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8 unusual facts about Jeddah


Al Mukhabarat Al A'amah

During this period two branches of the Presidency were set up locally, the western branch in Jeddah, and eastern one in Dhahran.

Hellenic Imperial Airways

The airline commenced scheduled operations on 30 May 2009 with the route Birmingham-Athens-Jeddah.

Karen Hughes

On her September 27 stop in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia during a talk with female students, she expressed her wish that women could "fully participate in society" as they do in the United States.

Khohar

He has been very active in the social work of the Pakistani community in Jeddah and Khohar.

MODON

MODON has set up 29 industrial cities and oversees the organization of these cities spread over various regions of the Kingdom on a total area of approximately 150 million square meters in Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam, Makkah, Qassim, Al-Ahsa, Madinah, Assir, Sakakah, Tabuk, Ha'il, Najran, Sudair, Shaqraa and Al-Taif.

MODON is also establishing industrial cities in the reformatories of Al-Ha'er and Jeddah in cooperation with the Public Administration of Prisons.

Salah Taher

Overall, he painted 15000 paintings and held more than 80 art fairs for his work in Egypt, Venice, New York, San Francisco, Geneva, Beirut, Kuwait and Jeddah.

Wafah Dufour

Wafah Dufour spent the early part of her life in Los Angeles, then Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, but later moved to Geneva, Switzerland, with her parents and two sisters Nadjia (1979) and Noor (1987).


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Abu Nawas

The first branch opened in Prince al Mansour Street in Dammam in the 1980s, and later expanded to Khobar and eventually Jeddah.

Ahmed al-Gizawi

Saudi officials said that al-Gizawi had been arrested at the King Abdulaziz International Airport near Jeddah on 17 April for possession of 21,000 Xanax anti-anxiety pills, which are banned in the country.

Ayub Thakur

In 1981, Dr. Thakur joined the Nuclear Engineering Department of King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah in Saudi Arabia as a lecturer.

Bahr negus Yeshaq

When the Ottoman general Özdemir Pasha, who had been made governor of the Ottoman province of Habesh, crossed over from Jeddah in 1557 and occupied Massawa, Arqiqo and finally Debarwa, capital of the Bahri negassi, Yeshaq led the local peasantry against the invaders, recapturing Debarwa and seizing the "immense treasure" the invaders piled up within.

Ceuta Heliport

Destinations include more than one hundred cities in Europe (mainly in the United Kingdom, Central Europe and the Nordic countries) but also the main cities of Eastern Europe: Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Budapest, Sofia, Warsaw, Riga and Bucharest), North Africa, the Middle East (Riyadh, Jeddah and Kuwait) and North America (New York, Toronto and Montreal).

Chandrika

It is published from Kozhikode, Kannur, Malappuram, Kochi, Trivandrum, Doha, Dubai, Riyadh and Jeddah and was the first attempt to have a newspaper from Malabar Muslims to support the political party.

Crusader raids on the Red Sea

After sacking the port of Aidhab the expedition crossed back over to the eastern (Arabian) shore and attacked ports along the coast from Rabigh (90 miles north of Jeddah) to al-Haura.

Dusit Thani Group

Dusit International also announces its first step in China - Dusit Thani Sanya as well as other projects in the pipeline, including Dusit Thani Abu Dhabi, Dusit Residence West Bay Doha, Dusit Thani Dilmunia Bahrain, and Dusit Thani Jeddah.

Evolved HSPA

Coverage focused on major areas in the biggest 3 cities Riyadh, Dammam and Jeddah, other areas & cities covered with 3G & GPRS.

George Magan, Baron Magan of Castletown

Magan also serves on a number of international boards which include the Advisory Board for Ardian (formerly AXA Private Equity), the Advisory Board for Abdul Latif Jameel Group (automotive distributor and real estate company, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia) and as a Financial Adviser for Emaar Properties PJSC (real estate development company, Dubai).

Gil Simpson

He lived in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, working as a programmer for Caterpillar Inc. between 1976 and 1978, after which he returned to New Zealand to develop a new concept in computer programming through his creation of the fourth generation language known as LINC.

Ibn Sina National College for Medical Studies

Ibn Sina National College for Medical Studies (Arabic: كلية ابن سينا الأهلية للعلوم الطبية) is a private medical university in the Al mahjar road Ghulail area of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Ilija Lukić

He won four national championships, a treble with Al-Ittihad (Jeddah) in Saudi Arabia and one in UAE with Al Wasl.

Kim Yong-Dae

On 21 August 2013, Kim brilliantly denied Brazilian Bruno César of Al-Alhi, during the start of the second half, from a free-kick spot from the middle of their half when he dove to save ball which many fans declared it as a "super save."

Korean Air Flight 803

Flight 803 was a scheduled International passenger service from Seoul, South Korea to Tripoli, Libya with intermediate stops in Bangkok, Thailand and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Mahmoud Bodo Rasch

In 1975 Mahmoud Bodo Rasch and Sami Angawi founded the Hajj Research Center at the King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Mecca

It will link along 444 kilometres (276 mi), the Muslim holy cities of Medina and Mecca via King Abdullah Economic City, Rabigh, Jeddah and King Abdulaziz International Airport.

Mir Jumla II

Mir Jumla, who in the 1640s had his own ships and organized merchant fleets that sailed throughout Surat, Thatta, Arakan, Ayuthya, Balasore, Aceh, Melaka, Johore, Bantam, Makassar, Ceylon, Bandar Abbas, Mecca, Jeddah, Basra, Aden, Masqat, Mocha and the Maldives.

Moez Masoud

Masoud's first Arabic program was “Al-Tareeq Al-Sah” (The Enlightened Path), which premiered during Ramadan 2007 and was filmed on location in Cairo, Jeddah, Istanbul, London and Madinah.

MyTravel Airways

MyTravel Aircraft Engineering Caribbean, part of MTAE had bases throughout the Caribbean in Cancún, Cozumel, Montego Bay, Newark, New Jersey and Sanford, Florida, as well as seasonal bases at various Spanish, Greek and Turkish airports as well as Jeddah for the Hajj operation.

Nigeria Airways Flight 9805

Nigeria Airways Flight 9805 was a cargo flight from King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah to Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano, Nigeria.

Omar 'The White Sudani' Ramzi

Since then he has been doing shows in all the major cities in Saudi Arabia and Egypt: Jeddah, Riyadh, Khobar, Cairo and Alexandria He has opened for several other world renowned stand-up comedians such as Ahmed Ahmed, Maz Jobrani, Angelo Tsarouchas, Dean Edwards, Jeff Mirza and Erik Griffin.

Osman Pasha

Muhassıl Osman Pasha (died 1750), Ottoman governor of Egypt, Damascus, Tripoli, Sidon, and Jeddah

Politics of Saudi Arabia

The Islamist candidates tended to be backed by public figures and the religious establishment and won most of the seats in the Saudi cities such as Riyadh, Jeddah, Medina, Tabuk and Taif.

Printemps

The store has opened branches outside France, in locations including Andorra, the Ginza shopping district in Tokyo, and Jeddah.

Qu'aiti

;HH Princess Muzna bint Ghalib Al Qu'aiti: born 28 December 1980 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, holds a MA from the School of Oriental and African Studies, SOAS and BA from the American University in Cairo; married Hisham Hafez of Medina, Saudi Arabia.

Sabria Jawhar

In 2006, she served as a lecturer at King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Nursing College, in Jeddah.

Samia al-Amoudi

She is an associate professor at King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah, and head of the Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Al-Amoudi Center of Excellence in breast cancer.

Saudi Arabian Boy Scouts Association

In addition, there are American Boy Scouts in Dhahran, Riyadh, Jeddah, Ras Tanura, Udhailiyah, and Khamis, linked to the Direct Service branch of the Boy Scouts of America, which supports units around the world; as well as Boy Scouts of Scouts Canada in Riyadh.

SS Jeddah

On 17 July 1880 Jeddah sailed from Singapore bound for Penang and Jeddah, with 778 men, 147 women and 67 children on board.

Sulayman S. Nyang

A former deputy ambassador and head of chancery of the Gambia Embassy in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Nyang has served as consultant to several national and international agencies and on the boards of the African Studies Association, the American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies, America's Islamic Heritage Museum, and the Association of Muslim Social Scientists.

Tomb of Eve

The first one to speak of Eve's tomb as being in Jeddah is Idrisi (mid-12th century).

World Cup Fountain

To date, after King Fahd's Fountain (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia), that makes it the second tallest water fountain in the world, taller than the fountain in Fountain Hills, Arizona or the Port Fountain in Karachi, Pakistan.


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