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World’s tallest camel at the festival near Riyadh
THE King Abdulaziz Camel Festival in Ramah, about 120 km away from Riyadh, has been distinguished this year for the presence of the tallest camel in the world which will hopefully make it into the Guinness World Records.
Fares Al-Dalbji, a ...
Meet Dona Al-Ghamdi, Saudi Arabia's first female boxing champion
AT age 20, Dona Mohammed Al-Ghamdi has become the first Saudi girl to bag four international medals in boxing.In an interview with Al-Arabiya, Dona said she started practicing to become a boxer as soon as she finished high school and ...
Saudi twins’ lifelong bond ends in tragedy
Saudi brothers Mshari and Mohanad Al-Zahrani did everything together as twins. They were serving their country fighting on the southern front but things took an ugly turn when Mshari got injured by a sniper and Mohanad got killed.
Strange dowry requests Saudi fathers made of their future son-in-laws
By Mariam Al-Jaber ARAB men are often requested to pay expensive dowries when they decide to get married. However, many fathers of brides in Saudi Arabia have opted for simple demands as they believe that the principle of morality and trust must ...
Housemaid? No, a family member!
By Mariam Al-Jaber SAROUNA left Sri Lanka to take up domestic job in Saudi Arabia nearly 28 years. When her Saudi sponsors moved houses, she was not used to the new tile floorings and so slipped and injured her leg. While ...