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​Since Saudi Arabia is known for its generous and giving culture, we figured it would only make sense to embrace that charitable spirit to celebrate Saudi National Day. This year, we’re offering these presentation slides to help commemorate the KSA’s past, present, and future.

What is Saudi National Day?

For nearly thirty years, King Abdul Aziz Al Saud strove to join the Nejd and Hijaz regions into his kingdom. Finally, on September 23, 1932, he announced the nation’s unification under the new Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

And now in 2022, we celebrate 92 years of this Kingdom by commemorating its past and reflecting on the forecasted Vision 2030. The projects strive to solidify Saudi Arabia as a hub for technology and tourism.

This year, there are several reasons to celebrate Saudi National Day, among them:

Renewing your spirit of belonging. Join in on the festivities and engage with the community around you to renew your passion and belonging in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

​ Appreciating the opportunities it provides. It’s a nation that seeks to empower its citizens and residents and provide them with what they need to contribute to the Kingdom’s continuous growth and prosperity.

Enjoying the beautiful historic, cultural, and religious sites it homes. Immerse yourself in the rich heritage harbored all across the Kingdom. From Mecca to AlUla, Saudi Arabia’s care for its sites made it an exciting destination for tourists and investors.

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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.

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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

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 Saudi’s Visa Requirements

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End of the Line? Saudi Arabia ‘forced to scale back’ plans for desert megacity

Crown prince’s pet project was sold as a 105-mile-long city of the future, but finances may have led to a rethink

It was billed as a glass-walled city of the future, an ambitious centrepiece of the economic plan backed by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to transition Saudi Arabia away from oil dependency.

Now, however, plans for the mirror-clad desert metropolis called the Line have been scaled down and the project, which was envisaged to stretch 105 miles (170km) is expected to reach just a mile and a half by 2030.

Dreamed up as a linear city that would eventually be home to about 9 million people on a footprint of just 13 sq miles, the Line is part of a wider Neom project. Now at least one contractor has begun dismissing workers.

The scaling down of Prince Mohammed’s most grandiose project was reported by Bloomberg , which said it had seen documents relating to the project.

The project, which had been slated to cost $1.5tn (£1.2tn), was pitched as a reinvention of urban design. However, it has long attracted scepticism and criticism, not least after the reported execution of several members of the Howeitat tribe who had protested over plans to construct on their ancestral lands.

Then there were reports of Prince Mohammed’s changing vision for the project, budget overspends and an ever-changing roster of key staff, with some who have worked on the project describing it as “untethered from reality”.

According to Bloomberg, the scaling back of the Line comes as the overall Neom budget for 2024 has yet to be approved by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund amid declining cash reserves.

Promotional presentations had suggested something out of a science fiction novel running inland into Tabuk province from the mouth of the Gulf of Aqaba where it enters the Red Sea.

A few hundred metres wide, the linear city had been sold as the future of accessible urban planning, with amenities for residents within close walking distance to accommodation and districts connected by one of the world’s fastest trains.

Promotional material described the Line in almost mystical terms: a “cognitive city” and a “civilisation revolution” where amenities would be provided by artificial intelligence.

Prince Mohammed, who has long been accused of involvement in the killing of the Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul in 2018, had described the city project as “tackling the challenges facing humanity in urban life today” to “shine a light on alternative ways to live”.

Not everyone, however, has been convinced by the prince’s glossy prospectus. Writing in the New York Times in 2021 at the time Neom released a video describing the prospects of living between the city’s silvered walls, the US journalist and author Robert Worth said: “To watch the crown prince’s promotional video is to be immersed in a distinctively Saudi form of arrogance, blending religious triumphalism and royal grandiosity.”

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• The Line is part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's Vision 2030 project

Saudi Arabia has been forced to scale back its $1.5trillion plans for a 106-mile linear desert city, according to reports, in a humiliating decision for the kingdom.

The Line - part of the country's audacious and futuristic NEOM project - was meant to be home to around 1.5 million residents by the end of the decade.

Now, according to people familiar with the project, the development will only stretch 1.5 miles and house fewer than 300,000 residents by 2030.

As a result of the reduction to the construction of The Line, at least one contractor has started dismissing workers it employs on the site, Bloomberg reports. 

Stunning concept images released by the kingdom in 2022 showed a vast, mirrored structure cutting through the desert near crystal blue ocean waters.

It is one of several developments that form the country's NEOM project - which also includes an industrial city, ports and tourism developments.

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But The Line was the jewel in Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's Vision 2030 project, which was set in motion to diversify his country's oil dependent economy, as well as its society and culture, and improve the image on the world stage.

The Kingdom said the project, which is expected to cost $1.5 trillion, would be an 'unprecedented living experience' that preserves 'surrounding nature'.

The megacity was to feature two parallel skyscrapers extending across a swathe of desert and mountain terrain, with mirrored facades on the outside.

Saudi officials said it would be built in stages, and would eventually cover a 106-mile stretch of desert along the coast of the Red Sea in the western Tabuk province.

However, Bloomberg reports that these plans have now been dramatically scaled back - with the 106 mile structure being reduced to just 1.5 miles.

It is not clear whether it will still feature its twin skyscrapers seen in the concept imagery, or if the whole project will have to be reconsidered.

Citing its sources, the publication reports that Saudi Arabia has not yet approved NEOM's 2024 budget, and that its vast expenditure is beginning to concern officials.

Some projects outlined in the Vision 2030 are already expected to be delayed past the end of the decade, with Finance Minister Mohammed Al Jadaan saying in December that longer is needed to 'build factories' and 'sufficient human resources.'

'The delay or rather the extension of some projects will serve the economy,' he said.

NEOM was first announced in 2017, with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman delivering a presentation on The Line in July 2022.

It has consistently raised eyebrows for proposed flourishes like flying taxis and robot maids, even as architects and economists have questioned its feasibility.

At just 200 yards wide, The Line is intended to be Saudi Arabia's answer to unchecked and wasteful urban sprawl, layering homes, schools and parks on top of each other in what planners term 'Zero Gravity Urbanism'.

Promotional material says residents will have 'all daily needs' reachable within a five-minute walk, while also having access to other perks like outdoor skiing facilities and 'a high-speed rail with an end-to-end transit of 20 minutes'.

In his presentation, Prince Mohammed sketched out an even more ambitious vision, describing a car-free utopia that would become the planet's most liveable city.

Analysts noted at the time, though, that plans for NEOM have changed course over the years, fuelling doubts about whether The Line will ever become reality.

NEOM was once touted as a regional 'Silicon Valley', a biotech and digital hub spread over 10,000 square miles.

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Now it's a vehicle for reimagining urban life on a footprint of just 34 square kilometres, and addressing what Prince Mohammed describes as 'liveability and environmental crises'.

'The concept has morphed so much from its early conception that it's sometimes hard to determine its direction: scaling down, scaling up, or making an aggressive turn sideways,' said Robert Mogielnicki of the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, following the presentation in 2022.

Officials had earlier said NEOM's population would top one million, but Prince Mohammed said the number would actually hit 1.2million by 2030 before climbing to nine million by 2045.

In a promotional video released by the Kingdom, it was suggested that nine million people could live in The Line at full capacity.

The eye-popping total is part of a hoped-for nationwide population boom that Prince Mohammed said would be necessary to make Saudi Arabia - the world's biggest crude exporter - an economic powerhouse.

The goal for 2030 is to have 50 million people - half Saudis and half foreigners - living in the kingdom, up from roughly 34 million today.

By 2040 the target is 100 million people, he said in 2022.

'That's the main purpose of building NEOM, to raise the capacity of Saudi Arabia, get more citizens and more people in Saudi Arabia. And since we are doing it from nothing, why should we copy normal cities?'

The site will be powered by 100 percent renewable energy and feature 'a year-round temperate micro-climate with natural ventilation', the promotional video said.

The feasibility of the project had long been called into question. 

Architect and urban planner Etienne Bou-Abdo said of the concept images last year: 'the 3D images presented are not classical 3D architecture images', and the designers of the project 'have rather called upon video game designers'.

He stated that the plan includes 'a lot of technology that we don't have today'.

A number of The Line's key features, particulary those related to energy and transport, are based on technologies that do not exist even in prototype form.