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Saudi Arabia Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA ), is a country in West Asia and the Middle East . It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula and has a land area of about 2150 000 km2 (830000 sq mi), making it the fifth-largest country in Asia and the largest in the Middle East. It is bordered by the Red Sea to the west; Jordan , Iraq , and Kuwait to the north; the Persian Gulf , Qatar and the United Arab Emirates to the east; Oman to the southeast; and Yemen to the south. Bahrain is an island country off its east coast. The Gulf of Aqaba in the northwest separates Saudi Arabia from Egypt and Israel . Saudi Arabia is the only country with a coastline along both the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf, and most of its terrain consists of arid desert , lowland, steppe, and mountains . The capital and largest city is Riyadh ; the kingdom also hosts Islam's two holiest cities of Mecca and Medina . (Full article...
The Unification of Saudi Arabia tribes , sheikhdoms , city-states , emirates , and kingdoms of most of the central Arabian Peninsula were conquered by the House of Saud , or Al Saud . Unification started in 1902 and continued until 1932, when the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was proclaimed under the leadership of Abdulaziz, known in the West as Ibn Saud , creating what is sometimes referred to as the Third Saudi State Emirate of Diriyah , the First Saudi State and the Emirate of Nejd , the Second Saudi State , also House of Saud states.
The Al-Saud had been in exile in the British-protected
Emirate of Kuwait since 1893, after
their second episode of removal from power and dissolution of their polity, this time by the
Al Rashid Emirate of Ha'il . In 1902, Abdulaziz Al Saud recaptured
Riyadh , the Al Saud dynasty's former capital. He went on to subdue the rest of
Nejd ,
al-Hasa ,
Jebel Shammar ,
Asir , and
Hejaz (the location of the Muslim holy cities of
Mecca and
Medina ) between 1913 and 1926. The resultant polity was named the
Kingdom of Nejd and Hejaz from 1927 until it was further consolidated with al-Hasa into the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 1932. (
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This is a Good article , an article that meets a core set of high editorial standards. Manal al-Sharif Arabic : منال الشريف ; born 25 April 1979) is a Saudi women's rights activist who helped start a right to drive campaign in 2011. Wajeha al-Huwaider filmed al-Sharif driving a car as part of the campaign. The video was posted on YouTube and Facebook . Al-Sharif was detained on 21 May 2011, released, and then rearrested the following day. On 30 May, al-Sharif was released on bail , on the conditions of returning for questioning if requested, not driving, and not talking to the media. The New York Times Associated Press associated the women's driving campaign as part of the Arab Spring and the long duration of al-Sharif's detention due to Saudi authorities' fear of protests.
Following her driving campaign, al-Sharif remained an active critic of the Saudi government,
tweeting on issues including imprisoned female foreign workers, the lack of elections for the
Shura Council , and the murder of
Lama al-Ghamdi . Her work has been recognized by
Foreign Policy ,
Time , and the
Oslo Freedom Forum . (
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Image 1 Sunset view from
Farasan Island , the largest island of the
Farasan Islands , in the
Red Sea . It is located some 50 km offshore from
Jizan , the far southwestern part of Saudi Arabia.
Image 2 Nasseef House is a historical structure in
Al-Balad ,
Jeddah , Saudi Arabia. As of 2009 it is a museum and cultural center which has special exhibits and lectures given by historians.
Image 3 A view of
Jabal Sawda , a peak located in Saudi Arabia, with an elevation of around 3,000 metres (9,843 ft).
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The following are images from various Saudi Arabia-related articles on Wikipedia.
Image 1 Bisht Being Sewn in
Al-Ahsa (from
Culture of Saudi Arabia )
Image 2 Red and white
keffiyeh commonly worn in the desert held with a black
agal (from
Culture of Saudi Arabia )
Image 5 The
tribes of Arabia at the time of the
spread of Islam (expandable map) (from
History of Saudi Arabia )
Image 6 Supplicating pilgrim at
Masjid Al Haram , Mecca (from
Culture of Saudi Arabia )
Image 8 Wall painted with Al-Qatt Al-Asiri (from
Culture of Saudi Arabia )
Image 9 VOX Cinemas movie theater (center) at
Riyadh Front in 2023 (from
Culture of Saudi Arabia )
Image 11 Dammam No. 7 , the oil well where commercial volumes of oil were first discovered in Saudi Arabia on March 4, 1938. (from
History of Saudi Arabia )
Image 12 King Abdullah practicing
falconry , a traditional pursuit in Saudi Arabia (from
Culture of Saudi Arabia )
Image 13 Wedding in Saudi Arabia (from
Culture of Saudi Arabia )
Image 14 Abdulaziz Al Saud , founder of Saudi Arabia (from
History of Saudi Arabia )
Image 15 The surviving insurgents of the
seizure of the Grand Mosque, 1979 under custody of Saudi authorities,
c. 1980 . (from
History of Saudi Arabia )
Image 16 Abdulaziz (left) and Roosevelt aboard USS
Quincy during their historic 1945 meeting (from
History of Saudi Arabia )
Image 17 The Arabian Peninsula in 1914 (from
History of Saudi Arabia )
Image 18 A Saudi woman
riding a horse at
Souk Okaz , a yearly cultural festival in the outskirts of
Taif (from
Culture of Saudi Arabia )
Image 19 Faisal (left) and Nasser in Cairo, 1969 (from
History of Saudi Arabia )
Image 20 A family fishing in
Jeddah (from
Culture of Saudi Arabia )
Image 21 Abdulaziz (left) and Farouk checking an
Egyptian Army unit in 1946. Other people picture include princes
Fahd ,
Abdullah , and
Mishaal , as well as prince
Muhammad Abdel Moneim . (from
History of Saudi Arabia )
Image 22 The Rashidun Caliphate reached its greatest extent under Caliph
Uthman ,
c. 654 (from
History of Saudi Arabia )
Image 23 Soldiers in the Arab Army during the Arab Revolt of 1916–1918, carrying the
Flag of the Arab Revolt and pictured in the Arabian Desert. (from
History of Saudi Arabia )
Image 24 Residential homes in
Yanbu (from
Culture of Saudi Arabia )
Image 25 Saudi woman wearing a
niqāb in Riyadh. Many women commonly wear a niqab or a burqa in Saudi Arabia. (from
Culture of Saudi Arabia )
Image 26 Pakistani workers at Al Masjid Nabawi (the
Prophet's Mosque ) in
Medina (from
Culture of Saudi Arabia )
Image 28 Sections of Saudi Arabia and neighbouring countries formed a part of the Roman Empire. (from
History of Saudi Arabia )
Image 29 Saudi males dressed and prepared for
ardah , the national dance. It also includes swords, poetry, and singing. (from
Culture of Saudi Arabia )
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