Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia’s History

• The Kingdom of Saudi was founded in 1744 by two town leaders to create a new political entity

• They did not join the UN until 1945

In this picture Abdul Aziz, (the king of Saudi Arabia from 1916-1953) is talking to Pres. Roosevelt.

Saudi’s Culture• Saudi’s have external appearance

of Islamic practice. Men and women typically dress in cultural and religious dress, and woman must cover their head and bodies. Men and women have strict dress codes. Men are not supposed to talk to women in public unless they are married or close relatives

• The typical man from Saudi wears a thobe which is a white gown with a agal, a black ring that holds the scarf in place and the ghutra which is a red and white square shaped scarf that covers the head.

Saudi’s Religion

• Saudi is primarily a Islamic nation.• Saudi is know as “The Lands of The Two Holy

Mosques” because it has Islamism’s two mosques.

Medina Mecca

Religion

• Saudi is the worlds leader on Islamic religious temples. Saudi has two temples

• Saudi’s primary reason for people visiting Saudi is because of its two mosques Mecca and Medina

This is a map of places people visit when they travel to Saudi and the temples are the biggest attraction.

Saudi’s Government

• Saudi’s Government is that of a Monarchy meaning that a king rules the land.

• The kings are the primary benefactor of the nations wealth

Economics

• Saudi’s primary source of income is oil

• Saudi first found that they had oil in March of 1938

• Saudi would be a dying country if it wasn’t for their oil fields

Travel to Saudi

• The US doesn’t have a strict travel requirements with Saudi

• Traveling to Saudi from the US is as easy as traveling to the UK.

• The US doesn’t recommend traveling to the middle east because of all the turmoil.

Saudi’s Typical Weather

• Saudi’s weather is very high

• Jeddah’s high is 102

• Abha’s high is 82• Al Dammam’s is

108• Al Ahsa’s High is

113• Al Lith’s high is 112

Saudi’s Visa Requirements

• Documents: Valid Passport for at least six months, and it requires a sponsor which can take several months to get

• Time it takes to issue a visa: at least 24 hours, and at least one week if applying for a working permit

• Cost of a visa: Family visit 39£, Business 10£, Multiple entries 96£, residency 10£ and religious pilgrimage to one of the Islamic temples is free.

• A visa’s stay period starts from the first day of entry into Saudi and within the Visa’s valid dates