Grand Mosque launches Ramadan plan for women

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The plan aims to enrich female worshippers’ experiences and enhance Shariah and behavioral awareness. (SPA)
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The plan aims to enrich female worshippers’ experiences and enhance Shariah and behavioral awareness. (SPA)
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The plan aims to enrich female worshippers’ experiences and enhance Shariah and behavioral awareness. (SPA)
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Updated 01 February 2026
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Grand Mosque launches Ramadan plan for women

MAKKAH: The Women’s Affairs Agency at the Presidency of Religious Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque has launched its Ramadan enrichment plan at the Grand Mosque in Makkah.

The plan includes six main tracks and 24 initiatives. It aims to enrich female worshippers’ experiences, enhance Shariah and behavioral awareness, empower women, and improve religious services while upholding the sanctity of the site.

The six tracks are: awareness and guidance; scholarly and guidance affairs; enrichment and volunteering; women’s empowerment; public relations and communication; and development and quality.

The awareness and guidance track intensifies field presence in high-density areas to provide Shariah guidance, answer questions, correct worship misconceptions, and distribute multilingual materials.

The scholarly affairs track offers lessons, enrichment talks, and programs that strengthen devotional knowledge and promote moderate values.

The enrichment and volunteering track expands female volunteer participation in organizational and service roles, improving efficiency and field support.

The women’s empowerment track develops the professional and cognitive skills of female staff and prepares qualified women to serve at the two sites to a high standard.

The public relations and communication track strengthens engagement with female worshippers and relevant entities, ensuring integrated services and smooth experiences inside the Grand Mosque.

The development and quality track monitors performance and improves operations to elevate service standards.

The initiatives aim for a lasting religious and educational impact, improving the Ramadan experience for female worshippers and supporting an integrated, high-quality service model.


Princess Reema’s Wave unveils ocean regeneration platform

Updated 03 March 2026
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Princess Reema’s Wave unveils ocean regeneration platform

  • Upgraded platform provides deeper, more comprehensive data on the state of the world’s oceans and the impact of human activity
  • Features an enhanced user experience, including an integrated tool powered by artificial intelligence

JEDDAH: Wave, powered by the Future Investment Initiative Institute and founded by Princess Reema Bandar Al-Saud, has unveiled version 2.0 of its Ocean Central data platform, oceancentral.org.

The upgraded platform provides deeper, more comprehensive data on the state of the world’s oceans and the impact of human activity.

It features an enhanced user experience, including an integrated tool powered by artificial intelligence, to guide users through queries and analysis. A new ocean news section also offers English-language summaries of the latest ocean-related developments and reports from around the world.

“The evolution of Ocean Central moves us a step closer to our collective goal of ‘Ocean Regeneration within a Human Generation’,” said Princess Reema.

“The future of our oceans depends on advances in accurate data, allocating resources more strategically and making informed decisions that protect marine environments, and Ocean Central plays an important role in enabling us to focus efforts.”

The enhanced platform will be on show at the 13th annual World Ocean Summit, organized by Economist Impact, which takes place in Montreal from March 4-5. The event brings together international government ministers, policymakers, investors and business leaders from sectors including shipping, energy and tourism.

The platform integrates global targets from the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework and the Paris Agreement. It monitors progress towards these goals, highlights successful initiatives and identifies critical knowledge gaps.

Wave is a collective action platform dedicated to restoring a thriving ocean by 2050. Powered by the Future Investment Initiative Institute, it delivers targeted interventions across four pillars — engagement, insights, sectoral activation and innovation — to advance ocean regeneration.