Daily Archives: May 2, 2008

“Kiswa” Kaaba Cloth

This is a piece of the “Kiswa,” a specially adorned black silk cloth which covers the entire Kaaba housing in Mecca. Talented artisans embroider the cloth with real gold plated silver threads into amazing intricate Arabic writing designs of verses … Continue reading

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