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• Al-Ittihad Football Club

  09 January 2014 ( #Club, #Al Hilal, #Al-Ittihad, #Ittihad FC, #AFC Champions League, #Jeddah, #Al-Ittihad Football Club, #Saudi Arabia, #Al Hasan Al-Yami )

  Al-Ittihad Football Club also known as Al-Ittihad, is a Saudi Premier League football club based in Jeddah. Al-Ittihad has won eight League titles and also holds 46 official championship wins, three of them being Asian championships. The club was founded...

• Al-Ahli Saudi Sports Club

  09 January 2014 ( #Al-Ahli SC (Jeddah), #Al-Ahli, #Ahli, #Al-Ahli Saudi Sports Club, #Al Ahly SC, #Jeddah, #Saudi Arabia, #Middle East, #Saudi Professional League )

  Al-Ahli Saudi Sports Club is a Saudi Arabian professional sports club based in Jeddah. It's known by it football team Al-Ahli Saudi Football Club In addition to football, the club Volleyball, Team handball, Basketball, Swimming (sport), and Athletics...

• Yasser Al-Qahtani

  14 January 2014 ( #Al-Qahtani, #Yasser Al-Qahtani, #Saudi, #2007 AFC Asian Cup, #2010 FIFA World Cup, #Tunisia, #Saudi Arabia, #Middle East, #Saudi Professional League )

  Yasser Saeed Al-Qahtani born 10 October 1982) is a Saudi Arabian footballer who plays as a striker currently plays for Al-Hilal FC in Saudi Professional League. He was also captain of the Saudi Arabian national team. In 2005, he moving to Al-Hilal for...

• Saad Al Harthi

  14 January 2014 ( #Saad, #Saad Al Harthi, #Yasser Al-Qahtani, #Arab, #Saudi Arabia, #Business and Economy, #Middle East, #Indonesia, #AFC Asian Cup )

  Saad Mish'al Al-Harthi - also transliterated Sa'ad Al-Harthi - is a Saudi Arabian football (soccer) striker who plays for Saudi Premiership side Al-Hilal. Career While he is a regular first team member at his club, he has to battle for a spot on the Saudi...

• The Al Faisaliyah Tower Riyadh

  14 January 2014 ( #Buro Happold, #Kingdom Centre, #Al Faisaliyah Center, #Saudi Press Agency, #Saudi Arabia, #Riyadh, #Middle East, #Abraj Al Bait )

  The Al Faisaliyah Center is a commercial skyscraper located in the business district of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It is the third tallest building in Saudi Arabia after the Kingdom Centre and Abraj Al Bait . Immediately below the ball is an outside viewing...

• Mohamed Al-Deayea

  14 January 2014 ( #Mohamed Al-Deayea, #FIFA World Cup, #Juventus F.C, #Fabio Quagliarella, #Arturo Vidal, #Saudi Arabia, #Juventus, #Saad Al-Harthi )

  Mohamed Abdullaziz Al-Deayea (born 2 August 1972) is a Saudi Arabian retired football goalkeeper. He played in four FIFA World Cups for the Saudi Arabia national team and earned a total of 176 caps. [1] He also achieved the first best Goalkeeper of the...

• Umm Al-Qura University

  09 January 2014 ( #Islam, #Shari, #Mecca, #College of Shari, #Purdue University, #Umm al-Qura University, #Tufts University, #Sharia )

  Umm Al-Qura University is a public university in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is considered one of the most prestigious university in the entire Islamic world due to its unique location in Makkah Al-Mukarramah. It was established as the College of Shari`a...

• Saudi Arabian Airlines

  09 January 2014 ( #Saudia, #King Abdulaziz International Airport, #SkyTeam, #Saudi Arabian Airline, #Jeddah, #Dhahran International Airport, #Saudi Arabia, #Middle East )

  Saudi Arabian Airlines operating as Saudia is the flag carrier airline of Saudi Arabia, based in Jeddah. [2] The airline reverted to its abbreviated English brand name Saudia (used from 1972 to 1996) from Saudi Arabian Airlines (historic name in use until...

• Jabal Thawr

  07 January 2014 ( #Abu Bakr, #Muhammad, #Mecca, #Hijra, #Jabal Thawr, #Misfalah, #Saudi Arabia, #Hajj )

  Jabal Thawr is the name of a mountain in Saudi Arabia, located in the lower part of Mecca to the south of the district of Misfalah. [1] Cave The Mountain is notable for housing a cave known as Ghar al-Thawr ( Cave of the Bull), in which Muhammad (PBUH)...

• Makkah

  05 January 2014 ( #Al-Lith, #Mecca, #Mishaal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, #House of Saud, #Makkah Province, #Mishaal bin Abdullah Al Saud, #Jeddah, #Saudi Arabia )

  The Makkah Province or Mecca Province is the most populous province of Saudi Arabia. It is located in western Saudi Arabia and has an extended coastline. It has an area of 153,128 km² and a population of 6,915,006 (2010 census). Its capital is the sacred...

• Riyadh

  05 January 2014 ( #Ibn Battuta, #Al-Yamama, #House of Saud, #Al Kharj, #Al-Yamamah, #Saudi Arabia, #Riyadh, #Middle East )

  Riyadh is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of Riyadh Province, and belongs to the historical regions of Najd and Al-Yamama. It is situated in the center of the Arabian Peninsula on a large plateau, and is home to 5,254,560...

• Khalid Al Faisal

  04 January 2014 ( #Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, #House of Saud, #Makkah Province, #Asir Province, #Saudi Arabia, #Riyadh, #Oxford University, #Hun School of Princeton )

  Khalid Al Faisal Al Saud (born 24 February 1940) is the Saudi minister of education, former governor of the Makkah Province, and the 'Asir Province and a member of the House of Saud. On 22 December 2013, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia appointed him as...

• Sultan bin Abdulaziz

  04 January 2014 ( #Bandar bin Sultan, #Saudi, #Sudairi Seven, #Carl Von Horn, #Dammam, #Saudi Arabia, #Riyadh, #Sultan )

  Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1928 – 22 October 2011) called Sultan al-Khair Sultan of goodness) in Saudi Arabia [1] was the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia from 2005 to 2011. Early life and education Sultan was born in Riyadh in 1928. [2] He was the 12th...

• Mount Arafat

  06 January 2014 ( #Muzdalifah, #Mount Arafat, #Mecca, #Farewell Sermon, #Allah, #Mecca Metro, #Hajj, #Dhu al-Hijjah )

  Mount Arafat or Mount Arafah is a granite hill east of Mecca. It is also known as the Mount of Mercy (Jabal ar-Rahmah). According to Islamic tradition, the hill is the place where the Islamic prophet Muhammad stood and delivered the Farewell Sermon to...

• Madinah

  05 January 2014 ( #Islam, #Harrat Rahat, #Al Madinah Province, #Masjid al-Qiblatain, #Muhammad, #Mecca, #Medina, #Saudi Arabia )

  Medina, also officially transliterated as Madinah by the Saudi Government and in modern Islamic literature generally), is a modern city in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia, and the capital of Al Madinah Province. An alternative name is Madinat...

• Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz

  04 January 2014 ( #Princeton University, #Iffat Al-Thunayan, #Faisal, #Saudi Arabia, #Riyadh, #King Faisal Foundation, #Hun School of Princeton, #Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud )

  Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud also known as Saud Al Faisal (born 2 January 1940), has been the foreign minister of Saudi Arabia since 1975. He is the world's longest-serving foreign minister. Early life, education and early political career Saud...

• Abdul Rahman Al Sudais

  05 January 2014 ( #Islam, #Sudais, #Muslim Council of Britain, #Umm al-Qura University, #Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais, #Saudi Arabia, #Riyadh, #Sharia )

  Abdul Rahman Ibn Abdul Aziz as-Sudais (ʻAbd ar-Rahman ibn ʻAbd al-Aziz as-Sudais), born Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in 1960) [1] is the imam of the Grand mosque in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, and the "Islamic Personality Of the Year" 2005. He has also called for peaceful...

• Dammam

  05 January 2014 ( #Saudi Aramco, #King Fahd International Airport, #Dammam, #Dhahran, #Khobar, #Saudi Arabia, #Riyadh, #Eastern Province Saudi Arabia )

  Dammam is the capital of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, the most oil-rich region in the world. The judicial and administrative bodies of the province and several government departments are located in the city. Dammam is the largest city in the...

• Nayef bin Abdulaziz

  04 January 2014 ( #Sudairi Seven, #Interior ministry, #Riyadh Province, #House of Saud, #Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, #King Abdulaziz, #Saudi Arabia, #Riyadh )

  Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al Saud also spelled Naif (1933 – 16 June 2012), was the Crown prince of Saudi Arabia as well as first deputy prime minister from 2011 to 2012. He was also minister of interior from 1975 to 2012. Early life and education Nayef bin...

• Fahd bin Abdulaziz

  04 January 2014 ( #Saudi, #Princes' School, #Sudairi Seven, #Fahd of Saudi Arabia, #House of Saud, #Fahd, #Saudi Arabia, #Riyadh )

  Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, (16 March 1921 – 1 August 2005) was the King of Saudi Arabia from 1982 to 2005. Early life and education Fahd bin Abdulaziz was born in Riyadh in 1921. [1] [2] He is the eighth son of Ibn Saud. [3] His mother was Hassa Al Sudairi...

• King Abdullah

  04 January 2014 ( #Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, #Saudi Arabian National Guard, #Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, #House of Saud, #Shammar, #Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, #Saudi Arabia, #Abdullah )

  Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud born 1 August 1924) [3] [4] [5] is the King of Saudi Arabia. He ascended to the throne on 1 August 2005 upon the death of his half-brother, King Fahd. Abdullah, like Fahd, was one of the many sons of Ibn Saud, the founder...

• Dhahran

  05 January 2014 ( #Saudi Aramco, #Ras Tanura, #Dammam, #Dhahran, #Aramco, #Khobar, #Saudi Arabia, #Eastern Province Saudi Arabia )

  Dhahran is a city located in Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, and is a major administrative center for the Saudi oil industry. It forms part of the Dammam Metropolitan; the Dammam metropolitan area, or greater Dammam, is the metropolitan area associated...

• Jeddah Seaport

  19 January 2014 ( #Saudi, #Mecca, #Caliph, #Red Sea, #Jeddah, #Saudi Arabia, #Saudi Landbridge Project, #Middle East )

  King Saud International Seaport (also called Jeddah Islamic Seaport) has an excellent location in the middle of the international shipping route[ which? ] between east and west. Overview The port lies on the Red Sea coast at latitude 21° 28' north and...

• The King Fahd Causeway

  06 January 2014 ( #Khalid of Saudi Arabia, #Prime Minister of Bahrain, #Fahd of Saudi Arabia, #Bahrain, #Faisal, #King Fahd Causeway, #Saudi Arabia, #Middle East )

  The King Fahd Causeway is a series of bridges and causeways connecting Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. The idea of constructing the causeway was based on improving the links and bonds between Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. [1] Surveying of the maritime began in...

• Al Waleed bin Talal

  07 January 2014 ( #Phillips Academy, #George H. W. Bush, #Al-Waleed bin Talal, #Kingdom Holding Company, #Arab, #Alwaleed, #Saudi Arabia, #Middle East )

  Al Waleed bin Talal bin Abdulaziz al Saud (born 7 March 1955) is a Saudi Arabian businessman and investor. He the grandson of King Abdulazziz Saudi royal family. He is the founder, CEO, and 95%-owner [4] of the Kingdom Holding Company. Arabian Business...