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  • Smartphone Generation: The Overnight Mobile Internet Revolution in the MENA Region
     

    What is the single indicator related to the online market opportunity in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia that beats all other developed and developing countries? Just take a look at people in coffee shops, malls, or even at family gatherings, you’ll notice immediately that everyone has a smartphone. To be specific, 74% of […]

     
  • Legalized Drifting: 4-Round Saudi Car Drift to Begin Al-Ahsa
     

    At long last, one Saudi will be able to claim to be the best drifter in the Kingdom. The Saudi Star Drift Championship kicks off this month for the first time, and will be supervised by the Saudi Arabian Motor Federation. The series will take an otherwise illegal but popular hobby in Saudi Arabia and make it […]

     
  • #FocusKSA: Saudi Student Turned Entrepreneur Walid Abdulwahab On His Experiences Running a Successful Business in the U.S.
     

    In the latest FocusKSA discussion, Saudi-US Trade Group President, Richard Wilson, spoke with Walid Abdulwahab, a recent graduate of the University of Southern California and Founder and CEO of Desert Farms, which produces, markets and sells camel milk and camel milk products to a growing list of U.S. retail outlets.  Walid discusses his background, academic experience […]

     
  • SUSRIS: Saudi Oil Production “Crucial” to EIA 2015 Forecast
     

    “Changes in the forecast of Saudi Arabian oil production are crucial to the revised outlook and a major source of uncertainty in the year ahead. Saudi Arabia has indicated interest in preserving market share rather than unilaterally carrying the burden of cutting production to balance the global oil market. In addition to numerous statements by […]

     
  • #SaudiTBT: King Faisal Bin Abdulaziz al-Saud on the Tarmac of Le Bourget Airport in Paris, 1939
     

    Returning in March 1939 from the London Conference (St. James Palace Conference) which attempted to negotiate an agreement between Jews and Arabs in Palestine, Faisal Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud stands on the tarmac of Le Bourget Airport in Paris, France with members of his delegation.  Among other issues, the London Conference was unable to resolve the matter of […]

     
  • Jadwa Investment’s November 2014 Saudi Chartbook finds Bank Lending to Private Sector Year-on-Year Highs
     

    Jadwa’s November 2014 Chartbook shows bank lending to the private sector recorded its highest year-on-year growth at 13.2 percent and noted that economic data was positive for September. “Bank lending to the private sector recorded its highest year-on-year growth at 13.2 percent, the highest since November 2013,” Jadwa Investment said, noting that generally “economic data was […]

     
  • Khoja Out as Information Minister, Replacement Named
     

    Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah relieved Culture and Information Minister Abdul Aziz Khoja of his post by royal decree and replaced him with Bandar bin Mohammed Asaad Hajjar, an economist and Saudi Arabia’s Hajj Minister.  Although an Arab News headline said that Culture and Information Minister Abdul Aziz Khoja “quit,” media outlets are speculating that the Khoja was actually […]

     
  • Hamad Bin Nasser’s Classic Cars on Display in Qassim
     

    Hamad Bin Nasser is a fan of classic cars. The Saudi recently paid over $100,000 for a rare car from a collector in the United States, built in 1899.  Even the Emir of Qassim has visited his museum where the cars are viewable to automotive fans. The Saudi Press Agency recently posted photos of the […]

     
  • The Best SPA Photos from October 2014
     

    In the September edition of the best photos from the Saudi Press Agency, a dazzling performance from Saudi security forces, infrastructure in the Kingdom, ancient woodworking and more.

     
  • Video: Full Keynote Address by HRH Prince Turki Al Faisal at the 2014 AUSPC
     

    Prince Turki al-Faisal’s remarks to the 23nd Annual Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference, entitled, “Framing and Charting the Region’s Issues, Interests, Challenges, and Opportunities: Implications for Arab and U.S. Policies” Saudi Arabia’s Prince Turki al-Faisal is Chairman, King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and former Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the United Kingdom and to […]

     

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