Help Identify Golfer

BY Aramco ExPats / /

Young Nguyen and I were visiting on the bus to Al-Khobar during the KSA Reunion. Young said she had two photos posted in both the Reunion House and the Rolling Hills Golf Club.

Al-Ayyam Al-Jamilah – Spring 2015

Al-Ayyam Al-Jamilah – Spring 2015

BY Saudi Aramco News / /

Drivers from al-‘Ula in northwestern Saudi Arabia welcome Annuitants Reunion travelers to a viewing point high above the valley linking that thriving town to the Nabataean city of Madain Salih, a trading city that flourished some 2,000 years ago.

Water Arabia: Tapping Technology, Innovation for Reliable Water

BY Saudi Aramco News / /

Under the patronage of HE Abdullah Al-Hussayen, Minister of Water and Electricity, and in the presence of Ahmad Al-Baghdadi, Deputy Minister for Water Affairs, the 2015 Water Arabia Conference and Exhibition was held in al-Khobar under the theme “Innovative & Reliable Water and Wastewater Technologies for Sustainable Water Quality.”

Lauren Yelle married Sam Mills

BY Aramco ExPats / /

Lauren Yelle married Sam Mills on August 31, 2014. Sam and Lauren both work for Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools where Lauren teaches 8th grade Social Studies and her husband Sam is the Director of School Administration.

NASA: Science and Hospitality

BY Abdulateef Al-Mulhim / /

In November 2012, Riyadh hosted the 25th annual Association of Space Explorers Congress. The International Aeronautics Technology Conference was organized by King Abdulaziz City of Science and Technology.

Pulling Yemen Back from the Abyss

BY Abdulateef Al-Mulhim / /

Just a few hours before a Saudi Arabia-led coalition of 10 countries launched an offensive against the Houthi rebels in Yemen, I was aboard a flight to the United States capital, Washington. 

Why I Write

BY Khaled Almaeena / /

What compels writers or journalists to write? It is not money that motivates them. Perhaps Dani Shapiro sums up the answer well: “To shine a light, to right a wrong, to shape chaos into art, to pose difficult questions, to challenge our own belief, to connect because we have to."

Who really desecrated the Qur’an?

BY Abdulateef Al-Mulhim / /

Muslims across the world are going through a very difficult phase due to the wrong and un-Islamic actions of a few terrorist groups. 

Why India Always Amazes Me?

BY Abdulateef Al-Mulhim / /

A few months ago, I got an invitation to attend an event at the NASA Mission Control Center at Johnson’s Space Center in Houston, Texas, to be held by the end of this month.

Pushing ME Into Nukes Race

BY Abdulateef Al-Mulhim / /

Amid the ongoing Iran’s nuclear issue debate, Saudi Arabia has taken a prominent position. 

Let Justice and Order Prevail for Everyone

BY Khaled Almaeena / /

I have written articles on the raids on “violators” of iqama (residence permit) regulations and labor laws, in which I asked who the real violators are.

Local, International Poets Light Up Annual Event

BY Saudi Aramco News / /

“Poetry is a thing of such beauty and such power. The play of words, the imagery, and the wit make us happier, sadder, more alive, and more inspired.