#pilgrimage
On Tuesday August 27, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly revoked the licences of 36 Egyptian travel companies for illegally providing Egyptian Hajj (pilgrim) with a Saudi tourist visa, rather than the required Hajj permit. In June of 2024, over 600 Egyptian pilgrims passed away during Hajj. They constituted a disproportionately large portion of the 1,300 pilgrims deceased in total. Most deaths were caused by heat exhaustion and heat strokes, as temperatures reached 51 celsius. The Saudi authorities noted approximately 83%…
