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Moon Landing: 50th Anniversary

  • To mark the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, our nine-page supplement looked at Arabs in space, including an interview with the Muslim world’s first astronaut, Saudi Prince Sultan bin Salman.
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May God have mercy on Prince Naif

  • With the death of Crown Prince Naif Bin Abdulaziz — may he rest in peace — Saudi Arabia has lost a statesman and one of the pillars of governance over the past decades, during which time he served his country in all areas. Prince Naif would boast that he was “one of the King...
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Military might and movie makers

  • Twenty-four hours after Al-Qaeda’s Hassan Mohammed Qaed (aka Abu Yahya Al-Libi) was killed in a drone strike in June, a group calling itself Brigades of Imprisoned Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman detonated an IED outside the US Consulate in Benghazi. Filming, they interspersed their video with images of...
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Netanyahu’s speech: Of bombs and comics

  • My first reaction to Benjamin Netanyahu’s exhibition of comics at the UN General Assembly was shame.Shame that the supreme elected representative of my country would stoop to such a primitive rhetorical device, bordering on the childish.(One Israeli commentator suggested putting him on a rug with...
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Is Saudi Vision 2030 realistic?

  • Big and broad visions produce drastic change. Global experiences show us that large and complex success stories began with such visions. The experience of Singapore, for example, began with the vision of its leader who transformed a small island into a highly successful economy as well as a...
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Saudi Arabia, France share common vision

  • The message of Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to France about the Kingdom’s economic restructuring under Saudi Vision 2030 has been welcomed by French President Francois Hollande, who described it as a new and important approach.He expressed his desire for mutually beneficial investments...
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9/11 report: Much ado about nothing

  • Had the now infamous 28-page section of the United States Congressional and Senate inquiry report into the 9/11 attacks — discussing the alleged Saudi involvement — been released in 2002 (when the report was issued), there would not have been hue and cry among some politicians and the media.The...
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Saudi Arabia and strategic partnerships

  • Saudi Arabia is presently making intensive international diplomatic and economic efforts. It is seeking strategic partnerships and beneficial relations that have a positive influence on its citizens as well as the region.The visits of Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to Pakistan, China and...
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Saudi Arabia — When figures speak for themselves

  • Crown Prince Mohammed bin Naif’s speech at the UN Summit for Refugees and Migrants on Monday highlighted the Kingdom’s role in supporting refugees.The $139 billion relief assistance given by Saudi Arabia over the past four decades made the Kingdom the third biggest donor to the cause of refugees...
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Efforts behind the successful Haj

  • Haj has been extremely successful this year. The pilgrims performed the rituals in an atmosphere of security, peace of mind and the highest degree of ease and convenience. The Haj season was also free from illness despite around 1.8 million pilgrims converging on the holy sites from all the...
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