Female Hajj and Umrah pilgrims no longer need a male guardian in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia has announced that a male guardian, or a mahram, is no longer needed to accompany a female pilgrim performing Hajj and Umrah.

The Saudi Minister of Hajj and Umrah, Dr. Tawfiq Al-Rabiah, announced that a woman can now visit the Two Holy Mosques from any part of the world.

Al-Rabiah added, during a press conference at the headquarters of the Saudi embassy in Cairo, in the presence of Ambassador Osama bin Ahmed Naqli, that a woman has the right to visit the kingdom without a male guardian.

Earlier, the Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah announced the launch of the unified government platform “nusuk.sa”, to be the new gateway for the pilgrims of Makkah and Madinah, with the aim of developing the experience of pilgrims, and facilitating the procedures for their arrival to perform Umrah from all over the world, as part of the initiatives of the program ‘Serving the Pilgrims’ – one of the programs of the Saudi Vision 2030.