The Emerging Modern Face of Saudi Arabia
The country openly shared pictures of religious relic Hajr-e-Aswad and allowed female Muslim workers to serve inside Masjid-al-Haram
After spending centuries in conservative boundaries, Saudi Arabia is now steadily moving forward to compete for modernism and the world is witnessing its changing face.
The recent two instances advocated the cropping up change in the largest country in Arabian Peninsula as its government shared the pictures of religious relic Hajr-e-Aswad and allowed female Muslim workers to serve inside Masjid-al-Haram.
Making it historic first, the Saudi Arabian government released high-resolution pictures of the Black Stone of Holy Ka’aba that were taken by the Engineering Studies Department of the Reasah Alharmain.
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According to a Saudi official, the images are up to 49,000 megapixels and it took 50 working hours to process 1,050 photos.
Technical Information
Shooting Time: 7 hours.
Number of Photos: 1050 Fox Stack Panorama.
Image Resolution: 49,000 Mega Pixels.
Processing Time: More Than 50 Working Hours. https://t.co/E9xktWDGJr pic.twitter.com/MOUWWJZbHA— (@HaramainInfo) May 3, 2021
The official shared details that the stone is a piece of Jannah and the first-ever high-resolution pictures reflect how beautiful paradise would be.
On the other hand, female volunteers have been introduced by the government in proper uniforms to serve the pilgrims during the holy month of Ramazan.
Big change.First time Saudi female workers serving in Masjid Al Haram during this Ramadan pic.twitter.com/aAg0KaPmJx
— Hamid Mir (@HamidMirPAK) May 3, 2021
Additionally, the government allowed women to enroll in military courses, and photos of a Saudi female police officer supervising Umrah pilgrims in Ramazan were shared by the Saudi press agency.
Saudi author and commentator Ali Shihabi shared the photo of the police officer, saying it was an “amazing change for Saudi society.”
A Saudi female police officer in Mecca supervising pilgrims. via @ryma080 Amazing change for Saudi society! pic.twitter.com/ROHJF7lOr6
— Ali Shihabi علي الشهابي (@aliShihabi) April 19, 2021
Whereas, the first military wing for women in the armed forces was launched in 2020.
