Al-Faisaliyyah (), locally al-Ghalah () and pejoratively as al-Mamnūʿāt (; lit. no-go zone), is a shanty neighborhood and a subject of Baladiyah al-Batha in south-east

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. Bordered by Southern Ring Road to the south and Eastern Ring Road to the east, it shares proximity with as-Sinaiyah and al-Khalidiyyah neighborhoods to the west and al-Faruq neighborhood to the north.

History

Al-Faisaliyyah derives its name from King Faisal ibn Abdulaziz. Owing to its ostracized and uninhabited atmosphere, it was previously called '''al-Ghalah (), which basically translates to 'something which is cut-off from the

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'. According to a 2004 article by ''Al Riyadh'', the area was gifted by King Faisal to homeless undocumented African migrants who used to live in al-Malazz and al-Maizilah neighborhoods (behind King Fahd International Stadium).

Unemployment and security

Al-Faisaliyyah is one of the most crime-infested areas of

and has been dubbed by locals as '''al-Mamnūʿāt (; lit. no-go zone), and has one of the highest unemployment ratios in the capital. According to '' Asharq Al-Awsat'' in 2007, almost sixty percent of the residents living in were undocumented.{{Cite news, last=الرياض, first=حمد السهلي ـ, date=2011-05-27, title=عشوائية البناء والجرائم الأكثر انتشاراً في الحي (تصوير موسى النجعي), url=https://www.alyaum.com/articles/814772/, access-date=2021-10-07, website=alyaum, language=Arabic

References

Neighbourhoods in Riyadh