– Source: Britannica, Pew Research Center Medina in Saudi Arabia (Shutterstock)ġ1. Saudi Arabia is the birthplace of the world’s second-largest religion, Islam. Ancient tools discovered in the Arabian Peninsula suggest humans migrated through the region from Africa.ġ0. Evidence suggests that modern-day Saudia Arabia has been inhabited for around 125,000 years. Saudi motorists have developed an exciting but dangerous craze known as “sidewalk skiing”, which involves balancing a car on its side while driving.ĩ. In 2012, two women took part in the London games and in 2016 four women took part in the Rio de Janeiro games.Ĩ. Saudi women were not allowed to take part in the Olympics until 2012. The law was changed in 2018 following years of campaigning.ħ. Until 2018, Saudi Arabia was the world’s only country where women could not drive legally. – Source: Amnesty International, CNN women’s rights are severely restricted in Saudi Arabia (Shutterstock)Ħ. They cannot marry, divorce, travel, get a job or have elective surgery without permission from their male guardians. Under the Saudi guardianship system, women’s rights are severely restricted. Saudi Arabia has long prevented women from taking on a larger role in its society. King Abdulaziz and he has been succeeded by his descendants.ĥ. The Al Saud dynasty has ruled ever since and holds a monopoly of political power. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was formally declared in September 1932 when Ibn Saud proclaimed himself as King Abdulaziz.Ĥ. Saudi Arabia was part of the Ottoman Empire from 1517 to the early 20th century when the Ottoman Empire collapsed.ģ. Saudi Arabia is the largest country in the Middle East and the 12th largest in the world.Ģ. – Source: CIA World Fact Book Interesting facts about Saudi Arabiaġ. You can purchase it on either as a paperback or as a download for your Kindle.Interesting facts about Saudi Arabia include the hajj pilgrimage to Mecca (Shutterstock) Fast facts We encourage interested readers to check out Eric’s book. Chanda currently serves as a volunteer with Aramco Gardening as the only arborist in the country, working extensively with the trees on the Dhahran compound and xeriscaping. During that time they have traveled by car extensively throughout the region, visiting the tombs of Al Faw, Kuwait, Oman and other noteworthy places. Eric wrote his novel during his first Ramadan at Aramco and has now published it three years later.Įric has lived in the Kingdom for three years with his wife Chandra and their two children. The third part is set in present-day Saudi Arabia and concentrates on two Aramco surveyors who have been seconded to the Saudi Geological Survey Commission. Lawrence of Arabia) to portray him on a mission to locate what he referred to as “the Atlantis of the Sands” before an Ottoman military force can sack and loot the site. The second part takes advantage of a several-month gap in the biography of T. Like Sodom and Gomorrah, the city was punished and all who did not give up the false worship were destroyed along with the city. The first third of Eric’s novel concentrates on the last days of Iram, viewing events there from the perspective of the pre-Islamic prophet Hud, who warned the city of its folly in worshiping false idols. Long thought to be buried somewhere beneath the sands of Arabia-according to some in the Rub’ al Khali, according to others in any of several other places-the city has returned to life after being lost for centuries in the form of a novel by an Aramcon.Įric Stone III, currently working in the Project Management Office Department in Dhahran, recently published a fascinating historical novel titled “The Lost City of Iram.” Available today on, Eric’s story is divided into three parts, separated in time from one another, each with its own distinctive set of characters, all of whom discover various elements and solve certain mysteries related to the city. Known to Roman, Nabatean and Sabean traders in ancient times as a city of vast wealth and “towers,” Iram/Ubar is mentioned in The One Thousand and One Nights. At the center of some of its most enduring legends is the fabled city of Iram, also called Ubar, the capital of the Kingdom of Ad. The Arabian Peninsula has been known as a land of many mysteries for thousands of years.
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