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BAHA: Baha Gov. Prince Hussam bin Saud has honored four Saudi citizens for their lifesaving acts of bravery during torrential rains in Al-Aqiq governorate, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Tuesday. Tariq Ayed Al-Ghamdi and Nayef Ayed Al-Ghamdi received the governor’s recognition after rescuing a 60-year-old man and his sheep from floodwaters. Prince Hussam also honored Capt.
Dubai: Massive hailstorms and rainfall have lashed different parts of Saudi Arabia with thick hails seen completely covering the desert sand in Hail city and Asir region.
Social media users have shared photos and videos showing the stunning view of the heavy hails and floods in Mecca, Al Aqiq, Taif, and several other parts of the Kingdom.
A twitter user shared a video in Asir showing hailstones covering vast areas of sand while a camel was seen walking on a white landscape in the desert.
Several cities in Asir also witnessed intense rainfall, accompanied by snowfall, including Abha, Khamis Mushait, Tanuma, and Al Namas.
The longlisted works address important issues facing the Arab world today, from the spread of extremist organisations to the position of women.
Chosen novelists are aged between 31 and 75 and hail from 11 countries, including Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tunisia and Yemen.
The longlist was chosen by a panel of five judges chaired by Lebanese poet and author Chawki Bazih.
Judging alongside Bazih are Mohammed Ait Hanna, a Moroccan writer, translator and lecturer of philosophy at the Regional Centre for Teaching Careers and Training in Casablanca; Safa Jubran, a lecturer of Arabic Language and Modern Literature at the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil; Ali
AL-BAHA: Al-Baha Gov. Prince Hussam bin Saud bin Abdul Aziz on Wednesday inspected the King Saud Airport project in Al-Aqiq governorate.
Prince Hussam viewed the designs and plans for the project, which has an area of 198,565 square meters and is estimated to cost more than SR367 million ($98 million).
Sultan Al-Ahmari, project director for the southern region of the General Authority of Civil Aviation, said that the passenger terminal will cover 20,310 square meters, while aircraft parking and connecting roads will cover 485,919 square meters.
External parking will accommodate 645 cars, he added.
The project is due to completed on May 24, 2022.
The airport will be able to handle 1 million passengers annually, and will have four passenger bridges, five gates for domestic departures and two gates for international departures.