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• Saudi National Camel Festival

  04 April 2018 ( #Saudi Arabia, #Camels, #Camels in Saudi Arabia, #Saudi National Camel Festival, #Saudi Arabia Culture )

  More than 1,500 camel owners and more than 26,000 camels are participating in a beauty pageant, with total prizes worth SR113,600,000, at the King Abdul Aziz Camel Festival, The festival kicked off on Monday under the auspices of King Salman in Riyadh’s...

• Saudi Arabia’s Janadriyah festival

  04 April 2018 ( #Saudi Arabia, #Riyadh, #Janadriyah festival, #Culture of Saudi Arabia )

  Janadriyah, the annual national heritage and culture festival named after the village on the northern outskirts of Riyadh, is busy encouraging people to uphold values and heritage as well as enhance cultural exchange. The festival offers a balanced view...

• Streets come to life in Saudi Arabia

  28 March 2018 ( #Saudi Arabia, #Alkhobar, #Street art, #Beautiful Saudi Arabia, #Travel Saudi Arabia )

  The works of young Saudi graffiti artists now adorn old neighborhoods and buildings in the south of Alkhobar for the first time in the Saudi city’s history. The Oriental Art initiative is organised by the Saudi artist Madhawi Al-Baz who supervises a group...

• Unbelievable car drifting in Saudi Arabia

  28 March 2018 ( #Saudi Arabia, #Saudi People, #Saudi culture, #Car drifting, #Car drifting in Saudi Arabia )

  A FAMOUS Saudi joyrider known for drifting in his car recently died in a horrific accident in Riyadh. A video of the incident was posted on social media websites and showed a car traveling at high speed that all of a sudden swerved, toppled over and crashed...

• Saudi Arabia's National Day celebrations in full swing

  21 October 2019 ( #Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, National Day, #Saudi National Day )

  Cities across the Kingdom are gearing up for celebrations to mark the Saudi National Day. The government has announced a four-day holiday starting on Sept. 20. Meanwhile, the General Entertainment Authority (GEA) has announced events nationwide, including...

• Yanbu Flower Festival

  28 March 2018 ( #Saudi Arabia, #Yanbu, #Yanbu Flower Festival, #Travel Saudi Arabia )

  Yanbu’s ongoing 12th Flower and Garden Festival features 40 colors of flowers. Imported from the Netherlands. the flowers are grown by the nursery of the Royal Commission in Yanbu Industrial Park, the organizer of the event. Engineer Saleh Zahrani of...

• Al-Masjid al-Nabawī

  06 January 2014 ( #Islam, #Muhammad, #Mecca, #Madinah, #Masjid al-Haram, #Masjid Al Nabawi, #Green Dome, #Medina, #Mosque, #Saudi Arabia, #King Fahad, #Al-Masjid al-Nabawī )

  Al-Masjid al-Nabawī "Mosque of the Prophet"), often called the Prophet's Mosque, is a mosque built by the Islamic Prophet Muhammad situated in the city of Medina. It is the second holiest site in Islam (the first being the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca). It...

• The Well of Zamzam

  07 January 2014 ( #Islam, #The Well of Zamzam, #Kaaba, #Abraham, #Zamzam Well, #Mecca, #Allah, #Masjid al-Haram, #Makkah, #Hagar, #Saudi Arabia )

  The Well of Zamzam (or the Zamzam Well, or just Zamzam; Arabic: زمزم ) is a well located within the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, 20 m (66 ft) east of the Kaaba, [1] the holiest place in Islam. According to Islamic belief, it is a miraculously-generated...

• Kiswah

  19 January 2014 ( #Kiswa, #Mount Arafat, #Kiswah, #Kaaba, #Holy Haram, #Mecca, #Makkah, #Saudi Arabia, #Hajj, #Dhu al-Hijjah, #Arabic language )

  Kiswah (Arabic: كسوة الكعبة , kiswat al-ka'bah) is the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is draped annually on the 9th day of the month of Dhu al-Hijjah, the day pilgrims leave for the plains of Mount Arafat during the Hajj. [1] The...

• The Abraj Al-Bait Towers

  06 January 2014 ( #Burj Khalifa, #Kaaba, #Mecca, #Masjid al-Haram, #Makkah, #The Abraj Al-Bait Towers, #Saudi Binladin Group, #Saudi Arabia, #King Fahad, #Dubai, #Abraj Al Bait )

  The Abraj Al-Bait Towers, also known as the Mecca Royal Hotel Clock Tower, is a building complex in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. These towers are a part of the King Abdulaziz Endowment Project that strives to modernize the city in catering to its pilgrims. The...

• The Black Stone

  06 January 2014 ( #Islam, #Kaaba, #The Black Stone, #Muhammad, #Mecca, #Masjid al-Haram, #Muslim, #Makkah, #Al-Masjid Al-Haram, #Black Stone, #Saudi Arabia )

  The Black Stone is the eastern cornerstone of the Kaaba, the ancient stone building toward which Muslims pray, in the center of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is revered by Muslims as an Islamic relic which, according to Muslim tradition,...

• Saudi Arabia

  06 January 2014 ( #Arab world, #Arabian Peninsula, #Masjid al-Haram, #House of Saud, #Persian Gulf, #United Arab Emirates, #Jeddah, #Kingdom, #Saudi Arabia, #Riyadh )

  Saudi Arabia officially known as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), [c] is the largest Arab state in Western Asia by land area (approximately 2,150,000 km2 (830,000 sq mi), constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula) and the second-largest in the...

• Mount Uhud

  06 January 2014 ( #Islam, #Muhammad, #Mecca, #Madinah, #Khalid ibn al-Walid, #Battle of Uhud, #Medina, #Battle of Badr, #Saudi Arabia, #Mount Uhud )

  Mount Uhud is a mountain in north of Medina. It is 1,077 m (3,533 ft) high. It was the site of the second battle between Muslim and Meccan forces. The Battle of Uhud was fought on 19 March, 625, between a force from the small Muslim community of Medina,...

• Masjid al-Qiblatain

  06 January 2014 ( #Islam, #Kaaba, #Masjid al-Qiblatain, #Muhammad, #Mecca, #Madinah, #Jerusalem, #Masjid Al Nabawi, #Medina, #Saudi Arabia )

  Masjid al-Qiblatain is a mosque in Medina that is historically important for Muslims as the place where the Islamic prophet Muhammad (PBUH), leading the prayer, is said to have been commanded to change the direction of prayer (qibla) from Jerusalem to...

• Jabal al-Nour

  07 January 2014 ( #Jabal al-Nour, #Gabriel, #Muhammad, #Mecca, #Hira, #Makkah, #Saudi Arabia, #Mountain, #Hejaz )

  Jabal al-Nour "The Mountain of Light", or "Hill of Illumination",is a mountain near Mecca in Saudi Arabia's Hejaz region. It is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Mecca. The mountain houses the famed Ghar-E-Hira or Hira cave. The cave is quite...

• Jannatul Baqi

  06 January 2014 ( #Wahhabi, #Al-Baqi', #Wahabi, #Jannatul Baqi, #Muhammad, #Masjid Al Nabawi, #Medina, #Saudi Arabia, #Arabic language )

  Maqbaratul Baqī' is a cemetery in Medina, present-day Saudi Arabia, located to the southeast of the Masjid al-Nabawi (The Prophet's Mosque). The mosque is built where the Islamic prophet Muhammad (PBUH) used to live, and is currently buried. The cemetery...

• Maher bin Hamad Al Mueaqly

  05 January 2014 ( #Umm Al Qura University, #Mecca, #Madinah, #Makkah, #Medina, #Saudi Arabia, #Sharia, #Quran, #Maher bin Hamad Al Mueaqly )

  Maher bin Hamad Al Mueaqly born January 7, 1969, [2] is the Imam of the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia and a renowned Recitor of the Holy Quran. Personal life Sheikh Maher's mother and father moved to Madinah and he was born there...

• Sami Abdullah Al-Jaber

  14 January 2014 ( #Saudi, #Mohamed Al-Deayea, #Sami Aljaber, #FIFA World Cup, #1992 Arab Nations Cup, #2006 World Cup, #Saudi Arabia, #World Cup, #AFC Asian Cup )

  Sami Abdullah Al-Jaber born 11 December 1972) is a retired football striker from Saudi Arabia. He spent the majority of his career from 1988 to 2008 with Al-Hilal, of whom has been manager since 2013.He is his country's second highest international goalscorer...

• Taif

  05 January 2014 ( #Sarawat Mountains, #Banu Thaqif, #Mecca, #Banu Daws, #Ottoman Empire, #Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, #Taif, #Battle of Hunayn, #Saudi Arabia )

  Taif is a city in the Mecca Province of Saudi Arabia at an elevation of 1,879 m (6,165 ft) on the slopes of the Sarawat Mountains (Al-Sarawat Mountains). It has a population of 521,273 (2004 census). Each summer the Saudi Government moves from the heat...

• The Masmak

  06 January 2014 ( #Abdul Rahman bin Faisal, #Al Rashid, #Abdallah bin Jiluwi, #House of Saud, #Masmak fort, #Saudi Arabia, #Riyadh, #The Masmak, #Ibn Saud )

  The Masmak is a clay and mud-brick fort, with four watchtowers and thick walls, founded on stone blocks, lying in the center of Riyadh, in the old quarters. This building played a major part in the kingdom's history, as it was here that the recapture...

• The Saudi Arabia national football team

  09 January 2014 ( #Sports, #Al-Akhdar, #2010 FIFA World Cup, #Competitions, #FIFA, #Saudi Arabia, #World Cup, #The Saudi Arabia national football team, #Soccer )

  The Saudi Arabia national football team known by its fans as Al-Saqour (The Falcons) or Al-Akhdar (The Green). Considered one of Asia's most successful national teams, Saudi Arabia has won the Asian Cup three times (1984, 1988, and 1996) and qualified...

• Transportation in Saudi Arabia

  09 January 2014 ( #Beirut, #Undercarriage, #Saudi Ports Authority, #Transportation in Saudi Arabia, #Jeddah, #Kingdom, #Saudi Arabia, #Riyadh, #Middle East )

  With the arrival of petrodollar over the period of time, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has initiated many mega infrastructure development projects in the country, and extensive development of transportation network has followed suit to support various economic...

• Jabal al-Lawz

  07 January 2014 ( #Ron Wyatt, #Old Testament, #Jordan, #Archaeology, #Jabal al-Lawz, #Bob Cornuke, #Saudi Arabia, #Riyadh, #Gulf of Aqaba )

  Jabal al-Lawz (also known as Gebel el-Lawz) is a mountain located in northwest Saudi Arabia, near the Jordan border, above the Gulf of Aqaba at 2580 metres above sea level. The name means mountain of almonds . [2] Claims have been made by some writers...

• Mohammed Hussein Ali Al Amoudi

  09 January 2014 ( #Sweden, #Ethiopia, #Morocco, #Ras Al Khair, #Mohammed Hussein Ali Al Amoudi, #Saudi Arabia, #Riyadh, #King Saud University, #Forbes )

  Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Ali Al Amoudi born 1944/1945 [1] ) is a Saudi Arabian/Ethiopian businessman and billionaire who lives in Ethiopia and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. As of 2011, Forbes has estimated his net worth at $12.3 billion, making him the 63rd richest...

• List of football clubs in Saudi Arabia

  09 January 2014 ( #Ettifaq FC, #Al-Hilal FC, #Al Nassr FC, #List of football clubs in Saudi Arabia, #Khobar, #Al-Taawon FC, #Saudi Arabia, #Riyadh, #Middle East )

  This is a list of football teams in Saudi Arabia in the top division. Abha Al-Ahli Al-Ansar Al-Arabi Al-Nahda Al-Batin Al-Faisaly Al Fateh Hetten FC Hajer Club Al Hazm Al-Hilal FC Ettifaq FC Ittihad FC Al Jabalain Al-Khaleej Al-Najma Najran SC Al Nassr...