Saudi workers embroider Islamic calligraphy, using either pure silver threads or silver threads covered with gold, on the final stages in the preparation of a drape, or Kiswa, that covers the Kaaba, at the Kiswa factory in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. The Kiswa is changed every year marking annual Haj which will fall this year on Oct.14. (AP)
Saudis embroider Islamic calligraphy
