Abdullah of Saudi ArabiaAbdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1 August 1924 – 23 January 2015) was King and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia from 1 August 2005 until his death in 2015. Prior to his accession, he was Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia from 13 June 1982. He was the tenth son of King Abdulaziz, the founder of Saudi Arabia. Abdullah was the son of King Abdulaziz and Fahda bint Asi Al Shuraim. His mother was a member of the Al Rashid dynasty, historical rivals of the Al Saud dynasty.King Saud UniversityKing Saud University (KSU, Arabic: جامعة الملك سعود, romanized: Jāmiʿa al-Malik Saʿūd) is a public university in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Established in 1957 by King Saud bin Abdulalziz to address the country's skilled worker shortage, it is the first university in Saudi Arabia. It was known as Riyadh University from 1964 until it was reverted to its inceptive name in 1982. It was converted into an independent non-profit academic institution in 2023.
Iyad bin Amin MadaniIyad bin Amin Madani (Arabic: إﻳﺎﺩ ﺑﻦ ﺍﻣﻴﻦ ﻣﺪﻧﻲ; born 26 April 1946) is a Saudi politician who served in different cabinet posts. He was the secretary general of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation from 2014 to November 2016. He was the first Saudi official to hold that position.
MoroccoCountry in North AfricaMorocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.
Ministry of Media (Saudi Arabia)The Ministry of Media is a government ministry in Saudi Arabia responsible for regulating the media sector, supervising state media, and overseeing public information and communications. HistoryThe ministry was founded in 1962 as the ministry of information. The first minister of information was Jamil Ibrahim Hejailan who held the post between March 1963 and December 1970. Successor of Hejailan in the post was Ibrahim Al Angari.Al Nadwa (newspaper)Al Nadwa (Arabic: الندوة The Forum) was a Mecca-based daily newspaper published in Saudi Arabia. The publication was in circulation until 2013 when it was renamed Makkah.
University of BirminghamThe University of Birmingham (informally Birmingham University) is a public research university in Birmingham, England. It received its royal charter in 1900 as a successor to Queen's College, Birmingham (founded in 1825 as the Birmingham School of Medicine and Surgery), and Mason Science College (established in 1875 by Sir Josiah Mason), making it the first English redbrick university to receive its own royal charter, and the first English unitary university.
ArabicArabic is a Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns language codes to 32 varieties of Arabic, including its standard form of Literary Arabic, known as Modern Standard Arabic, which is derived from Classical Arabic.Turki bin Sultan Al SaudTurki bin Sultan Al Saud (Arabic: تركي بن سلطان بن عبد العزيز آل سعود; 6 October 1959 – 25 December 2012) was deputy minister of culture and information of Saudi Arabia. He was a member of the House of Saud and was one of the grandsons of Saudi's founder King Abdulaziz.
Descendants of Ibn SaudAbdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud (1875–1953), the founder and first king of Saudi Arabia, also called Ibn Saud, was young when he first married. However, his wife died shortly after their marriage. Ibn Saud remarried at eighteen and his firstborn child was Prince Turki I. He had 45 sons of whom 36 survived to adulthood and had children of their own. He also had many daughters. He is thought to have had 22 wives.
Union of OIC News AgenciesUnion of OIC News Agencies (abbreviated as UNA and UNA-OIC), formerly known as the International Islamic News Agency (IINA), is a specialized organ of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), is a news agency publishing in Arabic, English and French and focusing on news about the Islamic world and Islamic affairs. Its headquarters is in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Mutaib bin Abdullah Al SaudMutaib bin Abdullah Al Saud (Arabic: متعب بن عبد الله آل سعود, Mutaʿib bin ʿAbdullāh ʾĀl Suʿūd, alternative spelling Miteb; born 26 March 1952) is a Saudi prince, son of King Abdullah and grandson of Saudi's founder King Abdulaziz, and military officer who served as from 2013 to 2017 and commander of the National Guard from 2010 to 2013. He was arrested on 4 November 2017 along with other Saudi princes including Prince Al Waleed.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.