on Muharram 1, 1446. As many as 159 technicians and craftsmen will take part in the annual customary tradition of changing the kiswa on the first day of the new year in the Islamic calendar.

The new year begins on 1 Muharram, marking the appearance of the first crescent moon. The Islamic calendar, also known as the Hijri calendar, is 354 or 355 days long. Year 1446 in the Islamic ...