On Feb. 23, 2013, my article titled “Saudi stability and royal succession” was published in Arab News. Truth be told, I wrote that article after reading several reports and commentaries on Saudi Arabia published in the aftermath of the Arab Spring. Most of the material was produced by westerners or by analysts of this region but based in the West. Western media outlets carried those analyzes.
“Seize the day!” signals retiree Adrianus Verhoeven, now 77. As a Tapline employee, he cycled 3,730 miles home to Holland in 1960; in 2012, he topped that with a 3,872-mile ride across the United States.
Do you know where to find the only house to be built in Dhahran with a chimney? Or in which residential garden the first grass was grown? Or maybe you would like to find out which public building has a secret door into its roof or the location of the first dedicated training center for Saudi women.
Prayers for Mr. Kamal Ahmed Farooqi-President SAEEA
More than 600 delegates traveled to the Royal Commission in Yanbu’ to attended the annual Saudi Downstream Conference held March 4 and 5. The conference brought together key stakeholders and businesses from throughout the region to discuss how to maximize opportunities from the Saudi downstream sector of petrochemicals and renewables.
It was until 1975 that Jubail was a small fishing village. Commuting from Dammam to Jubail was time consuming and tiring. That small fishing village had very few inhabitants living in small houses dotted along the Arabian Gulf’s shoreline.
SAEEA Monthy Progress Meeting Minutes – March 2014
Perfect weather conditions greeted the 65 runners competing in the first ever half marathon held Feb. 7 in ’Udhailiyah. In addition to his responsibilities as race organizer, ’Udhailiyah Recreation consultant Steve Chard was also competing as a warm-up to his attempt at the London Marathon.
By Grace Malone for AramcoExpats.com</em> Tim Barger’s stories about 1950s Aramco evoke a bygone era that defined a certain Aramcon spirit of doing more with less and having a fine time doing it – from a kid’s point of view. His collection Arabian Son: 21 Stories was released last month and I interviewed him about the book by telephone and email.
SAEEA Monthly Progress Meeting Minutes – February, 2014
Tim Barger’s collection of stories about his years growing up in Aramco are a study in impaired judgment and poor impulse control - yet they are entirely recognizable to any of us who lived in a place where you woke up to the muezzin and went to lunch at the whistle.
Highlights of SAEEA 9th Reunion
In December 2013, Steven Reilly Denyer received his MBA degree from Hood College in Frederick Maryland. Steven was a student of Dhahran schools from 1980 to 1986. He is the son of Al and Pat Denyer who resided in Dhahran and Ras Tanura from April 1980 to August of 1990 when Al retired from Aramco. Steven and his wife Carrie live in Germantown, Maryland with their two children.
SAEEA Monthly Progress Meeting Minutes - January 2014
With Lou Reed’s passing and so many people discussing his impact on the contemporary culture of the 60s I can’t help but to remember the first time I ever heard the Velvet Underground. It was in Dhahran when I was 19.
SAEEA Monthly Meeting for December 2013
SAEEA Monthly Meeting for November 2013
SAEEA Monthly Meeting for October 2013
Saudi Aramco, GE and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) announced today the launch of the first all-female business process services center in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
SAEEA Celebrated Their 8th Reunion and Held 2nd Elections