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1954
Interview with Alfred Lilienthal 1954
In an important interview granted the American writer, Mr. Alfred Lilienthal, during his visit to the Arab region, King Saud, commenting on Arab causes and Zionism, highlighted the real reasons behind the plight of Palestine and the proposals put forth by the Arabs and Muslims for a just solution. He...
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1956
Oil embargo on France and Britain – 1956 – Al Bilad Newspaper
During the Suez war King Saud cut off the supplies of oil on France , and Britain And severed diplomatic relationship with them,f or waging war on Egypt with Israel in 1956. He announced to the Billad newspaper in that : “Our Forefathers have lived for decades riding horses and...
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2007
A history of the early Saudi bureaucracy
There are two established ways of recounting the emergence of the modern Gulf oil monarchies: One type, the social scientific one, tends to tell the reader of anonymous structural forces, of the “resource curse”, of the “rentier state”, and of how these forces have shaped politics and markets with their...
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1956
Establishment of Islamic Institution for Educating Muslim Students
Al‑Watan Online Al‑‘Aboudi: Twenty‑Two Royal Palaces Formed the Foundation of the Islamic University Mohammed bin Nasser Al‑‘Aboudi, Assistant Secretary‑General of the Muslim World League and renowned Saudi traveler, revealed that King Saud’s desire to establish an Islamic university that would restore Madinah to its role in the early Islamic era—serving...
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1956
From Al‑Qassim to Victorian India, Story of the First Najdi Physician
Issue 9917 – Friday, June 3, 2016 (27 Sha‘ban 1437 AH) By Abdullah Al‑Madani If the first Saudi physician from the Eastern Province was Dr. Yusuf bin Ya‘qub Al‑Hajri, whom the late King Saud appointed as Minister of Health in the government he formed in 1962, then the first Saudi...
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2015
An article by HRH Princess Fahda Bint Saud in 2012
As a daughter of King Saud I found the media coverage of the reign of king Saud, such as there was of it, very poor and misguiding.Documents, rumors and strong beliefs which depended on false documents has been circulating for the last five decades or so , and that is...
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2002
King Saud and the issue of Palestine – Arab News 2002
With Palestine and its problems in the news every day, it is important that we have some knowledge of its history and some understanding of how and why matters have developed as they have. In the following piece, Fahda bint Saud ibn Abdul Aziz reflects on the reign of King...
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1956
The Relation between Saudi Arabia and Yemen is Like one body
“I have visited Sanaa at the kind invitation of His Majesty my brother Imam Ahmed, an invitation highly valued by me, because it emanated from a brother, consolidating the bonds of friendship between our two countries. “Since my accession to the throne of this Kingdom, one of my objectives was...
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