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A familiar voice from the Grand Mosque is being remembered following the passing of Sheikh Ibrahim Al-Madani 🕊️🤍, while a serious facial laser case is raising awareness about the importance of proper eye protection during treatments. 👁️⚠️ Plus, more stories you need to know today. ✨

Here’s what’s making headlines! 🌟👇🏼

LOVIN NEWS

🥽 Plastic Goggles At The Clinic: A Dangerous Trap That Could Cost Your Sight Forever

• 👁 A documented case involved a 29-year-old woman undergoing laser skin resurfacing when an unintended laser pulse struck her right eye. She had not been provided with adequate eye protection.

• The laser caused a burn to the macula, the central part of the retina responsible for detailed vision. Despite treatment, the damage resulted in irreversible vision loss in the affected eye.

• Proper protection isn’t simply about wearing any goggles. Protective eyewear needs to be appropriate for the specific wavelength of the laser being used; Saudi medical-laser guidance likewise requires wavelength-matched protective eyewear.

• The risk is especially important during treatments on the face and around the eyes. Published medical cases have documented retinal and other eye injuries when protection was absent, removed, or inappropriate.

• For anyone getting facial laser treatment, a useful question before starting is simply: “What eye protection will I be wearing, and is it designed for this laser?” If a procedure is close to the eyelids, appropriate eye shields may be required rather than relying on closed eyes alone.

💡 Summary:

A cosmetic laser appointment can carry a rare but potentially serious risk to eyesight when laser safety isn’t followed. The key takeaway isn’t to avoid laser treatments altogether — it’s to make sure the clinic uses proper, laser-specific eye protection and follows established safety procedures every single time.

LOVIN AD

Leylaty Just Brought Its 78-Year Saudi Hospitality Legacy To Riyadh

• 🍽️✨Leylaty Hospitality Group has opened Leylaty Events Riyadh, marking its first dedicated catering operation outside its home city of Jeddah.

• The Saudi hospitality group’s roots stretch back to 1948, giving the Riyadh expansion nearly eight decades of history behind it.

• The new Riyadh operation spans a sizeable 8,000 sqm, making it much more than a small catering kitchen.

• The facility includes purpose-built kitchens, finishing and dispatch areas, and dedicated logistics infrastructure to handle different stages of event catering.

• The setup is designed to manage the process from menu planning and food preparation through to finishing and final delivery, supporting events across Riyadh.

💡 Summary:

Leylaty is taking its long-running Jeddah hospitality operation to the capital with an 8,000 sqm catering facility in Riyadh. Rather than being an event venue itself, the new operation works behind the scenes, handling the food, preparation and logistics needed to cater events across the city.

LOVIN COMMUNITY

🏆 Five OG Chefs Are Ready For Your Vote

The first-ever Lovin’ Riyadh Awards are celebrating the Lovin’ OG Chef category which spotlights the culinary talents who’ve helped shape Saudi’s exciting food scene, both in the kitchen and beyond.

This year’s nominees have earned their spots for:

• 🍴 Bringing years of professional culinary experience to the table

• 🇸🇦 Putting fresh and creative spins on Saudi flavours

• 📱 Making professional cooking accessible through food content

• 🧪 Mixing precision, experimentation and unexpected techniques

• 🍰 Creating everything from chef-led concepts to show-stopping desserts

• 🗳️ Voting is open: The public vote closes on 28 September, with Riyadh deciding who becomes the category’s first-ever winner.

MEET THE NOMINEES AND CAST A VOTE HERE

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• You really get a sense of New Murabba’s scale from the air ✈️👀 ⁠⁠⁠

LOVIN COMMUNITY

🕋 Grand Mosque Muezzin Sheikh Ibrahim Al-Madani Has Sadly Passed Away

• 🕊️ Sheikh Ibrahim Al-Madani was a longtime muezzin at the Grand Mosque in Makkah, where he served by giving the Adhan, or call to prayer.

• Originally from Madinah, he later moved to Makkah, where his voice became familiar to worshippers visiting and listening to prayers from the Grand Mosque.

• His role meant his Adhan was heard by worshippers from around the world, both at the mosque and through broadcasts.

• Following news of his passing, people have been remembering his years of service and sharing recordings of his calls to prayer.

• His passing marks the loss of one of the familiar voices associated with one of Islam’s most significant sites.

💡 Summary:

Sheikh Ibrahim Al-Madani, a longtime muezzin of the Grand Mosque in Makkah, has passed away after years of service. His voice became familiar to worshippers around the world, and recordings of his Adhan now form part of the legacy he leaves behind.

REGIONAL UPDATES

🇧🇭 Omar Farooq Joined MrBeast To Help Build An Entire Village In Ghana

• 🌍❤️ Bahraini creator Omar Farooq shared a reflection from Ghana, where he took part in the wider creator-led initiative alongside MrBeast focused on transforming a local village.

• The project is part of the 1 Billion Acts of Kindness campaign, launched through the 1 Billion Followers Summit in partnership with MrBeast’s Beast Industries and supported by Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives and the Varkey Foundation.

• The Ghana project went well beyond creating online content: participating creators worked alongside field teams on construction, education and health facilities, while the initiative delivered clean water, sanitation, electricity, healthcare and education support to the community.

• Omar used the experience to make a broader point about the way digital creators are viewed, arguing that they shouldn’t automatically be dismissed as producing “trivial” content when their audiences can also be mobilised for humanitarian work.

• The wider campaign was built around exactly that idea: turning digital reach into offline action, with creators selected for their social-impact work and brought together for projects designed to benefit communities.

💡 Summary:

Omar Farooq’s message from Ghana was less about celebrating creator numbers and more about what that influence can actually do. His experience alongside MrBeast highlights a growing model where creators use their platforms, storytelling skills and huge audiences to support tangible projects, in this case helping bring education, healthcare, clean water and other infrastructure to a community in Ghana.

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