Hula is a small Muslim village in southern Lebanon on the southern side of the Litani river near the Lebanese-Northern Palestinian territory. The largest family known there, the family of Yassine (ياسين), traces its lineage as direct descendent of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad. It is located 750 meters above the sea-level.
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.
Abdel Hakim Abdel Samad Kamel is an Egyptian folk-singer. In addition to the number of albums he has put out, on December 11, 2006 he was the first person from an Arab country to perform at a Nobel Peace Prize event.
The Arabic Wikipedia is the Arabic language version of Wikipedia. It started on 9 July 2003. As of March 2019, it has 693,447 articles, 1,631,169 registered users and 32,422 files and it is the 17th largest edition of Wikipedia by article count, and ranks 8th in terms of depth; it was the first Semitic language to exceed 100,000 articles.
Mohamed Abdel Hakim Amer was an Egyptian general and political leader.
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is an organization established in 1977 as the Saudi Arabian National Center for Science & Technology (SANCST); in 1985, it was renamed King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology.
Asharq al-Awsat is an Arabic international newspaper headquartered in London. A pioneer of the "off-shore" model in the Arabic press, the paper is often noted for its distinctive green-tinted pages.
Hussein Omar Abdulghani Sulaimani is a Saudi Arabian football player who currently plays as a defender for Al-Ahli in the Saudi Professional League.
Hisham Abdulrahman Alhowaish is a Saudi actor and TV Host. He won the title of the second edition of the Arab version of Star Academy in 2005.
The Egyptian Arabic Wikipedia is the Egyptian Arabic version of Wikipedia, a free, open-content encyclopaedia. This Wikipedia primarily acts as an alternative to the Arabic Wikipedia in favor of speakers of the Egyptian dialect. It is the only Wikipedia written in a dialect of Arabic.
Professor Kamilia Ibrahim Abdelfattah is an Egyptian psychologist, and a pioneering Egyptian woman scientist in the field of child psychology and studies.
Muhammad Metwali Al-Sha'raawi was an Islamic scholar, former Egyptian minister of Endowments and Muslim jurist. He has been called one of Egypt's most popular and successful Islamic preachers, and "one of the most-prominent symbols of popular Egyptian culture" in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.
Shaqra University (SU) is located in Shaqraa, Riyadh Province, Saudi Arabia. It comes under the supervision of the Ministry of Education. The University has twenty-four colleges in various disciplines. It is headquartered in Shaqraa with its various colleges being geographically spread in the largest area of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia covering several governorates and sub-governorates lying in the west of Riyadh.
Mahmoud Kahil محمود كحيل was a Lebanese-born British editorial cartoonist.
The Great Mosque of Mecca is a mosque that surrounds the Kaaba in the city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is a site of pilgrimage for the Hajj, which every Muslim must do at least once in their lives if able, the rites of which includes circumambulating the Kaaba within the mosque. It is also the main phase for the ‘Umrah, the lesser pilgrimage that can be undertaken any time of the year. The Great Mosque includes other important significant sites, including the Black Stone, the Zamzam Well, Maqam Ibrahim, and the hills Safa and Marwa. It is open, regardless of date or time.
Abdulwahab Alamrani is a Yemeni author and diplomat.
Abd Allāh ibn ‘Abd ar-Raḥman Sirāj was an Arab politician and Islamic scholar who held various posts in the Kingdom of Hejaz and later the Emirate of Transjordan, including the office of Prime Minister of both countries. Born in Mecca, he graduated from Madrasah as-Sawlatiyah and later al-Azhar University in Cairo. In 1907 he was appointed Mufti of the Hanafis in Mecca by Sharif Ali Abd Allah. He was elected to represent Mecca in the Ottoman parliament in 1908, though he resigned before he ever served. After Sharif Husayn declared independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1916, he appointed Siraj as Chief Justice and Deputy Prime Minister of the Hejaz government. Siraj served as acting Prime Minister in lieu of Emir Ali until 1918. After Husayn abdicated the throne in 1924, Siraj held the office of Prime Minister during most of Ali's short reign, which ended with the Kingdom's surrender to the Saudi Sultanate of Nejd in 1925. He then migrated to the Jordan, where under Emir Abd Allah he served as Prime Minister from 1931 to 1933 while simultaneously holding the portfolios of Finance and the Interior Ministry, as well as the office of Chief Justice.
Moharam of Judham of Murrah of Sheba of Kahlan of Qahtanite origin is a family lineage from Egypt with ancestors from Yemen.
Hassouna Mosbahi is an award-winning Tunisian author, literary critic and freelance journalist.
