The national anthem of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was first officially adopted in 1950 without lyrics. The piece was gifted by the then Egyptian King Farouq when King Abdulaziz made a visit to Egypt. It was then adopted again in 1984 with lyrics written by Ibrāhīm Khafājī. The original composition was by Abdul-Raḥman al-Khaṭīb in 1947, and the brass instrumental version was later arranged by Sirāj Umar.
Saud Ali Kariri is a Saudi Arabian former footballer who played as a midfielder, and who previously played with Al Ittihad. He also previously played for Al-Qadisiyah the team that introduced most of Saudi football stars.
Prince Abdulaziz bin Mohammed bin Ayyaf Al Muqrin or Al-Migrin is a Saudi Arabian architect, philanthropist, politician and a member of the Muqrin clan, from which the ruling family is branched who was the fifth mayor of Riyadh from 1997 till 24 June 2012. He currently serves as the chairman of the board of trustees at Prince Sultan University and King Salman Center for Local Governance and as the vice chairman of the board of directors of the Riyadh Science Foundation.
Periodically Saudi Arabias Ministry of Interior publishes a most wanted list. According to Asharq Alawsat Saudi Arabia has published four lists of "most wanted" suspected terrorists, and those lists contained 19, 26, 36 and 85 individuals.
Naif Ahmad Hazazi, also nicknamed Al Saqr which means The Falcon, is a Saudi Arabian professional footballer, who plays as a striker former the Saudi Arabian national team.
Fahd Al Hayyan is a Saudi Arabian actor, who started his acting career in 1991. He is mostly known for his various roles in the Saudi comedy Ghashamsham and Tash ma Tash.
Rashid Al Shamrani is a Saudi Arabian television actor, clinical psychologist and dramatist Writer, known for his role in the Saudi series "Bayny wa bynak" 1 and 2 and 3, Began his artistic career when he was student at the age 17.
Ali Al-Sebaa is a Saudi Arabian actor, best known for his role in the Arabian series Fars Al-Janop. He has won thirty-two awards, including Best Actor of the Year in 1980 from the Culture and Arts Association.
Saad Khader is a Saudi Arabian television actor, director and producer. He is the first man presenting a Saudi film called Mowad Ma Majhoal, he is considered as one of the greatest Saudi actors of all times.
Ibrahim Al-Hsawi is a Saudi Arabian actor and poet. He acted in several series including Tash ma Tash.
Mutlaq Hamid Al-Thubeiti Al-Otaibi was a Saudi Arabian writer and poet., and he was a member of the faculty of sharia at the University of Umm al-Qura. and he was the President of the Scientific Research Ministry of Higher Education in Saudi Arabia, he is considered by many as one of the greatest Saudi poets of all times.
The Union of Arab National Olympic Committees is an international organization that unites the 22 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) of the Arab world. It is headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The Saudi Civil and Political Rights Association (ACPRA) is a Saudi Arabian human rights non-governmental organisation created in 2009. On 9 March 2013, the Saudi court sentenced two of its prominent leaders to at least 10 years in prison for "offences that included sedition and giving inaccurate information to foreign media", while dissolving the group. The association is also known in Arabic by its acronym HASEM.
Asya Alashaikh is the first Saudi expert specializing in corporate social responsibility. She is the founder and CEO of Tamkeen Company for sustainable solutions in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The Ministry of Education(MoE), before 2003 as the Ministry of Knowledge and till 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.
Yara International School (Y.I.S.), simply sometimes Yara, is a K–12 gender-isolated English-medium multicultural international school in ad-Dirah, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, located next to Qasr al-Hokm Metro Station in the erstwhile premises of the Female Student Study Center of Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University.
Aldrees Petroleum and Transport Services Company(APTSCO), formerly Mohammed Saad Aldrees and Sons Company Limited, or simply Aldrees is a multinational joint stock company based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia that offers services in petroleum retailing and logistics. Established as a family partnership company in 1962, it was renamed to its current name following its split-up in December 2004. As of 2021, it owned around 600 gas stations across Saudi Arabia, holding a 5.3% stake in the country's 11,000 fuel stations.
Al-Salihiyah or al-Salhiya is a residential neighborhood and a subject of Baladiyah al-Batha in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Spread across 48 hectares, it shares borders with al-Oud neighborhood to the west and Sinaiyah Qadeem to the east. The locality is mostly inhabited by overseas workers of various nationalities, including Yemenis and Indians.
Sa'd bin Abdullah al-Junaydil commonly known as Sa'd Ibn Junaydil was a Saudi Arabian historical geographer. Among Hamad Al-Jassir, Muhammad al-Ubudi and Abd al-Rahman al-Ansari, he is considered one of the first Saudi Arabian geographers in the 20th century. Born in Shaqraa, Najd and graduated from King Saud University in 1972. Worked as merchant, schoolteacher and headteacher until 1970s. He had an interest in Najdi folklore, Collecting artifacts and wrote several dictionaries and geographical encyclopedias from 1970s until he died in Taif at the age of 87.
