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unusual facts about Al Saud



Faiza Ambah

Her father, Saleh Ambah, was the College of Petroleum and Mineral's Dean of Students before being imprisoned by order of King Faisal for expounding democratic ideals against the authoritarian rule of the Al Saud.


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Diriyah

In The Kingdom (first published in 1981), British author Robert Lacey observed that the Al Saud had "left the shell of their old capital behind them, an enduring reminder of the frontiers of the possible" and compared the old Diriyah to "a sand-blown Pompeii".

Reema Bint Bandar Al Saud

Reema Bint Bandar Al Saud is a Saudi Arabian princess and entrepreneur involved with luxury retailers ALFA International, AL HAMA, and Yibree salon.

Unification of Saudi Arabia

The Al Saud survived in exile and went on to found the Second Saudi State, which is generally considered to have lasted from Turki ibn Abdallah's capture of Riyadh (which he designated as the new capital) in 1824 until the Battle of Mulayda in 1891.