Work begins on five regional museums: SCTA
30 August 2010 JEDDAH: The Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities has begun building regional museums in Dammam, Abha, Hail, Tabuk and Baha, Prince Sultan bin Salman, chairman of the SCTA, said on Sunday.
SCTA: Work begins on 5 regional museums in Saudi Arabia
SCTA: Work begins on 5 regional museums in Saudi Arabia
Doctor Ghazi Al-Qosaibi: Politician, diplomat and poet who had the ear of the reforming King Abdullah in Saudi Arabia
The death of Dr Ghazi Al-Qosaibi, the straight-talking Saudi technocrat, diplomat and poet, leaves a large hole at the top of the power structure in King Abdullah's Saudi Arabia. Ostensibly Ghazi (pronounced "Rhazzi") was Minister of Labour, charged with the hopeless task of reducing the foreign labour force and getting male Saudis to do a decent day's work. In reality he was the King's ...
Progressive Saudi politician and poet passes away
CAIRO: Ghazi Algosaibi, Saudi Arabia's consummate statesman and liberal writer, died Sunday at the age of 70 from stomach cancer, relatives said. A former ambassador to Britain, Algosaibi often represented his country at international forums and was known for his poetry and liberal religious views in an overwhelmingly conservative country that banned
Saudi statesman and poet Ghazi Algosaibi dies
Saudi media has reported that Ghazi Algosaibi, a consummate stateman and liberal writer, died at the age of 70 after a long illness.
Saudi statesman and poet dies of stomach cancer
Ghazi Algosaibi, Saudi Arabia's consummate statesman and liberal writer, died Sunday at the age of 70 from stomach cancer, relatives said.
Saudi labor minister, poet Gosaibi dies at 70
Saudi Labor Minister and renowned poet Ghazi al-Gosaibi passed away on Sunday in Riyadh at the age of 70 after a long illness, local Arab News reported.
FYI Book Club | Readers enjoy a Middle East journey in ‘Finding Nouf’
Just before her wedding, a Saudi teenager turns up dead. In Zoe Ferraris’ “Finding Nouf,” solving the murder mystery falls to an odd couple. Nayir Sharqi is a desert guide and friend of the girl’s prominent family — and a pious Muslim man. Katya Hijazi, a medical examiner’s technician, is a smart and independent woman — or, from a conservative religious outlook, defiant?