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Arab News
April 30, 2018
flyadeal, the Kingdom's low-fare airline, has announced the arrival of its seventh new leased Airbus A320 at the King Abdul Aziz International Airport. The new Airbus A320, which just arrived from Hamburg, Germany, is named Al-Anqa (The Phoenix), after the brightest star in the Phoenix constellation, Alpha Phoenicis.
Khaleej Times
April 30, 2018
As the King Abdul Aziz International Airport in Jeddah is all set to be inaugurated next month, passengers will not have to worry about their luggage. The airport has a sophisticated passenger luggage-handling system with a length of 34.6 km, which is connected to the latest multi-level security systems,Ãâà...
Arab News
April 30, 2018
flyadeal, the Kingdom's low-fare airline, has announced the arrival of its seventh new leased Airbus A320 at the King Abdul Aziz International Airport. The new Airbus A320, which just arrived from Hamburg, Germany, is named Al-Anqa (The Phoenix), after the brightest star in the Phoenix constellation,Ãâà...
Saudi Gazette
April 29, 2018
Princess Noura University in Riyadh, Imam Mohammed Bin Saud Islamic University, King Abdul Aziz University in Jeddah, Al-Manie Health College in Dammam and the universities of Taif and Tabuk have all said they were willing to teach their women staff and students how to drive cars. The department ofÃâà...
Arab News
April 29, 2018
The new hub and home of Saudia — Jeddah's new King Abdul Aziz International Airport, set to open next month, could be experienced through a digital interactive display, designed exclusively for the airline's exhibition stand at ATM. Saudia currently flies to 89 destinations across four continents with a fleetÃâà...
RealClearPolitics
April 29, 2018
Seventy-three years ago, Franklin D. Roosevelt, on his trip back from the Yalta conference with Winston Churchill and Josef Stalin, held his last meeting with foreign leaders, aboard the USS Quincy in the Suez Canal's Great Bitter Lake. One was with the desert warrior king, Abdul Aziz ibn Saud, who sailedÃâà...
Saudi Gazette
April 29, 2018
Princess Noura University in Riyadh, Imam Mohammed Bin Saud Islamic University, King Abdul Aziz University in Jeddah, Al-Manie Health College in Dammam and the universities of Taif and Tabuk have all said they were willing to teach their women staff and students how to drive cars. The department ofÃâà...
Khaleej Times
April 29, 2018
As the King Abdul Aziz International Airport in Jeddah is all set to be inaugurated next month, passengers will not have to worry about their luggage. The airport has a sophisticated passenger luggage-handling system with a length of 34.6 km, which is connected to the latest multi-level security systems,Ãâà...
The Laconia Daily Sun
April 28, 2018
Seventy-three years ago, Franklin D. Roosevelt, on his trip back from the Yalta conference with Winston Churchill and Josef Stalin, held his last meeting with foreign leaders, aboard the USS Quincy in the Suez Canal's Great Bitter Lake. One was with the desert warrior king, Abdul Aziz ibn Saud, who sailedÃâà...
Arab News
April 28, 2018
Prince Abdul Aziz Turki Al-Faisal, the current vice chairman to the board in the General Sports Authority, was born in Riyadh in 1983. He studied politics at King Saud University from 2001 to 2003 then went on to take a politics degree at School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London.
Arab News
April 27, 2018
Saleh Al-Shebeili and Dr. Amr Ragheb highlighted their work at the Technology Innovation Center in radio frequency and photonics, sponsored by King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology. Muhammad Khurram Khan, a professor of cybersecurity at King Saud University, gave a speech titled “SmartÃâà...
Arab News
April 26, 2018
The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC), a member of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Group, recently signed several agreements on the sidelines of the 43rd meeting of the board of governors of the IDB Group in Tunis. The agreements, worth more than $4 billion, aim to support theÃâà...
Arab News
April 26, 2018
The use of the fortress changed after King Abdul Aziz recovered Al-Masmak fort in 1902. After its use as a warehouse for ammunition and weapons for two years, it was turned into a prison before being converted into a heritage landmark in the heart of Riyadh. The the-then Riyadh Gov. Prince Salman binÃâà...
Arab News
April 26, 2018
It has established national and international centers such as the King Abdul Aziz Center for National Dialogue (KACND), the Global Center for Combating Extremist Ideology (GCCEI), King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz International Center for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue (KAICIID), the UNÃâà...
Saudi Gazette
April 26, 2018
More than 75 years ago, King Abdul Aziz Bin Saud imagined a country that could match — or surpass — any in the world with highways, utilities, airports and other signs of modern progress. Today, the King's dream is a reality through ambitious projects of the time — such as Trans Arabian pipeline, JubailÃâà...
Saudi Gazette
April 25, 2018
... from the south to the north; Khurais Road, which connects the western and eastern parts of the city; King Abdullah Road; Imam Saud Bin Abdulaziz Bin Mohammed Road; Al-Arouba Road; Prince Turki Bin Abdulaziz Road; the ring roads; Al-Olaya Road; the Specialist Road; and King Abdul Aziz Road.
Arab News
April 25, 2018
Also on display is a “smart model” experience, which provides a 3D interactive tour through the new Jeddah King Abdul Aziz International Airport. Saudia is currently in the midst of a rapid transformation, fleet and network expansion program. The airline has achieved double-digit growth in internationalÃâà...
Al-Monitor
April 25, 2018
US President Donald Trump (C-L), Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud (C-R), Jordan's King Abdullah II (3-R), Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (2-R) and other officials pose for a group photo during the Arab Islamic American Summit at the King Abdul-Aziz Conference Center, Riyadh,Ãâà...
Arab News
April 25, 2018
The use of the fortress changed after King Abdul Aziz recovered Al-Masmak fort in 1902. After its use as a warehouse for ammunition and weapons for two years, it was turned into a prison before being converted into a heritage landmark in the heart of Riyadh. The the-then Riyadh Gov. Prince Salman binÃâà...
Arab News
April 25, 2018
RIYADH: King Salman on Monday met Dr. Abdulaziz bin Mohammad Al-Sabeel, chairman of Board of Trustees of the King Abdul Aziz Center for National Dialogue, and other members of the board at Al-Yamamah Palace. The king laid emphasis on the importance of the center's role in serving the society,Ãâà...
Arab News
April 24, 2018
RIYADH: King Salman on Monday met Dr. Abdulaziz bin Mohammad Al-Sabeel, chairman of Board of Trustees of the King Abdul Aziz Center for National Dialogue, and other members of the board at Al-Yamamah Palace. The king laid emphasis on the importance of the center's role in serving the society,Ãâà...
Arab News
April 23, 2018
Nugali earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from King Abdul Aziz University in Jeddah in 1980, and a diploma from the Institute of Diplomatic Studies in 1983. He has worked at the Saudi Embassy in Washington, DC, for nine years since 1988. Nugali also served as a member of the BoardÃâà...
Pakistan Observer
April 23, 2018
King Abdul Aziz, ruled this great Muslim Monarch from 1930 to 1953. These years were very decisive for the Saudi Kingdom with respect to political and strategic changes, which were taking place at the global and regional horizon. It was the period of inter war (between WW-I and WW-II), followed by WW-II,Ãâà...
Saudi Gazette
April 23, 2018
Speaking to Saudi Gazette, the Conference Chairperson Ms. Amreen Najmi of King Abdul Aziz University Jeddah, said we are extremely excited to be able to organize the conference in Saudi Arabia. She said KSAALT TESOL is the only organization in Saudi Arabia that is affiliated to TESOL International,Ãâà...
Arab News
April 22, 2018
He received his bachelor's degree in military sciences from King Abdul Aziz Military College, and a master's degree, also in military science, from Saudi Armed Forces Command & Staff College. Al-Jaber has also obtained a master's degree in business administration, and studied strategic analysis in theÃâà...
Arab News
April 20, 2018
RIYADH: Italy has pledged to support the Kingdom with electronic warfare and defense electronics, offering a range of state-of-the-art solutions to counter threats. The call for Saudi-Italian collaboration was made on Thursday at a workshop organized jointly by the Italian Embassy, the King Abdul Aziz CityÃâà...
Al-Arabiya
April 20, 2018
... camel and display it at their museum. They also asked for al-Birk's permission to transfer Khuzama to the club's headquarters. However, al-Birk confirmed in a recent statement to Sabaq newspaper that the King Abdul Aziz Camel Festival management had asked first to mummify Khuzama after her death.
The National
April 15, 2018
Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed was welcomed on arrival at King Abdul Aziz Air Base in Dhahran by Saud bin Nayef bin Abdul Aziz, governor of the Eastern Region, and his deputy, Ahmed bin Fahad bin Salman bin Abdul Aziz. Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, fourth left, is received by Saud bin Nayef binÃâà...
gulfnews.com
April 15, 2018
Upon his arrival at the King Abdul Aziz Airbase, Shaikh Mohammad was received by Prince Saud Bin Nayef, Governor of Eastern Province, and other senior officials. Also receiving Shaikh Mohammad were Shaikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation,Ãâà...
Al-Arabiya
April 12, 2018
But the relationship between the two countries has not been easy ever since King Abdul Aziz, the founder of modern Saudi Arabia, found France's colonial history troublesome. Far easier to deal with the US which had none of the colonial hang overs of Lebanon, Syria and elsewhere in the Arab world.
Saudi Gazette
April 12, 2018
According to the advisory, all traffic will be closed on King Abdul Aziz Road which starts from King Abdul Aziz Port and leads to Abqaiq; Khobar-Dhahran Expressway that passes through Gulf Palace venue of the Summit; King Khalid Road in Al-Khobar; Prince Muhammad Road (Dammam-DhahranÃâà...
Arab News
April 12, 2018
Saudi Arabia experiences some 160,000 cyberattacks daily, according to the National Center for Cyber Security at King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology. “Cybersecurity wasn't really introduced widely in Saudi Arabia until recently,” Yousef Guzaiz, manager for information security governance,Ãâà...
gulfnews.com
April 11, 2018
... manager of Programme Development at Sharjah Children's Centres. The festival also hosts a galaxy of academics including Dr Reem Al Fawwaz, assistant professor and researcher in Children's Literature and Literary Criticism at the Arabic Language Department of the King Abdul Aziz University inÃâà...
Arab News
April 10, 2018
The GACA chief announced recently that the initial opening and pilot operations of the new King Abdul Aziz International Airport in Jeddah will be in May 2018. His remarks came on ... He said that the King Abdul Aziz International Airport is a mega project as it includes 810,000 square meters of terminals.
The Star Online
April 10, 2018
Malaysia Airlines has worked closely with the Saudi authorities to secure slot allocation for both inbound and outbound travel at major airports in Saudi Arabia namely King Abdul-Aziz International Airport (KAIA), Jeddah and Prince Mohammad Bin Abdul-Aziz International Airport (PMIA), Madinah.
Saudi Gazette
April 5, 2018
Okaz/Saudi Gazette SAUDI ARABIA passed several milestones and witnessed many major developments since its unification by King Abdul Aziz in 1932. The first of the 10 key events that shaped the future of the Kingdom was the discovery of oil in 1938 in a well in Dammam, which King Abdul Aziz laterÃâà...
The Nation
March 30, 2018
That is now a no-brainer, which it was not when King Abdul Aziz met President Franklin D. Roosevelt on board the USS Quincy in February 1945, when it was passing through the Great Bitter Lake of the Suez Canal. That was the meeting at which King Abdulaziz obtained a reassurance that RooseveltÃâà...
TravelPulse
March 30, 2018
Park Inn by Radisson Hotel and Apartments Dammam Industrial City is well located in the heart of Dammam's second Industrial City and just a short drive from Dammam city center, the Saudi Aramco oil refinery and King Abdul Aziz Sea Port. It has 201 rooms and suites with city and pool views, and 104Ãâà...
Arab News
March 30, 2018
Maritime traffic was suspended in and out of Jeddah's port due to poor visibility. King Abdul Aziz airport authorities announced that smooth operations continued at the airport despite the storm. Earlier, the sandstorms led to temporary closure of 6 airports in northern Saudi Arabia due to strong wind mixedÃâà...
gulfnews.com
March 30, 2018
Jeddah: Mariam Fardous was leading a fairly normal life having grown up in Makkah, and later studying medicine at King Abdul Aziz University in Jeddah. While in Jeddah, she was looking for ways to let off steam to relieve her from the stress of her demanding schedule. The 32-year-old Saudi nationalÃâà...
WhoWhatWhy / RealNewsProject (blog)
March 29, 2018
Born in 1956, which makes him approximately the same age as the Ghazzawi brothers, Prince Sultan bin Salman is a grandson of King Abdul Aziz (commonly referred to as Ibn Saud), founder of modern Saudi Arabia. (Saudi lineages are complicated due to men being named for their ancestors.
gulfnews.com
March 29, 2018
“It will be a progressive decision that will give women more liberty and power to decide if they want to go out with or without an abaya,” the senior IT professor at the King Abdul Aziz University, said. Sumaya Khan, a market analyst at Point, believes that “it is a huge step toward women empowerment.
Arab News
March 28, 2018
Most of the archaeological masterpieces are taken from the National Museum, King Saud University Museum, King Fahad National Library, King Faisal Center for Islamic Research and Studies, King Abdul Aziz Library, and a number of regional museums in the Kingdom. The idea of the exhibition cameÃâà...
Saudi Gazette
March 28, 2018
Italian frigate ITS Margottini during the port call on King Abdul Aziz Port in Dammam. Italian Ambassador Luca Ferrari welcomes the guests aboard the frigate. Italian frigate ITS Margottini during the port call on King Abdul Aziz Port in Dammam. Italian Ambassador Luca Ferrari welcomes the guests aboardÃâà...
Arab News
March 28, 2018
Notes were taken, and three years later in 1947, King Abdul Aziz invited the heads of Bechtel Corporation to Riyadh to put ink to paper on a host of lucrative ... After multiple visits to see King Abdul Aziz, and on understanding his grander vision for developing Saudi Arabia, Bechtel Corporation wasÃâà...
Arab News
March 27, 2018
A highlight of the exhibition is the inclusion of King Abdul Aziz Library's unique collection of historical photographs. “Saudi Arabia has a rich cultural heritage. Our aim is to open visitors' eyes to the diverse culture of Saudi Arabia and to provide a complete image of what makes Saudi Arabia the country it isÃâà...
Eurasia Review
March 27, 2018
14, 1945, when US President Franklin D. Roosevelt presented Saudi Arabia's founder King Abdul Aziz with a twin-engine DC-3 Dakota airplane manufactured by Boeing heritage company Douglas Aircraft — an event that also marked the birth of commercial air travel in the Kingdom. So Boeing knows howÃâà...
Arab News
March 27, 2018
Several agreements were signed by leading Saudi entities such as Saudi Aramco, the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), the King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) and Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC). In 2012, Saudi state oil company Saudi AramcoÃâà...
Arab News
March 25, 2018
Hassan Al-Banna, the Egyptian founder of the group, met King Abdul-Aziz Al-Saud in 1936 and requested the establishment of a branch in Saudi Arabia, but the king refused. ... The Brotherhood was supportive of the revolution, while King Abdul-Aziz stood against it, which cast a shadow over relations.
Atlantic Council (blog)
March 22, 2018
Demonstrating regard for the relationship, Riyadh honored Modi with the King Abdul Aziz Order of Merit during his state visit to the Kingdom in April 2016. Consolidated by the presence of 2.8 million Indian expatriate workers and burgeoning energy and commercial ties (Saudi Arabia is India's fourth largestÃâà...
