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  2. Diriyah - Wikipedia

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    the Arab States. Diriyah [1] ( Arabic: الدِرْعِيّة, ad-Dir‘īyah, approximate meaning ‘place of armor’ [2] ), formerly romanized as Dereyeh [3] and Dariyya, [4] is a town and governorate in Saudi Arabia located on the northwestern outskirts of the Saudi capital, Riyadh. Diriyah was the original home of the Saudi royal family ...

  3. International Indian School Jeddah - Wikipedia

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    The Indian Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is the Patron of the school. The Indian Consulate oversees the functioning of the school through an Observer in the rank of a Consul. The administration of the school is carried out by the chairman and five members of the Managing Committee. Courses offered

  4. Chant of the Saudi Nation - Wikipedia

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    The Chant of the Saudi Nation ( Arabic: ٱلنَّشِيْد ٱلْوَطَنِي ٱلسُّعُوْدِي, romanized : an-Našīd al-Waṭanī as-Suʿūdī) is the national anthem of Saudi Arabia. It was first officially adopted in 1950 without lyrics. The piece was gifted by the King Faruq ( r. 1936–1952) when King Abd al-Aziz ( r. 1932 ...

  5. Jizan - Wikipedia

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    Jizan ( Arabic: جيزان, romanized : Jīzān ), also spelled Jazan ( Arabic: جازان, romanized : Jāzān ), Gizan or Gazan, is a port city and the capital of Jizan Region, which lies in the southwest corner of Saudi Arabia. Jizan City is situated on the coast of the Red Sea and serves a large agricultural heartland that has a population ...

  6. Adel al-Jubeir - Wikipedia

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    Adel Al-Jubeir ( Arabic: عادل بن أحمد الجبير; born 1 February 1962) is a Saudi diplomat who is the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs. [1] He is the second person not belonging to the House of Saud to hold the office, after Ibrahim bin Abdullah Al Suwaiyel. [2] He previously served as the Saudi Ambassador to the United States ...

  7. Modern Standard Arabic - Wikipedia

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    Modern Standard Arabic ( MSA) or Modern Written Arabic ( MWA) [3] is the variety of standardized, literary Arabic that developed in the Arab world in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, [4] [5] and in some usages also the variety of spoken Arabic that approximates this written standard. [6] MSA is the language used in literature, academia ...

  8. Rub' al Khali - Wikipedia

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    A road between Oman and Saudi Arabia, which goes through the Empty Quarter, was completed in September 2021. Measuring between 700 and 800 kilometres (430 and 500 miles) in total, it extends from Ibri in Oman to Al-Ahsa in eastern Saudi Arabia. The Omani side of the road measures approximately 160 km (99 mi), and the Saudi side 580 km (360 mi).

  9. Saudi Arabia - Wikipedia

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    السعودية. Saudi Arabia, [e] officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ( KSA ), [f] is a country in West Asia and the Middle East. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula and has a land area of about 2 150 000 km 2 ( 830 000 sq mi), making it the fifth-largest country in Asia and the largest in the Middle East.