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King Saud University in Riyadh

13 April 2026 | Author/Destination: Gulf States / Golfstaaten | Category: General, Universities, Colleges, Academies Reading Time:  7 minutes

🔊 Listen to this Post King Saud University (KSU, Arabic: Jāmiʿa al-Malik Saʿūd) is a public university in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Established in 1957 by King Saud bin Abdulalziz to address the country’s skilled worker shortage, it is the first university in Saudi Arabia. It was known as Riyadh University from 1964 until it was reverted to its inceptive name in 1982. It was converted into an independent non-profit academic institution in 2023.   read more…

King Abdullah Financial District in Riyadh

2 April 2026 | Author/Destination: Gulf States / Golfstaaten | Category: General Reading Time:  5 minutes

🔊 Listen to this Post King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD) is a major mixed-use financial district located in the Al-Aqeeq neighbourhood of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It serves as the country’s financial centre and a central hub for banking, investment, and professional services.   read more…

Red Sea

19 March 2026 | Author/Destination: Around the World / Rund um die Welt | Category: General Reading Time:  5 minutes

🔊 Listen to this Post The Red Sea is a sea inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia. Its connection to the ocean is in the south, through the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait and the Gulf of Aden. To the north of the Red Sea lies the Sinai Peninsula, the Gulf of Aqaba, and the Gulf of Suez, which leads to the Suez Canal. It is underlain by the Red Sea Rift, which is part of the Great Rift Valley.   read more…

Al Masmak Palace in Saudi Arabia

23 October 2025 | Author/Destination: Gulf States / Golfstaaten | Category: General, Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks Reading Time:  6 minutes

🔊 Listen to this Post Al Masmak Palace (Arabic: Qaṣr al-Maṣmak), also called the Masmak Fortress or Masmak Fort, is a historic clay and mudbrick fort in the ad-Dirah neighborhood of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, located in close proximity to the al-Hukm Palace in the Qasr al-Hukm District. Commissioned in 1865 by Abdullah bin Faisal Al Saud, it was completed in 1895 following the takeover of the town by the Rashidi dynasty. The fortress was the main theatre for the Battle of Riyadh in 1902, which marked the prelude to the unification of Saudi Arabia. It was opened to the general public in 1995 after its conversion into a museum. The Masmak can be divided into six distinct parts: the gate, the mosque, the majlis, the well, the towers and the courtyard.   read more…

Persian Gulf

13 May 2025 | Author/Destination: Gulf States / Golfstaaten | Category: General Reading Time:  7 minutes

🔊 Listen to this Post The Persian Gulf, also known as the Arabian Gulf, is a mediterranean sea in West Asia. The body of water is an extension of the Arabian Sea and the larger Indian Ocean located between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula. It is connected to the Gulf of Oman in the east by the Strait of Hormuz. The river delta of the Shatt al-Arab forms the northwest shoreline. The Persian Gulf has many fishing grounds, extensive reefs (mostly rocky, but also coral), and abundant pearl oysters, however its ecology has been damaged by industrialization and oil spills.   read more…

Qaryat al-Faw in Saudi Arabia

10 October 2024 | Author/Destination: Gulf States / Golfstaaten | Category: General, UNESCO World Heritage Reading Time:  7 minutes

🔊 Listen to this Post Qaryat Al Faw was the capital of the first Kindah kingdom. It is located about 100 km south of Wadi ad-Dawasir, and about 700 km southwest of Riyadh, the capital city of Saudi Arabia. The Al Faw archeological site reveals various features such as residential houses, markets, roads, cemeteries, temples, and water wells. It is home to a 1st century BC Old Arabic inscription written in the Ancient South Arabian script which is one of the oldest of its kind in South Arabia.   read more…

Prophet’s Mosque in Medina

25 July 2024 | Author/Destination: Gulf States / Golfstaaten | Category: General Reading Time:  8 minutes

🔊 Listen to this Post The Prophet’s Mosque is the second mosque built by the Islamic prophet Muhammad in Medina, after that of Quba, as well as the second largest mosque and holiest site in Islam, after the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, in the Saudi region of the Hejaz. The mosque is located at the heart of Medina, and is a major site of pilgrimage that falls under the purview of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques.   read more…

Jizan in Saudi Arabia

3 May 2023 | Author/Destination: Gulf States / Golfstaaten | Category: General Reading Time:  4 minutes

🔊 Listen to this Post Jazan, also spelled Jizan, Gizan or Gazan, is a port city and the capital of Jizan Region, which lies in the southwest corner of Saudi Arabia. Jazan City is situated on the coast of the Red Sea and serves a large agricultural heartland that has a population of 319,119 as of 2021 and over 1.5 million, within metropolitan area. As the city is the capital of the region, it has the regional airport as well as Jazan seaport. The area is noted for its high-quality production of tropical fruits like mango, figs, and papaya.   read more…

Neom in Saudi Arabia

22 October 2022 | Author/Destination: Gulf States / Golfstaaten | Category: General, Architecture, Building Automation, Green Buildings, Green Technologies, Living, Working, Building, Sustainability Reading Time:  12 minutes

🔊 Listen to this Post Neom is a city being built in Tabuk Province in northwestern Saudi Arabia. It is planned to incorporate smart city technologies and function as a tourist destination. The site is north of the Red Sea, east of Egypt across the Gulf of Aqaba, and south of Jordan. It is planned to cover a total area of 26,500 km² (10,200 sq mi), extending 170 kilometres along the coast of the Red Sea. Saudi Arabia aimed to complete major parts of the project by 2020, with an expansion completed in 2025, but it is behind schedule. The project has an estimated cost of $500 billion. On January 29, 2019, Saudi Arabia announced that it had set up a closed joint-stock company named Neom. The aim of this company, which is wholly owned by the Public Investment Fund, the Saudi sovereign wealth fund, is to develop the economic zone of Neom. The project is planned to be totally powered by renewable energy sources.   read more…