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Riyadh Capital city in Saudi Arabia

Riyadh is the capital and most populous city of Saudi Arabia, approximately 790 km (491 mi) North-east of Mecca. It is also the capital of Riyadh Province and belongs to the historical regions of Najd and Al-Yamama. It is situated in the centre of the Arabian Peninsula on a large plateau and home to more than six million people.

Riyad, Mauritania Commune and city in Nouakchott-Sud, Mauritania

Riyad is a suburb of Nouakchott and urban commune in western Mauritania. It has a population of 42,413.

Riad is a masculine Arabic given name and surname, meaning "meadows", "gardens"". Notable persons with that name include:

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Marrakesh Prefecture-level city in Marrakesh-Safi, Morocco

Marrakesh is a major city of the Kingdom of Morocco. It is the fourth largest city in the country, after Casablanca, Fez and Tangier. It is the capital city of the mid-southwestern region of Marrakesh-Safi. Located to the north of the foothills of the snow-capped Atlas Mountains, Marrakesh is situated 580 km (360 mi) southwest of Tangier, 327 km (203 mi) southwest of the Moroccan capital of Rabat, 239 km (149 mi) south of Casablanca, and 246 km (153 mi) northeast of Agadir.

ES EVM series of Soviet mainframes, substantially copied from IBM mainframes

ES EVM was a series of clones of IBM's System/360 and System/370 mainframes, released in the Comecon countries under the initiative of the Soviet Union since the 1960s. Production continued until 1998. The total number of ES EVM mainframes produced was more than 15,000.

Constitutional Union (Morocco)

The Constitutional Union is a liberal conservative political party in Morocco, aligned with the ruling monarchy.

Moroccan riad traditional Moroccan house or palace with an interior garden or courtyard

A riad is a type of traditional Moroccan house or palace with an interior garden or courtyard.

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Moroccan architecture dates from 110 BCE with the massive pisé buildings. The architecture has been influenced by Islamization during the Idrisid dynasty, Moorish exiles from Spain.

The Moroccan football league system, also known as the football pyramid, is a series of interconnected leagues for men's association football clubs in Morocco. The system has a hierarchical format with promotion and relegation between leagues at different levels, allowing even the smallest club the hypothetical possibility of ultimately rising to the very top of the system. There are more than 19 individual leagues, containing more than 5 divisions.[1] The exact number of clubs varies from year to year as clubs join and leave leagues or fold altogether, but an estimated average of 12 clubs per division implies that more than 174 teams of nearly 4,176 clubs are members of a league in the Moroccan men's football league system.

<i>The Meadows of the Righteous</i> compilation of hadith by Al-Nawawi

Riyadh al-Saaliheen or The Meadows of the Righteous, also referred to as The Gardens of the Righteous, is a compilation of verses from the Qur'an supplemented by hadith narratives written by Al-Nawawi from Damascus (1233–1277). The hadith by al-Nawawī belongs to the category of canonical Arabic collections of Islamic morals, acts of worship, and manners, which are attributed to Muhammad by Muslim scholars but not found in the Quran.

The Morocco national rugby union team are a national sporting side, representing Morocco in rugby union. The team is also known as the Atlas Lions. Morocco is governed by the Fédération Royale Marocaine de Rugby. Morocco competes in the Africa Cup annually. The team has won the competition in 2003 and 2005. They usually play their internationals in Casablanca.

The Ministry of Culture is a government ministry office of the Syrian Arab Republic, responsible for cultural affairs in Syria.

Riyadh is the capital of Saudi Arabia.

Riyadh Region Region

The Riyadh Region is a region (mintaqah) of Saudi Arabia, also called Al-Wosta, located in the center of the country. It has an area of 404,240 km² and a population of 8,216,284 (2017), making it the second-largest province in terms of both area and population. Its capital is the city of Riyadh, which is also the national capital. More than 75% of the population of the province resides within Riyadh. According to the 2004 census, 1,728,840 of the province's population is non-Saudi, with 1,444,500 of those living within the provincial capital, Riyadh.

Ksar es-Seghir Place in Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Morocco

Ksar es-Seghir, also known by numerous other spellings and names, is a small town on the Mediterranean coast in the Jebala region of northwest Morocco, between Tangier and Ceuta, on the right bank of the river of the same name. Administratively, it belongs to Fahs-Anjra Province and the region of Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima. By the census of 2004, it had a population of 10,995 inhabitants.

The 1987 Arab Club Champions Cup was played in Saudi Arabia for the second time. This time in the city of Riyadh after the successful hosting of the 1984 Arab Club Champions Cup in Dammam. Al-Rasheed won the championship for the 3rd time, defending their championship once again and proving to be one of the top teams in the region at the time.

Riad Mousa al-Asaad was the commander of the Free Syrian Army. He was a former Colonel in the Syrian Air Force who defected in July 2011.

Riyadh Metro

The Riyadh Metro is a rapid transit system under construction in the city of Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. It will consist of six metro lines spanning a total length of 176 kilometers, with 85 stations. The project will cost $22.5 billion to build. It is scheduled for a light opening in 2019, and the full network is expected to be fully operational in 2021.

Marrakesh, the regional capital, forms a prefecture-level administrative unit of Morocco, divided into Marrakesh-Medina, Marrakesh-Menara and Sidi Youssef Ben Ali, which form part of the region of Marrakesh-Tensift-El Haouz along with Al Haouz Province, Chichaoua Province, El Kelâat Es-Sraghna Province, and Essaouira Province. In turn, the prefecture of Marrakech is divided administratively into the following:

Riyad Mahrez association football player

Riyad Karim Mahrez is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Premier League club Manchester City and the Algerian national team.

2017 Riyadh summit

The 2017 Riyadh summit was a series of three summits held on 20–21 May 2017 on the occasion of the visit of United States President Donald Trump to Saudi Arabia, his first trip overseas. The summit included one bilateral meeting, between the United States and Saudi Arabia, and two multilateral meetings, one between the members of the Gulf Cooperation Council and the other with Arab and Muslim countries. Leaders and representatives of 55 Arab and Muslim countries were in attendance.

Carolus Juhani Lassila was a Finnish diplomat.