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The Reliable Supplier: Saudi Economy Expert Explains Why the Shale Boom in the United States is Actually a Good Thing for Riyadh
- January 24,2014
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- Lucien Zeigler
In a recent article for Foreign Affairs magazine, Saudi economy expert and investment banker Dr. John Sfakianakis writes that while it may be easy to think that the shale boom in the United States is threatening to the world’s largest oil producer in Saudi Arabia, there are several reasons that more production from the United […]
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This Cool Timelapse Video of Saudi Arabia’s Capital, Riyadh Shows an Amazing Sunset (and Terrible Traffic) [VIDEO]
- January 23,2014
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- Lucien Zeigler
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s capital city, is a rapidly growing metropolis – one that has benefitted greatly from soaring governmental spending on infrastructure and development. While in Riyadh last month, SUSTG created an HD time lapse video from the roof of the Council of Saudi Chambers building, looking down King Fahd road toward Riyadh’s iconic Kingdom […]
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Saudi Arabia in 2013: 25 Events That Changed the Kingdom
- December 31,2013
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- Lucien Zeigler
2013 was an eventful year for Saudi Arabia – an oasis of relative calm in an otherwise stormy Middle East region. The year saw a more assertive Saudi foreign policy, incremental advances in women’s rights, and the enforcement of controversial government policies aimed at putting Saudis back to work. It was also a year of […]
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Several Prominent Saudi Voices Continue to Express Discontent with Western Policies toward Iran, Syria
- December 18,2013
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- Lucien Zeigler
In a hard-hitting New York Times op-ed, Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to the United Kingdom Prince Mohammed Bin Nawaf Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud wrote that while the Western-Saudi relationship friendship has lasted for decades, Saudi Arabia will pursue its own interests in the Middle East, even if they diverge from those of the Western powers.
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Walid Abukhaled to Head Northrop Grumman KSA
- December 16,2013
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- Lucien Zeigler
Deputy Minister for Industrial Affairs at the Saudi Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Walid Abukhaled, has been selected by Northrop Grumman to head its Saudi Arabia operations, the company said in a press release today. H.E. Mr. Abukhaled, who spoke in September at the 2013 U.S.-Saudi Business Opportunities Forum in Los Angeles, California, was former […]
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UPDATE: Saudi Arabia Declines Seat on the U.N. Security Council for Two Year Term
- October 17,2013
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- Lucien Zeigler
Saudi Arabia has been elected to the United Nations Security Council as a non permanent member, a seat the Kingdom will hold for two years. However, a Foreign Ministry statement said that it would decline to take the seat. Reuters reports that a “decision of such magnitude would have to have been taken by King Abdullah […]
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Mecca has five times more hotel rooms than any other Saudi city
- April 2,2014
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- Lucien Zeigler
Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Mecca has more than five times as many hotels as any other city in Saudi Arabia, according to a lengthy report on the Saudi tourism sector in Arab News. That report highlights the growth in the hotel industry – put at 172 percent in the last decade – especially to tourist destinations […]
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Are U.S. Companies Missing Out on a Saudi Nuclear Bonanza?
- April 25,2013
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- Lucien Zeigler
The recently-completed Saudi Sustainable Energy Symposium at the Ritz Carlton Riyadh brought high-level officials and companies together to discuss “a common understanding between all stakeholders” concerning the development of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s sustainable energy program, of which nuclear energy is a big part. The event was hosted by the King Abdullah Center for […]
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These Amazing Instagrams Show How Much Saudi Arabia’s Capital Riyadh Has Grown in the Last Decade
- October 30,2013
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- Lucien Zeigler
Saudi Arabia’s capital, Riyadh, has undergone dramatic growth and modernization during the last decade – an extraordinary period of economic expansion and population growth. Riyadh’s population now exceeds 5 million with its metropolitan area claiming close to 7 million people.
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Saudi Flood Toll: 11 killed, 4 still missing
- November 21,2013
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- SUSTG Team
Floods that have ravaged Saudi Arabia from its capital, Riyadh, to regions in the Kingdom’s Eastern Province have claimed 11 lives, with four individuals unaccounted for, according to official figures released by Saudi Arabia’s state-run news agency. The SPA reports that out of those killed, seven were in Riyadh Region, two in the city of […]
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Saudi Arabia updates regulations for temporary work visas for Hajj and Umrah services
These changes, approved by the Saudi Cabinet in its session on Tuesday, will aim to provide more flexibility for the private sector, allowing businesses to better align visa needs with labor market demands and contribute to creating a more attractive work environment, SPA added. One of the updates is the renaming of the seasonal work visa to the “temporary work visa for Hajj and Umrah services,” and extending the grace period for these visas from Shaban 15 until the end of Muharram (around Feb. 14 to July 25).
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Palestinian Life in the West Bank, East Jerusalem After Oct. 7
For the past decade, Palestinians living in the West Bank and East Jerusalem have rated their lives between 5.0 and 5.5 out of 10. In 2023, in the weeks before Oct. 7, they rated their lives at a 5.5, which is as positive as they have been since Gallup began measuring life evaluations there in 2006. Today, almost a year later, Palestinians’ evaluations of their current lives have dropped by nearly 1 point to 4.6, the lowest average in almost two decades.
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517 int’l companies licensed to open regional HQs in Saudi Arabia
As many as 517 international companies were so far granted licenses to open their regional headquarters (HQs) in Saudi Arabia, Ministry of Investment said in its 2025 pre-budget statement. This came thanks to the efforts made under the National Investment Strategy (NIS), the minister noted. This surpassed the target to have regional HQs of 500 international companies by 2030, it further stated.
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First Look At Neom-Shot 1990s-Set Saudi Bedouin Drama ‘Hobal’
Saudi director Abdulaziz Alshlahei’s upcoming feature Hobal, about a Bedouin family living in isolation in the desert because its patriarch believes the end of the world is near, has unveiled first look images. The drama is Alshlahei’s third feature and collaboration with writer Mufarrij Almajfel after Zero Distance and The Tambour of Retribution which was Saudi Arabia’s Best International Feature Film Entry for the 94th Academy Awards in 2021.
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Saudi Arabia’s FM calls on world to publicly support Palestinian statehood
The Global Alliance for the Implementation of the two-state solution was unveiled during Prince Faisal bin Farhan’s speech at a meeting on the sidelines of last week’s UN General Assembly in New York that included the Arab League, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and Norway. “Self-determination is an inalienable right that the Palestinian people not only deserve but are entitled to. Our diplomats have worked tirelessly alongside others to secure recognition of Palestine as a sovereign state globally,” Prince Faisal wrote in the op-ed.
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Saudi poultry producer gets nod to sell 30% stake in IPO
Arabian Company for Agricultural and Industrial Investment (Entaj), a Riyadh-based poultry producer, has received the green light from the Saudi market regulator to list shares on the main market (Tasi). The company will float 9 million shares through an initial public offering (IPO), representing 30 percent of the total issued share capital.
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PGA Tour commissioner and Saudi fund governor paired at pro-am event in Scotland
Three weeks after PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan met with Saudi Arabia’s financial backer of LIV Golf, they will be together again this week in Scotland, this time inside the ropes. Monahan and Yasir Al-Rumayyan, the governor of the Public Investment Fund that supports the PGA Tour’s rival league, are playing together in the Dunhill Links Championship on the European tour. The tournament starts Thursday.
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Mapping Israel’s Invasion of Lebanon
Israel and Hezbollah were fighting at close range in southern Lebanon on Wednesday in at least two areas near the border, according to reports from the Israeli military, Hezbollah and Lebanon’s army.
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As Crisis Builds, Lebanon’s Government Is Nowhere to Be Found
Hezbollah, the Iran-funded Shiite Muslim militia that doubles as a major political party and social services organization, does not run Lebanon in any official sense. But under Mr. Nasrallah, it sometimes seemed as if it was the only force that mattered: a state within a state with its own military, schools, hospitals and youth programs.
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