Riyadh,formerly known as Hajr al-Yamamah,is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of the Riyadh Province and the centre of the Riyadh Governorate.
Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was a Saudi Arabian politician who was King and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia from 13 June 1982 until his death in 2005. Prior to his ascension,he was Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia from 25 March 1975 to 13 June 1982. He was the eighth son of King Abdulaziz,the founder of modern Saudi Arabia.
Sultan bin Salman Al Saud is a Saudi prince and former Royal Saudi Air Force pilot who flew aboard the American STS-51-G Space Shuttle mission as a payload specialist. He is the first member of a royal family to fly in space,the first Arab to fly in space,and the first Muslim to fly in space,as well as the youngest person ever to fly on the Space Shuttle. On 27 December 2018,he was appointed as chairman of the Board of Directors of the Saudi Space Commission at the rank of minister. He is the eldest surviving son of King Salman.
Hamad Al Jassir was a prominent Saudi Arabian journalist and historian. He is particularly noted for founding Saudi Arabia's first central region magazine,with comprehensive geographical locations,reference in Saudi Arabia,and the authorship of a comprehensive genealogical work popular in the country.
Samba Financial Group SJSC,formerly known as The Saudi American Bank,was a Saudi multinational banking firm based in Saudi Arabia. The combined institution had 66 branches in the Kingdom.
Abdullah bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud was a Saudi Arabian statesman,soldier,and royal counsellor. He was a prominent advisor and member of the inner council of his elder half-brother,King Abdulaziz. After Abdulaziz died in 1953,Prince Abdullah continued to be involved in state affairs during the reigns of his nephews Saud,Faisal,and Khalid. He died in 1976.
Muhammad bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud was an Arabian soldier and politician who played a role in the conquests of his half-brother Abdulaziz that led to the formation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Jeddah Economic Forum (JEF) is a forum held annually since 1999 during winter in the city of Jeddah,western Saudi Arabia. It has become the region's Middle East strategic think tank focusing on regional and international economic and social issues. The Jeddah Economic Forum is organized by the Jeddah Marketing Board,which is a part of Jeddah Chamber of Commerce &Industry.
Sulaiman Al-Rajhi University is a private,non-profit,research university,comprising three graduate colleges:Medicine,Nursing and Applied Medical Sciences as well as a state-of-the-art University Hospital. The university were founded by the Sulaiman Bin Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi Charitable Foundation and is located in Al Bukayriyah,Saudi Arabia.
Nadeem Akhter Tarin is an educationist,philanthropist and businessman in Saudi Arabia.
The Ministry of Education(MoE) (Arabic:وزارةالتعليم),before 2003 as the Ministry of Knowledge until 1953 as the Directorate of Knowledge,is a government ministry in Saudi Arabia that is responsible for regulating primary,secondary and higher education in the country. It was established in 1926 by Ibn Saud in the Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd,six years prior to the unification of Saudi Arabia. Since the amalgamations of the General Presidency for Girls’Education (GPGE) in 2002 and the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) in 2015,it became the sole body which supervises all schools,universities and colleges in the country.
Jildiyyah Mountain meaning Leather mount is a mount located in Saudi Arabia,and has a height of 1,107 meters. Although the mount is not high by Saudi standards it has come to hold a high profile in Arab culture.
Prince Sultan Advanced Technology Research Institute is an independent scientific organization of the Saudi government,located in the College of Engineering at King Saud University in the capital city of Riyadh,Saudi Arabia. It has a branch office located in the Business Gate in addition to manufacturing lab and testing sites.
Saudi Arabia has not officially maintained and possessed weapons of mass destruction (WMD). In 1972 Saudi Arabia signed and approved the convention on the prohibition of the development,production and stockpiling of biological (bacteriological) and toxin weapons. Nevertheless,Saudi Arabia has made steps towards a nuclear program and according to some observations,they can be used to develop nuclear weapons. According to some reports,Riyadh has an alleged deal with Pakistan regarding nuclear weapons projects.
Abdullah bin Amer Alswaha is the current Minister of Communications and Information Technology in Saudi Arabia. His ministry is responsible for developing Saudi Arabia's ICT infrastructure and workforce as part of the country's Vision 2030 programme. He was previously managing director of Cisco Saudi Arabia.
Musaid bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud was a Saudi Arabian statesman who served as the Saudi Arabian minister of interior in 1960 and as the minister of finance from 1962 to 1975. A member of the House of Saud,he was the son of Abdul Rahman bin Faisal Al Saud and Amsha bint Faraj Al Ajran Al Khalidi. Prince Musaid was one of the younger half-brothers of King Abdulaziz and was one of the senior royals who shaped the succession of the rulers during his lifetime.
Mohammed bin Ali Aba Al Khail is the Saudi government official. He was the minister of finance and national economy between October 1975 and August 1995.
Sufficiency Ceiling is an Arabic novel by the Saudi novelist Muhammad Hassan Alwan,which was published in its first edition by Dar Al-Farabi,Beirut,in 2002,and the second in 2004,before moving to Dar Al-Saqi,from which the third to sixth editions were issued. The novel sparked a local controversy when it was published due to the young age of the novelist,the sensitivity of the novel's content,and its difference at the level of language.
Abd al-Aziz bin Ahmed al-Rifa'i,known as Abd al-Aziz al-Rifa'i is a Saudi writer and poet born in 1924 and died in 1993. He is considered one of the most important people in Saudi literature,and one of the creators of the cultural renaissance in the Kingdom during the twentieth century. He was hired as an adviser to the Royal Court with excellent rank in 1975 for six years and was chosen as a member in the Shura Council during the reign of King Fahd bin Abdulaziz. He was one of the contributors to the first Saudi Writers Conference,one of the founders of "Alam Al-Kutub" magazine,and the owner of "Dar Al-Rifai" for publishing,printing,and distribution which contributed to the publication of many references in literature,heritage,and history. He is considered the first general manager of the Al Yamamah Press Foundation and has published 20 books,including 3 collections of poetry.
Hamad al-Hajji was a Saudi Arabian poet. He was born in Marat,a small town south of Shaqra,in the Al-Washm Region. His mother died when he was less than ten years old,and was raised in poverty by his sister Hayla and her husband. After obtaining a primary certificate in his hometown,he moved to the Saudi capital,Riyadh,in 1951. There,he studied at the College of Sharia and the College of Arabic Language,and took first exams in both colleges. Before his planned graduation in 1961,he started suffering from a mental illness,and was diagnosed with severe schizophrenia. He was treated in Saudi hospitals,as well as in Kuwait,Iran,Lebanon,Egypt and the United Kingdom,but there were only slight improvements to his condition. He died at the age of 49 after a lung disease.
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