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Bandar Almobark is the general manager of King Abdulaziz Public Library in Riyadh, a position he has held since 2020. At the public library, Almobark is assigned to manage all the projects for the library, like King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz International Award for Translation, Prince Mohammad bin Salman Award for Cultural Communication between Saudi Arabia and China, and the ....
Saad Abdullah Al-Hammad was recently appointed spokesperson for the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development. He is also a columnist with Sabq e-newspaper. Between 2019 and 2021, he was director of media affairs and, during 2019, worked as a senior media officer at the ministry. Between 2018 and 2020, he served as a media adviser for several organizations in the ....
Waking Up to the Terror Threat in Southern Thailand An insurgent movement within the Thai Muslim community has led to over 200 deaths in southern Thailand this year. The presence of the expensive, brand-new Yala Islamic College, primarily funded by Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait, is not unrelated to this violence, says this article in Singapore’s Straits Times. The 1,500-some students there dress in traditional Arab garb and are taught a strict version of sharia Islamic law in Arabic. Professors there come from further west, products of universities and schools in the Middle East and North Africa. With them, these teachers, including the president of the institution – a graduate of a hardline Wahhabi university in Saudi Arabia – bring a wave of radical Islamism that poses a threat to the mainly peaceful, moderate version practiced by most Thai Muslims. The Thai government, slow to recognize the security threat, now sees the college along with smaller “pondok” Islami ....
JEDDAH: As part of the ambitious Riyadh Strategy 2030, the government wants to attract hundreds of international companies to set up their regional bases in the city, create around 35,000 new jobs for Saudi locals, and double its population. In a bid to make the Riyadh masterplan a reality, marketing experts will be a cornerstone of the strategy, as outlined by Dr. Eman Al-Shammari, the deputy dean of the college of economics and administrative sciences at Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University. “Riyadh is a golden opportunity. One day it will be a global destination, competing with big metropolitan global cities. That is why marketing is important,” he said. ....
Monday, 22 February, 2021 - 11:45 Dr. Abdullah al-Washmi is appointed secretary-general of the King Salman International Complex for the Arabic Language. Riyadh - Asharq Al-Awsat Saudi Minister of Culture and head of the King Salman International Complex for the Arabic Language’s broad of trustees Prince Badr bin Abdullah bin Farahan announced on Sunday the appointment of Dr. Abdullah Al-Washmi as secretary-general of the Complex. Al-Washmi is tasked with implementing the Complex’s aim of serving the Arabic Language and supporting Arab language applications. Al-Washmi boasts extensive experience as an Arabic language teacher and administrator in Arabic language organizations. He has served as the president of the Literary Club in Riyadh and as a member of a number of cultural, media and academic committees. He had also previously served as secretary-general of the King Abdullah International C ....