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  • #SaudiTBT: King Faisal Bin Abdulaziz al-Saud on the Tarmac of Le Bourget Airport in Paris, 1939
     

    Returning in March 1939 from the London Conference (St. James Palace Conference) which attempted to negotiate an agreement between Jews and Arabs in Palestine, Faisal Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud stands on the tarmac of Le Bourget Airport in Paris, France with members of his delegation.  Among other issues, the London Conference was unable to resolve the matter of […]

     
  • Jadwa Investment’s November 2014 Saudi Chartbook finds Bank Lending to Private Sector Year-on-Year Highs
     

    Jadwa’s November 2014 Chartbook shows bank lending to the private sector recorded its highest year-on-year growth at 13.2 percent and noted that economic data was positive for September. “Bank lending to the private sector recorded its highest year-on-year growth at 13.2 percent, the highest since November 2013,” Jadwa Investment said, noting that generally “economic data was […]

     
  • Khoja Out as Information Minister, Replacement Named
     

    Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah relieved Culture and Information Minister Abdul Aziz Khoja of his post by royal decree and replaced him with Bandar bin Mohammed Asaad Hajjar, an economist and Saudi Arabia’s Hajj Minister.  Although an Arab News headline said that Culture and Information Minister Abdul Aziz Khoja “quit,” media outlets are speculating that the Khoja was actually […]

     
  • Hamad Bin Nasser’s Classic Cars on Display in Qassim
     

    Hamad Bin Nasser is a fan of classic cars. The Saudi recently paid over $100,000 for a rare car from a collector in the United States, built in 1899.  Even the Emir of Qassim has visited his museum where the cars are viewable to automotive fans. The Saudi Press Agency recently posted photos of the […]

     
  • The Best SPA Photos from October 2014
     

    In the September edition of the best photos from the Saudi Press Agency, a dazzling performance from Saudi security forces, infrastructure in the Kingdom, ancient woodworking and more.

     
  • Video: Full Keynote Address by HRH Prince Turki Al Faisal at the 2014 AUSPC
     

    Prince Turki al-Faisal’s remarks to the 23nd Annual Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference, entitled, “Framing and Charting the Region’s Issues, Interests, Challenges, and Opportunities: Implications for Arab and U.S. Policies” Saudi Arabia’s Prince Turki al-Faisal is Chairman, King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and former Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the United Kingdom and to […]

     
  • Is the Saudi Health Ministry Failing to Meet Targets?
     

    Saudi Arabia is in danger of failing to meet crucial targets set out in the Kingdom’s ninth development plan for 2010 to 2014, according to a post published in the Saudi Gazette, based on information from the Arabic-language Al-Eqtisadiah. “With only two months left until the end of 2014, the ministry is far from reaching […]

     
  • #FocusKSA: What to Expect from the Opening of the Saudi Stock Market: Fahad al-Turki of Jadwa Investment
     

    In part 2 of our FocusKSA conversation with Dr. Fahad al-Turki, Head of Research for Jadwa Investment, discusses what to expect from the opening of the Saudi stock market to foreigners in 2015. Jadwa is a well-regarded, Shariah-compliant, investment firm based in Riyadh and Dr. Fahad spearheads a superb analysis team that publishes very informative reports […]

     
  • #FocusKSA: Jadwa Investment’s Head of Research Fahad al-Turki on the Saudi Economy
     

    In another edition of the FocusKSA discussion series, Saudi-US Trade Group President, Richard Wilson, speaks with Jadwa Investment’s Head of Research, Dr. Fahad al-Turki, about the Saudi economy and investment in the Kingdom (Part 1, video below) as well as the planned opening of the Saudi stock market to qualified foreign investors (Part 2 to be […]

     
  • Cracking the Online Payments Puzzle in MENA
     

    Online payments have been at the center of electronic commerce challenges in the Middle East and North Africa since the first regional e-commerce sites came online. In many cases, they’ve kept both investors and founders worried about venturing into e-commerce businesses, and prevented many consumers from enjoying the benefits. Research shows that 47% of people […]

     

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  • U.S. Special Envoy for Yemen Lenderking’s Travel to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman

    U.S. Special Envoy for Yemen Tim Lenderking is traveling to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman this week to continue discussions with partners regarding the peace process in Yemen and an immediate end to the reckless Houthi attacks in the Red Sea and surrounding waterways.  The Houthis’ continued attacks threaten progress toward achieving a durable resolution to the conflict in Yemen and obstruct the delivery of humanitarian assistance to Yemenis and people in need across the region.

  • Saudi Arabia says would rather develop homegrown talent than recruit foreign athletes

    Saudi Arabia will look to homegrown talent to expand its base of elite athletes rather than follow its neighbors down the path of naturalizing foreigners, the media chief of the Saudi Olympic Committee told Reuters. Funding from the country’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), which manages more than $700 billion in assets, has rocketed the country to major-player status in world of sport over a few short years.

  • Saudi Arabia’s crude exports hit nine-month high in March

    Crude exports from the world's largest oil exporter increased 1.5% to 6.413 million barrels per day (bpd) in March, up from 6.317 million bpd in February.
    The country's crude production fell to 8.973 million bpd in March from 9.011 million bpd in the prior month.
    Data also showed that Saudi refineries' crude throughput fell by 0.115 million bpd to 2.560 million bpd and direct crude burning declined by 53,000 bpd to 307,000 bpd in March.

  • An amazing discovery in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: ‘A burial represents a symbol of pharmacy’

    The astonishing discovery of hundreds of thousands of tombs, varying in shapes and sizes—some reaching dimensions of hundreds of meters—would not have been possible without the profound passion and immense interest of Saudi field researcher and anthropologist, Dr. Eid Al-Yahya. These intriguing tombs are expected to reshape our understanding of the history of the Arabian Peninsula, as well as the history and civilization of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in particular.

  • In Saudi Arabia, an all-women band rocks out as society loosens up: Video

    In Saudi Arabia's capital, Seera - an all-women psychedelic rock band that blends traditional Arabic melodies with the resurgent psychedelia of bands like Tame Impala - expresses itself through the arts

  • Aviation sector contributes $53 billion to Saudi GDP: Report

    The report reveals that the Saudi aviation sector contributes $20.8 billion through aviation-related activities, enabling a further estimated $32.2 billion in tourism economic activity. Additionally, aviation supports 241,000 jobs, with a further estimated 717,000 jobs in the tourism sector.

  • Powering Today’s Energy Transition: U.S.-Saudi ‘Trade Talks’ Focus on Hydrogen Horizons

    The Trade Talks series is designed in support of the 2022 U.S.-Saudi Arabia Commercial Partnership Shared Work Plan that aims to guide cooperation between the U.S. Department of Commerce and Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Commerce in four key areas: the green economy, strengthening the role of women and small medium enterprises (SMEs), promoting innovation, and increasing two-way investment. These areas were selected based on joint U.S. and Saudi goals in support of open, prosperous markets and inclusive growth.

  • The streetwear brand building a movement in the Middle East

    Streetwear and sneaker growth may be slowing in the West — but in the Middle East, it’s just getting started. Last month, over 51,000 young people from around the UAE and the Gulf flocked to Abu Dhabi’s typically tranquil Yas Bay for the second-ever edition of Bred Festival, a five-day culture, fashion and music festival that has become a streetwear haven.

  • In divided Iran, president’s death met by muted mourning and furtive celebration

    Iran proclaimed five days of mourning for President Ebrahim Raisi on Monday, though the muted atmosphere revealed little of the spectacular public grief that has accompanied the deaths of other senior figures in the Islamic Republic's 45-year history.
    While government loyalists packed into mosques and squares to pray for Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian, both killed in a helicopter crash, most shops remained open and the authorities made little effort to interrupt ordinary life.

  • Is Kuwait’s National Assembly history?

    Sheikh Meshaal Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah’s decision to dissolve Kuwait’s National Assembly this month is a significant development. In an announcement on state television, the Emir declared that for “a period of no more than four years,” the parliament and parts of the constitution would be suspended and under review. “I will not allow democracy to be exploited to destroy the country,” said Sheikh Meshaal, who claimed he was required to make “difficult decisions to save the country.”