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https://247wallst.com/special-report/2012/04/18/the-worlds-most-resource-rich-countries/3/

€34.4 trillion.

Imagine if the GCC was one single country (as it eventually will be again). Would be approaching Russia. The entire Arab world? Even Russia would be left far behind.

Other lists out there rank KSA 2nd in the world.

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/countries-with-the-most-natural-resources.html

Now Russia is the largest country in the world and has a population of 140+ million people. Even though KSA is a huge country (12th largest in the world), Russia is 6.5 times larger.

USA is the fourth largest country in the world. 330+ million people.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_area

So per capita, Saudi Arabians (if every citizen became joint owners of the riches of the land in an equal share) would be the by far richest people on the planet economically per capita.
 
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The history of Saudi Arabian gold


May 5, 2017
Saudi Gazette report
Mahd Al Dahab

GOLD has been used for coinage, jewelry and adornments throughout recorded history.

Goldsmithery is one of the oldest trades that showcased man’s artistic creativity. It can be traced back to the time of the pharaohs of Egypt.

Requiring great skill and patience, today the Kingdom has goldsmithery institutes that teach the intricate technical and creative skills of the art, Al-Riyadh daily reports.

Gold is used in making jewelry and other ornaments. It is also commonly used in dentistry and electronics. One of the reasons gold is used in dentistry, especially as gold teeth, is because of its durability.

As a metal, gold is soft but durable, particularly if combined with another non-toxic metal. Gold teeth are usually strong and last long.

The use of gold in electronics is due to its excellent electrical conductivity and reliability. It is used in conductors, switches, connecting wires and many other electronic components.

First gold mine

Gold was first mined in Arabia approximately 3000 BC. A second period of activity was during the Islamic Abbasid period between 750 and 1258 AD.

Extraction of gold started in the Kingdom during the era of King Abdulaziz, particularly between 1939 and 1954, at Mahd Al-Dhahab after the deposit was rediscovered in 1932.

The city, about 380 kilometers northeast of in Madinah province in the western region of the country, is situated at 1060 meters above sea level. Mining is carried out by underground methods with a total tunnel development in excess of 60km and a metallurgical plant.

Translated as the Cradle of Gold, Mahd Al-Dhahab was the first gold mine in the modern Saudi Arabia. In 2007, Mahd Al-Dhahab mined and processed approximately 183,425 tons of ore at a grade of 11.1 grams per ton of gold from underground operations, resulting in gold production of approximately 58,256 ounces.

In addition, the mine also processes reclaimed tailings and produces copper and zinc concentrates for third party toll smelting.

The Saudi government established the Saudi Arabian Mining Company in 1997 as a joint stock company with a capital of SR4 billion to operate five mines across the country. The company has expanded its business operations to include the development of phosphate, aluminum and other precious minerals.

Karat is the unit used to measure how pure a piece of gold is and it is abbreviated as “kt or K”. Usually, 24K gold is very expensive as it contains pure gold while 22K gold implies that 22 parts of the jewelry is gold and the remaining two parts are some other metal like silver, nickel, zinc and other alloys. The same thing applies to 18K gold, which consists of 18 parts of pure gold.

It is common for Saudi men to give their future wives dowry in gold. When a man proposes to a woman and when her parents and she accept, the man buys gold jewelry and presents it to his fiancée.

Gold remains the preferred gift for Saudi women even after marriage, especially during birthday parties, pregnancy parties and wedding anniversaries.

The Technical and Vocational Training Corporation (TVTC) offers diplomas in goldsmithery because the labor market is in dire need for goldsmiths, both men and women. The TVTC diploma program focuses on women because they are more likely than men to consider a life-long career in the field.

http://saudigazette.com.sa/saudi-arabia/history-saudi-gold/

Gold mines and gold used for jewelry occurred in Arabia almost simultaneously to events in neighboring Egypt.

The oldest known map of a gold mine was drawn in the 19th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt (1320–1200 BCE), whereas the first written reference to gold was recorded in the 12th Dynasty around 1900 BCE.[86] Egyptian hieroglyphs from as early as 2600 BC describe gold, which King Tushratta of the Mitanni claimed was "more plentiful than dirt" in Egypt.[87] Egypt and especially Nubiahad the resources to make them major gold-producing areas for much of history. One of the earliest known maps, known as the Turin Papyrus Map, shows the plan of a gold mine in Nubia together with indications of the local geology. The primitive working methods are described by both Strabo and Diodorus Siculus, and included fire-setting. Large mines were also present across the Red Sea in what is now Saudi Arabia.​

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold#Cultural_history

The largest ancient gold mine in the Middle East is also located in Saudi Arabia (Hijaz). It is called Madh Al-Dhabab and it is known as the "cradle of gold".

There is a possibility that the Cradle of Gold is mentioned in the Biblical story of the Garden of Eden in The Book of Genesis. - "And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. The name of the first is Pishon: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone." Research by archaeologists Juris Zarins of Missouri State University and Farouk El-Baz of Boston University indicates that the Pishon River may be the now dried up river bed that once flowed 600 miles north east from the Mahd adh-Dhahab area of the Hejaz c. 3000 BC.[1]

The site has also been identified with "King Solomon's Gold Mine."[2] Geologists have found a vast abandoned gold mine. Among their finds are huge quantities of waste rock, an estimated million tons, left by the ancient miners, still containing traces of gold. Thousands of stone hammers and grindstones used to extract the gold from the ore litter the mine slopes. Robert W. Luce said: "Our investigations have now confirmed that the old mine could have been as rich as described in biblical accounts."​

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahd_adh_Dhahab

Gold jewelry is also used as part of traditional clothing (attire) for women in every single historical region of KSA and Arabia. Look no further than my current avatar either. Saudi Arabian/Arabian women also used to wear the most gold as part of their traditional attire in the entire Arab world and probably/most likely the Middle East as well.







Bedouin jewelry.



14 photos that show how diverse Saudi Arabian fashion is

This collection of historical jewellery shows the many looks, international influences and materials of the accessories women wore on the Arabian Peninsula in the 20th century

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The exhibition Hidden Treasures is on at D3 until April 13. The Saudi jewellery exhibition features multiple busts showing early 20th-century style from the Arabian Peninsula. This is the kind of headpiece traditionally worn in the central region in Najd. Leslie Pableo / The National
A new exhibition at Dubai Design District showcases the diversity of regional jewellery and accessories from across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Hidden Treasures: Jewellery from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is on show as part of the L'Ecole Van Cleef & Arpels until April 13, and the two-level exhibition showcases a variety of pieces from a period of about 100 years.

In many ways, the exhibition highlights the styles of the entire Arabian Peninsula, explains curator Pramod Kumar KG. "The modern day borders of the Arab world are new, and so this exhibition really shows the jewellery art of the Jazeera al Arabiya [the Arabian Peninsula].

Scroll through the gallery above to learn more about which specific regions the looks come from.

READ MORESaudi culture changes: new artist visas, a national theatre and more festivals

"We went to all of the different regions of the Kingdom, and we've taken headpieces, necklaces, earrings, bracelets, waist belts," he adds. "And the moment you go upstairs, you see how they might have been worn as a set. So that allows people to see how these jewels were worn by actual people."

Some of the pieces on show would have been worn by the 'middle class', while others are clearly from royalty. "We wanted to show that the same designs were worn by different communities," Kumar explains, "but the choice of material would be different. So, if a commoner would use lower grade silver, the royal would probably use gold, but the design details would more or less remain the same.

"There's also a difference in the jewellery worn in urban areas, and that worn in rural areas. This exhibition shows you all aspects of bedouin jewellery: that worn by traders, merchants and the nomadic people."

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Bangles and anklets on display at the Hidden Treasures exhibition. Leslie Pableo / The National
In regards to royalty, there is also a small group of diamond pieces from the collection of King Abdul Aziz 'Ibn Saud', the founder of Saudi Arabia, who ruled from 1932 to 1953. These rings, earrings and brooches were all worn by his immediate family.

Updated: April 3, 2019 11:18 AM

https://www.thenational.ae/lifestyl...how-diverse-saudi-arabian-fashion-is-1.844522
 
https://247wallst.com/special-report/2012/04/18/the-worlds-most-resource-rich-countries/3/

€34.4 trillion.

Imagine if the GCC was one single country (as it eventually will be again). Would be approaching Russia. The entire Arab world? Even Russia would be left far behind.

Other lists out there rank KSA 2nd in the world.

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/countries-with-the-most-natural-resources.html

Now Russia is the largest country in the world and has a population of 140+ million people. Even though KSA is a huge country (12th largest in the world), Russia is 6.5 times larger.

USA is the fourth largest country in the world. 330+ million people.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_area

So per capita, Saudi Arabians (if every citizenship became joint owners of the riches of the land) would be the by far richest people on the planet economically.
I remember reading something about Saudi Uranium deposits, can you provide more details...?
 
I remember reading something about Saudi Uranium deposits, can you provide more details...?

Some 5% of the total uranium deposits in the world.

Saudi Arabia owns 5% of global uranium reserves

https://english.mubasher.info/news/3251245/Saudi-Arabia-owns-5-of-global-uranium-reserves

Uranium mining is taking place in KSA while we speak. The Chinese are onboard.

Since millions of tonnes of uranium can be extracted from rock phosphates (KSA has one of the largest phosphates reserves in the world of that), that percentage might very well be larger.

Saudis to Prospect for Uranium, Thorium with China – over US Objections
Mar 14, 2019 @ 19:34 DEBKA Weekly


Saudi Arabia is pushing ahead with a geological survey to explore and assess its uranium and thorium resources in the kingdom’s western Hail Province, in the face of US objections. Although this largely agricultural region was always thought to hold small supplies of these substances, Riyadh suddenly perked up of late to its potential after Chinese geologists turned up promising finds.

Hail produces large quantities of dates and fruit and most of the kingdom’s wheat and grain. It has historically derived its wealth as a wayside station on the camel caravan Hajj route to Mecca.

Most of the world’s uranium is found either in northern countries like Canada or Russia or the south in places like South Africa and southern Australia. Jordan is thought to have substantial reserves, up to 65,000 tons of uranium plus the potential to extract 140,000 tonnes from phosphates. Foreign firms have been given mining contracts.

However, DEBKA Weekly’s sources report that Chinese geologists hired by the Saudi government reported that Jordan’s uranium deposits extend south as far as Saudi Arabia’s Hail. Riyadh’s eagerness to co-opt Beijing to the start of its uranium mining project has raised suspicions, especially in Washington, that Saudi Arabia is secretly conducting a nuclear program a lot bigger than suggested by intelligence findings.
The project is going forward as a partnership between the King Abdullah City for Atomic Research and Renewable Energy (KACARE) and China’s National Nuclear Cooperation (CNNC) for the stated aim of “exploring uranium and thorium deposits for peaceful use.”

Last October, the KACARE president Hashim bin Abdullah Yamani said his agency was tasked with “nuclear plans” and proposed to “extract uranium domestically as part of its nuclear program” and a step towards “self-sufficiency in the production of atomic fuel.”

Five months ago, Crown Prince Muhammed bin Salman laid the cornerstone for the kingdom’s first nuclear research reactor. This posed a question: Why does the nation with the world’s largest reserves of oil need nuclear reactors for power? It also raised the suspicion that the Saudis wanted a possible infrastructure for manufacturing plutonium from the nuclear fuel produced by this research reactor.

In past negotiations with the Obama administration, the Saudis firmly refused to relinquish their right to enrich uranium for use as nuclear fuel for their power reactors project. The Trump administration, in contrast, is prepared to countenance uranium enrichment in Saudi Arabia under restrictions, despite strong objections in both houses of congress. Antagonism to Saudi Arabia among US lawmakers remains high over the suspicion that the crown prince engineered the death of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi last year.

Although Riyadh replies that putting nuclear energy to civilian use will free up more of its oil for export, no one doubts that its overriding motivation is in the realm of “security.” The Saudis deeply resent lagging behind Iran’s nuclear efforts and watch with covetous and suspicious eyes the rapid nuclear advances achieved by their ally, the United Arab Emirates. In 2018, the UAE completed the construction of its first civilian nuclear plant. In an agreement with the United States the UAE signed a commitment not to use the reactor for uranium enrichment in return for which it was granted international assistance. The Saudis refuse to undertake this commitment, maintaining that since Iran is allowed to enrich uranium, they too have this right.

Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, on Wednesday, March 13, accused regional powers of “spending their petrodollars on suspicious nuclear projects” that could endanger security in the region and the world. He did not name those powers. Those new threats, Shamkhani said, would force Iran to revise its strategy depending on their nature and geography and the needs of “our country and armed forces.” Last month, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif accused the United States of hypocrisy for trying to wreck Iran’s nuclear program while seeking to sell nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia, Tehran’s regional rival. The Saudi government has so far, with unusual stubbornness, refused to turn over to Washington any information on the nuclear program it is running out of King Abdullah City, or explain what Chinese engineers and technicians are doing there. Therefore, the decision to prospect for uranium and thorium in the Hail province has widened the differences between Riyadh and Washington on the nuclear issue. In an effort to bridge the gap, the US was last week reported to be “encouraging Saudi Arabia to consider bids by American companies to build nuclear reactors.” Washington hopes that if US companies like Westinghouse win those contracts, the administration will have access to a much clear picture on what is going on inside the Saudi nuclear program.

https://www.debka.com/saudis-to-prospect-for-uranium-thorium-with-china-over-us-objections/

Saudi Arabia's first nuclear reactor nearly finished, sparking fears over safeguards

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...early-finished-sparking-fears-over-safeguards

KACARE launches uranium program to train Saudis

http://www.arabnews.com/node/1464706/saudi-arabia

Saudi Arabia owns 5% of global uranium reserves

https://english.mubasher.info/news/3251245/Saudi-Arabia-owns-5-of-global-uranium-reserves

As Saudi Arabia Builds A Nuclear Reactor, Some Worry About Its Motives


Bomb Watchers Twitching as Looser Rules Weighed for Uranium

Countries encouraged to look at extraction from phosphates, providing potential new pathways to the nuclear material used in reactors and weapons

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...xpand-phosphate-link-to-weapons-proliferation

Wa’ad El-Shamal: The capital of global phosphate

http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/article/551114

Wa’ad Al Shamal pivotal in development of KSA’s vast phosphate reserves

http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/arti...elopment-of-KSAsvast-phosphate-reserves?rss=1


Saudi crown prince warns it will build nuclear bomb if Tehran does the same
Prince Mohammed bin Salman is pressing the US to allow Saudi Arabia to enrich uranium in return for choosing American nuclear technology

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...-iran-nuclear-bomb-threat-mohammed-bin-salman

Saudi missile program expanded with help from China, US intel said to show
Trump administration reportedly withheld information from Congress, raising concern it is tacitly approving move; fears raised Riyadh could be seeking nuclear weapons

https://www.timesofisrael.com/saudi...d-with-help-from-china-us-intel-said-to-show/

Exclusive: US intel shows Saudi Arabia escalated its missile program with help from China

Pakistan

deputy_defense_minister-1-jpg.570938



https://edition.cnn.com/2019/06/05/...udi-arabia-ballistic-missile-china/index.html

Saudi Arabia, China have established ‘comprehensive strategic partnership’

http://www.arabnews.com/node/1534636/saudi-arabia



Saudi Space Agency Begins To Take Shape, Reported $1 Billion Budget In First Year

https://spacewatch.global/2019/04/s...hape-reported-1-billion-budget-in-first-year/

Connect the dots.
 
As for the importance of gold and jewelry as I eluded too, here is a glimpse of some of the traditional regional dresses in KSA. Once each clan and tribe had their own clothing and styles, often extremely richly decorated and "extravagant".

 
As for the importance of gold and jewelry as I eluded too, here is a glimpse of some of the traditional regional dresses in KSA. Once each clan and tribe had their own clothing and styles, often extremely richly decorated and "extravagant".


Love that video bro! The names of those regions are etched in our conscious and shared history. I sighed when the little one said Medina.

https://247wallst.com/special-report/2012/04/18/the-worlds-most-resource-rich-countries/3/

€34.4 trillion.

Imagine if the GCC was one single country (as it eventually will be again). Would be approaching Russia. The entire Arab world? Even Russia would be left far behind.

Other lists out there rank KSA 2nd in the world.

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/countries-with-the-most-natural-resources.html

Now Russia is the largest country in the world and has a population of 140+ million people. Even though KSA is a huge country (12th largest in the world), Russia is 6.5 times larger.

USA is the fourth largest country in the world. 330+ million people.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_area

So per capita, Saudi Arabians (if every citizenship became joint owners of the riches of the land) would be the by far richest people on the planet economically.

Develop and make it stronger inshallah, it indeed is blessed.

Some 5% of the total uranium deposits in the world.

Saudi Arabia owns 5% of global uranium reserves

https://english.mubasher.info/news/3251245/Saudi-Arabia-owns-5-of-global-uranium-reserves

Uranium mining is taking place in KSA while we speak. The Chinese are onboard.

Since millions of tonnes of uranium can be extracted from rock phosphates (KSA has one of the largest phosphates reserves in the world of that), that percentage might very well be larger.

Riyadh — King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy announced on Sunday the launch of national cadre development program in uranium mining.

The one-year Uranium Mining Project in cooperation with the Jordanian Atomic Energy Commission and Jordanian Uranium Mining Company (JUMCO) will train Saudis in the exploration of uranium ore, uranium oxide development and feasibility study.


The first batch of Saudi trainees to Jordan includes 13 specialists.

http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/article/560892
 
There's nothing to fill in except voices in the head

Saudis to Prospect for Uranium, Thorium with China – over US Objections
Mar 14, 2019 @ 19:34 DEBKA Weekly


Saudi Arabia is pushing ahead with a geological survey to explore and assess its uranium and thorium resources in the kingdom’s western Hail Province, in the face of US objections. Although this largely agricultural region was always thought to hold small supplies of these substances, Riyadh suddenly perked up of late to its potential after Chinese geologists turned up promising finds.

Hail produces large quantities of dates and fruit and most of the kingdom’s wheat and grain. It has historically derived its wealth as a wayside station on the camel caravan Hajj route to Mecca.

Most of the world’s uranium is found either in northern countries like Canada or Russia or the south in places like South Africa and southern Australia. Jordan is thought to have substantial reserves, up to 65,000 tons of uranium plus the potential to extract 140,000 tonnes from phosphates. Foreign firms have been given mining contracts.

However, DEBKA Weekly’s sources report that Chinese geologists hired by the Saudi government reported that Jordan’s uranium deposits extend south as far as Saudi Arabia’s Hail. Riyadh’s eagerness to co-opt Beijing to the start of its uranium mining project has raised suspicions, especially in Washington, that Saudi Arabia is secretly conducting a nuclear program a lot bigger than suggested by intelligence findings.
The project is going forward as a partnership between the King Abdullah City for Atomic Research and Renewable Energy (KACARE) and China’s National Nuclear Cooperation (CNNC) for the stated aim of “exploring uranium and thorium deposits for peaceful use.”

Last October, the KACARE president Hashim bin Abdullah Yamani said his agency was tasked with “nuclear plans” and proposed to “extract uranium domestically as part of its nuclear program” and a step towards “self-sufficiency in the production of atomic fuel.”

Five months ago, Crown Prince Muhammed bin Salman laid the cornerstone for the kingdom’s first nuclear research reactor. This posed a question: Why does the nation with the world’s largest reserves of oil need nuclear reactors for power? It also raised the suspicion that the Saudis wanted a possible infrastructure for manufacturing plutonium from the nuclear fuel produced by this research reactor.

In past negotiations with the Obama administration, the Saudis firmly refused to relinquish their right to enrich uranium for use as nuclear fuel for their power reactors project. The Trump administration, in contrast, is prepared to countenance uranium enrichment in Saudi Arabia under restrictions, despite strong objections in both houses of congress. Antagonism to Saudi Arabia among US lawmakers remains high over the suspicion that the crown prince engineered the death of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi last year.

Although Riyadh replies that putting nuclear energy to civilian use will free up more of its oil for export, no one doubts that its overriding motivation is in the realm of “security.” The Saudis deeply resent lagging behind Iran’s nuclear efforts and watch with covetous and suspicious eyes the rapid nuclear advances achieved by their ally, the United Arab Emirates. In 2018, the UAE completed the construction of its first civilian nuclear plant. In an agreement with the United States the UAE signed a commitment not to use the reactor for uranium enrichment in return for which it was granted international assistance. The Saudis refuse to undertake this commitment, maintaining that since Iran is allowed to enrich uranium, they too have this right.

Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, on Wednesday, March 13, accused regional powers of “spending their petrodollars on suspicious nuclear projects” that could endanger security in the region and the world. He did not name those powers. Those new threats, Shamkhani said, would force Iran to revise its strategy depending on their nature and geography and the needs of “our country and armed forces.” Last month, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif accused the United States of hypocrisy for trying to wreck Iran’s nuclear program while seeking to sell nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia, Tehran’s regional rival. The Saudi government has so far, with unusual stubbornness, refused to turn over to Washington any information on the nuclear program it is running out of King Abdullah City, or explain what Chinese engineers and technicians are doing there. Therefore, the decision to prospect for uranium and thorium in the Hail province has widened the differences between Riyadh and Washington on the nuclear issue. In an effort to bridge the gap, the US was last week reported to be “encouraging Saudi Arabia to consider bids by American companies to build nuclear reactors.” Washington hopes that if US companies like Westinghouse win those contracts, the administration will have access to a much clear picture on what is going on inside the Saudi nuclear program.

https://www.debka.com/saudis-to-prospect-for-uranium-thorium-with-china-over-us-objections/

Saudi Arabia's first nuclear reactor nearly finished, sparking fears over safeguards

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...early-finished-sparking-fears-over-safeguards

KACARE launches uranium program to train Saudis

http://www.arabnews.com/node/1464706/saudi-arabia

Saudi Arabia owns 5% of global uranium reserves

https://english.mubasher.info/news/3251245/Saudi-Arabia-owns-5-of-global-uranium-reserves

As Saudi Arabia Builds A Nuclear Reactor, Some Worry About Its Motives


Bomb Watchers Twitching as Looser Rules Weighed for Uranium

Countries encouraged to look at extraction from phosphates, providing potential new pathways to the nuclear material used in reactors and weapons

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...xpand-phosphate-link-to-weapons-proliferation

Wa’ad El-Shamal: The capital of global phosphate

http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/article/551114

Wa’ad Al Shamal pivotal in development of KSA’s vast phosphate reserves

http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/arti...elopment-of-KSAsvast-phosphate-reserves?rss=1


Saudi crown prince warns it will build nuclear bomb if Tehran does the same
Prince Mohammed bin Salman is pressing the US to allow Saudi Arabia to enrich uranium in return for choosing American nuclear technology

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...-iran-nuclear-bomb-threat-mohammed-bin-salman

Saudi missile program expanded with help from China, US intel said to show
Trump administration reportedly withheld information from Congress, raising concern it is tacitly approving move; fears raised Riyadh could be seeking nuclear weapons

https://www.timesofisrael.com/saudi...d-with-help-from-china-us-intel-said-to-show/

Exclusive: US intel shows Saudi Arabia escalated its missile program with help from China

Pakistan

deputy_defense_minister-1-jpg.570938



https://edition.cnn.com/2019/06/05/...udi-arabia-ballistic-missile-china/index.html

Saudi Arabia, China have established ‘comprehensive strategic partnership’

http://www.arabnews.com/node/1534636/saudi-arabia



Saudi Space Agency Begins To Take Shape, Reported $1 Billion Budget In First Year

https://spacewatch.global/2019/04/s...hape-reported-1-billion-budget-in-first-year/

Connect the dots.


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As for the importance of gold and jewelry as I eluded too, here is a glimpse of some of the traditional regional dresses in KSA. Once each clan and tribe had their own clothing and styles, often extremely richly decorated and "extravagant".


nothing comes near to dresses of Makka, Madina and Tabuk..
 
nothing comes near to dresses of Makka, Madina and Tabuk..

This is just a small glimpse. There are literally 100's of different dresses in KSA. Each clan used to have their own distinct dresses. There is a sticky thread on this section about Arab traditional dresses. Each time I enter that thread my MacBook Pro freezes, so I can't find some of the old links that I once posted.

Good choices though.:tup:

Will try to find a few photos to show you what I mean.


















More below:

Oasis Unedited: Mansoojat: The Virtual Museum of #Saudi Arabia's Traditional Costumes > Featured in Oasis Magazine

In KSA basically (traditionally at least) each region and region within the region, city, village, tribe and clan had their own traditional clothing. That equals 100's of distinctive traditional clothing. Such diversity is seen in few places in the world. Let alone Arabia as a whole and the remaining Arab world.

Same story with traditional dances.

Beautiful dresses if you ask me. I understand why very few people wear them outside of special occasions, old women, mostly rural ones. Beautiful women in such beautiful dresses would be a distraction.
 
There's nothing to fill in except voices in the head
I don't know what voices you are hearing or why you would say such a thing like that. The Chinese are helping extract Uranium and its implications are as limitless as the potential of the mineral for whoever has its use.

After looking at the swords of the Prophet Mohammad SAW by OP, the voice in my head reminded me about what the Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir once said about Prophet Mohammad SAW and his swords.

She said that she learned from studying our Beloved Prophet SAW that "when Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) died, there was not enough money to buy oil for a lamp, his wife (Ayesha Siddiqa[Radi Allahu-ta'ala unha]) mortgaged his battle shield to buy oil, yet there were nine swords hung on the wall of his house.

Great posts @ArabianEmpires&Caliphates
 
I don't know what voices you are hearing or why you would say such a thing like that. The Chinese are helping extract Uranium and its implications are as limitless as the potential of the mineral for whoever has its use.

After looking at the swords of the Prophet Mohammad SAW by OP, the voice in my head reminded me about what the Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir once said about Prophet Mohammad SAW and his swords.

She said that she learned from studying our Beloved Prophet SAW that "when Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) died, there was not enough money to buy oil for a lamp, his wife (Ayesha Siddiqa[Radi Allahu-ta'ala unha]) mortgaged his battle shield to buy oil, yet there were nine swords hung on the wall of his house.

Great posts @ArabianEmpires&Caliphates

Great share, brother.
 
As for the importance of gold and jewelry as I eluded too, here is a glimpse of some of the traditional regional dresses in KSA. Once each clan and tribe had their own clothing and styles, often extremely richly decorated and "extravagant".

Mashallah. Such beautiful and innocent daughters. I will have a daughter one-day Inshallah and she will be my princess. One of my dreams.:-)
 

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