enables optical signals with the special needs of deaf and dumb and hearing-impaired, or who are in locations away from the arenas the Sacred Mosque to know the time for prayer through the radiation light located in the hour of the Grand Mosque.

The interface of the capital of the Holy Hour, white, black and indicators during the day, and different style lighting for night time where the green color, white indicators, with the name of Allaah surrounds all aspects of the hour.

Youssef you're doing great, this is fine art!

WOW, those are awesome lights! :worship:

Awesome pic Youssef! very nice!

this project just keeps getting better. them lights are great.

GulfArabia , the level of your updates and always having the time to reply to any queries is something to be proud of.

Do not go way down to his level. He is not worth your time , trust me.

It's not a sign or a sin. It's just a building.

7 August 2011

Mecca – Jama’an Al Kenani
The high clock of Mecca in the sky of the Holy Mosque is a prominent landmark with its green color for every welcomed visitor of the Holy Mosque. The clock that is elected to be the biggest work internationally can be seen from all Mecca neighborhoods, which makes it a distinguished aesthetic addition to the landmarks of Mecca with what it resembles of accurate geometric design where a selection of local and international engineers participated in creating it.

In some Islamic occasions such as the arrival of Hejri months and Eids, 16 thousand special vertical light bundles get lighted to more than 10 kilometers into the sky, where the strength of each light bundle reaches ten kilowatts. The prayer calling of the Holy Mosque will be transmitted live from the tip of Mecca clock through special speakers that will allow hearing the prayer calling of the Holy Mosque from around seven kilometers distance.

During the prayer calling, the top of Mecca clock gets lighted by 21,000 light lamps of bright white and green colors that can be seen of a distance the reaches 30 kilometers from the tower, pointing the approach of prayer time. Those light pointers also allow the disabled people such as those with weak hearing or those that are far away from the Holy mosques to know the prayer timing. The front of the clock is white with black pointers at daytime and green with white pointers in nighttime.


http://www.alriyadh.com/en/article/6...he-holy-mosque