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Special At-Turaif in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh is home to the largest open-air museum in the world. (Abdullah AlJabr/Faisal AlDakheel) photos

At-Turaif: A look into the jewel of the Kingdom’s museums

  • Arab News visited five galleries in the district that take visitors back in time through the birth of the Kingdom
By Lama Alhamawi ·
Masmak Fortress: an important historical symbol of Saudi unification video

Masmak Fortress: an important historical symbol of Saudi unification

By Lama Alhamawi ·
One of Princess Nourah's famous dresses, decorated with a circular geometric shape and filled with colored sequins. (Supplied/“Nourah bint Abdulrahman bin Faisal bin Turki Al-Saud an Illustrated Biography”)

Princess Nourah: The woman who had ‘the brain of 40 men’

By Lojien Ben Gassem ·
The rich history of At-Turaif video

The rich history of At-Turaif

By Lama Alhamawi ·
Diriyah through her eyes

Diriyah through her eyes

By Lojien Ben Gassem ·
Meet the Saudi tour guides bringing Diriyah’s past to life video

Meet the Saudi tour guides bringing Diriyah’s past to life

By Lama Alhamawi ·
A photograph of the army of Abdulaziz on the march, photographed by British envoy Captain Shakespeare near Thaj in March 1911. (Photo by W.H.I. Shakespeare /Royal Geographical Society via Getty Images)

The story of all the king’s men

By Jonathan Gornall ·
As Group CEO of the Diriyah Gate Authority, Jerry Inzerillo is in charge of a $50.6 billion project to transform the historic site of the Kingdom’s foundation into a global tourism attraction. (Supplied)

Born in Brooklyn, but his heart is in Diriyah

By Frank Kane ·
Wadi Hanifa is a wadi in the Najd region, Riyadh Province in central Saudi Arabia. (Shutterstock)

Looking after the environment in 18th-century Najd

By Frank Kane ·
Diriyah Gate Development Authority to deliver first phase assets early 2022 video

Diriyah Gate Development Authority to deliver first phase assets early 2022

By Lama Alhamawi ·
Walking in the footsteps of the Saudi founding fathers at Salwa Palace

Walking in the footsteps of the Saudi founding fathers at Salwa Palace

By Lama Alhamawi ·
British author Robert Lacey likened Diriyah to “a sand-blown Pompeii,” describing it as “an enduring reminder of the frontiers of the possible.” (Supplied)

Diriyah: A fragile but ‘enduring reminder of the frontiers of the possible’

By Ephrem Kossaify ·

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