49 Notable alumni of
King Saud University
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King Saud University is 448th in the world, 90th in Asia, and 1st in Saudi Arabia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 49 notable alumni from King Saud University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Mohammed bin Salman
- Enrolled in King Saud University
- 2003-2007 graduated with bachelor's degree in law
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, also known by his initials MBS or MbS, is Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia. He is the seventh son of King Salman of Saudi Arabia and grandson of the nation's founder, King Abdulaziz. He is considered by many as the de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia.
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Necmettin Erbakan
- Occupations
- university teacherpoliticianengineer
- Biography
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Necmettin Erbakan was a Turkish politician, engineer, and academic who was the Prime Minister of Turkey from 1996 to 1997. He was pressured by the military to step down as prime minister and was later banned from politics by the Constitutional Court of Turkey for allegedly violating the separation of religion and state as mandated by the constitution.
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Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais
- Occupations
- Islamic juristimamprofessor
- Biography
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Abdul Rahman Ibn Abdul Aziz al-Sudais, better known as Al-Sudais, is one of the nine imams of the Grand Mosque, Masjid al-Haram in Makkah, Saudi Arabia; the president of the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques; a renowned Qāriʾ (reciter of the Qur'an); he was the Dubai International Holy Qur'an Award's "Islamic Personality Of the Year" in 2005.
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Nasser Al-Qasabi
- Born in
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Saudi Arabia - Occupations
- engineertelevision actorcomedianactor
- Biography
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Nasser bin Qassim Al Qasabi is a Saudi Arabian actor. He started his acting career in 1984 and is known for his various roles in the series Tash Ma Tash (Arabic: طاش ما طاش). From 2012 to 2015, Nasser was a judge on the television series Arabs Got Talent.
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Turki bin Salman Al Saud
- Occupations
- entrepreneur
- Biography
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Turki bin Salman Al Saud is a Saudi prince and businessman who is the chairman of Tharawat Holding Company. On 9 February 2013 he was appointed chairman of the Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SRMG) and served in the post until 6 April 2014.
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Faisal bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
- Occupations
- politicianbusinessperson
- Biography
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Faisal bin Salman Al Saud is a member of the House of Saud and was governor of Madinah province in Saudi Arabia from 14 January 2013 to 12 December 2023.
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Khalid bin Sultan
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Khalid bin Sultan Al Saud is the former deputy minister of defense and a member of the House of Saud.
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Faisal bin Bandar Al Saud
- Years
- 1946-.. (age 78)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Faisal bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz Al Saud is a Saudi royal who has served as the governor of Riyadh since 2015.
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Abdulaziz bin Saud Al Saud
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Abdulaziz bin Saud Al Saud is a Saudi royal who has been the minister of interior of Saudi Arabia since 21 June 2017. The position was previously held by his uncle, former Crown Prince Muhammad bin Nayef, whereas his grandfather former Prince Nayef held the position for multiple decades.
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Othman al-Khamees
- Occupations
- muhaddithIslamic jurist'ālimda'i
- Biography
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Othman bin Muhammad bin Hamad bin Abdullah bin Saleh bin Muhammad al-Khamees al-Nasiri al-Tamimi, also known as Othman al-Khamees, is a jurist, academic and also a Sunni Muslim religious scholar, preacher from Kuwait.
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Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud
- Occupations
- consultantinternational forum participantpoliticiandiplomat
- Biography
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Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah bin Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud is a Saudi Arabian diplomat, politician and a member of the House of Saud. Prince Faisal has also served as the Saudi ambassador to Germany since 27 March 2019 until his appointment as the foreign minister of Saudi Arabia. He is currently serving as the foreign minister of Saudi Arabia since 23 October 2019, when he was appointed to that position by a royal decree issued by King Salman. Prince Faisal was born in Frankfurt, West Germany and spent a part of his childhood and young adulthood in that country, which is why he speaks fluent German according to German news media.
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Saud al-Qahtani
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Saud bin Abdullah al-Qahtani is a Saudi Arabian consultant and former royal court advisor. Prior to his dismissal in late 2018, he worked as an advisor to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia and crown prince Mohammed bin Salman.
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Yasser Al-Dosari
- Occupations
- qāriʾimam
- Biography
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Yasir bin Rashid ad-Dousary (Arabic: ياسر بن راشد الدوسري; born on 6 August 1980, is an imam, khatib, and qāriʾ from Saudi Arabia. He has been one of the imams of Masjid al-Haram since 12 October 2019. Previously, he was an imam of Tarawih and Tahajjud at Masjid al-Haram from 2015 and also an imam at several mosques in Riyadh since 1995. Al-Dosari was a student of a group of ulamas and sheikhs, including Abdulaziz Al Sheikh, Saleh Al-Fawzan, and Abdullah ibn Jibreen. He also learned qira'at with several sheikhs and qaris, including Bakri Al-Tarabisyi and Ibrahim Al-Akhdar.
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Bilal Philips
- Occupations
- writerteacher
- Biography
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Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips is a Jamaica-born Canadian Islamic teacher, speaker, author, founder and chancellor of the International Open University, who lives in Qatar.
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Adil al-Kalbani
- Occupations
- imam
- Biography
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Adil al-Kalbani is a Saudi Arabian Muslim cleric of Afro-Saudi background who served as the Imam of the Great Mosque of Mecca.
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Salman bin Abdulaziz bin Salman Al Saud
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud is a member of the Saudi royal family. He has been detained without explanation since January 2018 as part of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's 2017–2019 Saudi Arabian purge.
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Abdulaziz bin Turki
- Occupations
- businesspersonracing driver
- Biography
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Abdulaziz bin Turki Al Saud, also known as Abdulaziz bin Turki Al Faisal, is a former Saudi racing driver and businessman as well as a member of the House of Saud. Prince Abdulaziz is the minister of sports appointed by King Salman with a royal decree on 25 February 2020.
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Abdullah bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Abdullah bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz Al Saud is the Minister of National Guard (Saudi Arabia). He was appointed to the post on 27 December 2018.
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Tawfiq Al Rabiah
- Occupations
- international forum participantcivil servant
- Biography
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Tawfig F. AlRabiah is the current Minister of Hajj and Umrah for Saudi Arabia. He served as Minister of Health from May 2016 until October 2021 when he became Minister of Hajj. He was the Minister of Commerce and Industry from December 2011 to May 2016.
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Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Rabiah
- Occupations
- physiciansurgeon
- Biography
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Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Rabeeah is a Saudi pediatric surgeon. He has filled a number of supervisory and advisory roles in Saudi Arabia, including Minister of Health, Advisor to the Royal Court, and Supervisor General of the international aid agency KSrelief.
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Rashid Al Shamrani
- Occupations
- television actorwriterclinical psychologistactor
- Biography
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Rashid Al Shamrani is a Saudi Arabian television actor, clinical psychologist and dramatist Writer, known for his role in the Saudi series "Bayny wa bynak" (English: Between me and you) 1 and 2 and 3, Began his artistic career when he was student at the age 17.
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Ahmed bin Fahd bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ahmed bin Fahd Al Saud is a member of Saudi royal family. He was the deputy governor of Eastern province of Saudi Arabia between 2017 and 2023.
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Faisal bin Mishaal bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
- Occupations
- politicianwriter
- Biography
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Faisal bin Mishaal Al Saud is a Saudi Arabian politician and writer who has served as the governor of Al-Qassim Region since 29 January 2015. He is the eldest son of Prince Mishaal bin Saud Al Saud, a grandson of King Saud and a great-grandson of King Abdulaziz.
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Nawaf bin Faisal
- Years
- 1978-.. (age 46)
- Occupations
- politicianpoet
- Biography
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Nawaf bin Faisal Al Saud is a Saudi Arabian government official who served as the president of the Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee from 2011 to 2013. and the former president of youth welfare. A member of the House of Saud, he is a grandson of King Fahd and Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz.
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Muna AbuSulayman
- Occupations
- diplomatacademic
- Biography
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Muna AbuSulayman, is an American-born Saudi businesswoman and activist. She is also the former founding Secretary General of the Alwaleed Bin Talal Foundation, the philanthropic arm of HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal's Kingdom Holding Company and co-host of the Kalam Nawaem ("Speech of the Soft") television show. In August 2013, AbuSulayman was announced as the Global Ambassador of Silatech.
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Abdullah bin Mosaad bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
- Occupations
- writerbusinessperson
- Biography
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Abdullah bin Mosaad bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud is the son of Prince Mosaad bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud. He was general president of Saudi Arabia's General Sports Authority from 2014 to 2017.
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Ibrahim Abdulaziz Al-Assaf
- Enrolled in King Saud University
- Studied in 1968
- Occupations
- politicianinternational forum participanteconomist
- Biography
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Ibrahim bin Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al-Assaf is a Saudi politician who served as finance minister, foreign minister, and state minister of Saudi Arabia.
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Ahmad Aqil al-Khatib
- Years
- 1965-.. (age 59)
- Biography
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Ahmed bin Aqil al-Khateeb is a Saudi Arabian bureaucrat who has been serving as Minister of Tourism of Saudi Arabia since February 2020. He previously led the country's General Entertainment Authority as its inaugural president between May 2016 and June 2018 and was previously Minister of Health from January to April 2015. He is also a former advisor at the Saudi Royal Court and has served as the chairman of Saudi Arabian Military Industries as well as the Saudi Fund for Development.
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Badr bin Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Farhan
- Occupations
- politicianinternational forum participantcivil servant
- Biography
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Bader bin Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Farhan Al Saud is a Saudi Arabian businessman and politician who is a member of the Saudi royal family and the inaugural Saudi Arabian minister of culture. He is in charge of various key positions directly related to the execution of Saudi Vision 2030. Prior to his appointment as minister of culture, he was the chairman of the Saudi Research and Marketing Group. He was also appointed Governor of the Royal Commission for AlUla Governorate in July 2017.
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Khawla Al Khuraya
- Years
- 1973-.. (age 51)
- Occupations
- physicianoncologist
- Biography
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Khawla S. Al-Kuraya is a Saudi physician and cancer specialist. She is a professor of pathology and directs the King Fahad National Center for Children's Cancer and Research.
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Yousef Al-Othaimeen
- Enrolled in King Saud University
- Studied in 1977
- Occupations
- international forum participantcivil servant
- Biography
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Yousef bin Ahmad Al-Othaimeen is a Saudi Arabian politician who served as secretary-general of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) from November 2016, when Iyad bin Amin Madani stepped down for health reasons, to 29 November 2020.
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Saleh bin Nasser Al-Jasser
- Years
- 20th Century
- Occupations
- business executivebusinesspersoncivil servant
- Biography
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Saleh bin Nasser Al-Jasser is Saudi Arabia's Minister of transport, appointed by a royal decree on 23 October 2019.
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Emrullah İşler
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Emrullah İşler is a Turkish theologian, university lecturer, and politician. On 25 December 2013, he was appointed as a deputy prime minister in the third cabinet of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
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Mohammed Hasan Alwan
- Occupations
- novelistjournalistwriter
- Biography
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Mohammed Hasan Alwan is a Saudi Arabian novelist. He was born in Riyadh and studied Computer Information Systems at King Saud University, obtaining a bachelor's degree in 2002. He also obtained an MBA from the University of Portland, Oregon in 2008 and Ph.D from Carleton University, Ottawa in 2016.
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Bandar Alkhorayef
- Occupations
- international forum participantcivil servant
- Biography
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Bandar Alkhorayef is the Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources in Saudi Arabia. He was appointed on 30 August 2019 to the newly formed industry that was created from the Ministry of Energy.
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Mohammed Al-Hayaza
- Biography
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Professor Mohammed bin Ali Al-Hayaza is a Saudi chemist and politician, who has been the president of Alfaisal University since 1 March 2015. During his term as president, Alfaisal University has risen from one of the Top 800 (2017) to one of the Top 300 (2020) universities in the world according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, though the university has faced criticism for its claims of being the best University in the Arab world and in Saudi Arabia.
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Turki Al-Shabanah
- Occupations
- minister
- Biography
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Turki Abdullah Al-Shabanah was the Minister of Media in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from 27 December 2018 to 25 February 2020. A longstanding media and entertainment executive prior to his appointment, Al Shabanah has run a variety of companies including Rotana. He was ranked by variety magazine as one of the "500 Most Influential Media Personalities of the World" in late 2018.
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Norah Al Faiz
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Norah bint Abdullah Al Faiz, also spelled Noura Al Fayez, (born 1956) is the first woman to hold a cabinet-level office in Saudi Arabia. She was vice minister of education from 2009 to 2015.
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Bandar M Hajjar
- Occupations
- economistinternational forum participant
- Biography
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Bandar Al Hajjar is a Saudi Arabian economist and former Hajj minister. He was removed from post over 2015 Hajj stampede.
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Monther Alkabbani
- Occupations
- physiciansurgeon
- Biography
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Dr. Monther Al Kabbani, also known as Monzer al-Qabbani, is a Saudi Arabian writer, novelist, and surgeon born in Riyadh. He is known for his seven bestselling Arabic novels which include The Shadow Government (2006) and Warriors Warlocks Trilogy.
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Maha Al Muneef
- Occupations
- physician
- Biography
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Maha Al Muneef is the executive director of the National Family Safety Program (NFSP) in Saudi Arabia. She is a specialist in pediatric infectious disease, and has worked to spread awareness about domestic violence and victims of child abuse.
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Afnan AlShuaiby
- Years
- 20th Century
- Occupations
- businesspersondiplomat
- Biography
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Afnan Al-Shuaiby is a Saudi national who is the former Secretary General and Chief Executive of the Arab British Chamber of Commerce (ABCC) in London, England. She has held various positions in Saudi Arabia in education, and foreign companies in the USA. She sits on the boards of many organizations.
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Koutoubou Moustapha Sano
- Enrolled in King Saud University
- Graduated with Licentiate in comparative law
- Graduated with master's degree in comparative law
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Koutoub Moustapha Sano is a politician and academic from Guinea. He served as minister of the office of the president of Guinea and diplomatic advisor to the president. He holds a doctorate in law.
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Awad Alasmari
- Years
- 1959-.. (age 65)
- Occupations
- engineer
- Biography
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His Excellency Professor Awad bin Khuzeim Bin Ali Al-Asmari is a Saudi professor of electrical engineering. He served as Rector of Shaqra University since 2016 to August 2020.
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Hussain Rasheed Ahmed
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Hussain Rasheed Ahmed is a Maldivian Sunni Islamic scholar (Shaafi'ee school of belief) and political leader in Republic of the Maldives. He is also the first elected President of Adhaalath Party (Adhaalath Party), a political party in the Republic of Maldives known for its Sunni Islamic positions. He is fluent in Arabic, Urdu (other than "Dhivehi" Maldivian official language). During President Mohamed Nasheed's government, he was appointed as the co-chair of "Riyaasee Commission", then Minister of State for Home Affairs. On 23 December 2010, he was appointed as Minister of State for Islamic Affairs and held the position until the end of Nasheed's presidency.
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Abduaziz al Hussan
- Occupations
- human rights activistlawyercolumnist
- Biography
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Abdulaziz bin Mohammed al-Hussan is a Saudi Arabian lawyer and reformist born on March 10, 1981, in Riyadh, the kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Yahya Amqassim
- Years
- 1971-.. (age 53)
- Occupations
- novelist
- Biography
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Yahya Amqassim is a Saudi Arabian writer. A graduate of King Saud University, he is currently a foreign diplomat and has served in the Saudi embassies in Paris and Beirut. He has written two books: Stories from Saudi Arabia (2004) and Saq al-Ghurab (The Crow Leg, 2008). In 2009-10, he was chosen by the Beirut39 project as one of the best young writers from the Arab world. His work has appeared in English translation in the Beirut39 anthology, edited by Samuel Shimon.
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Zameer Sattaur
- Biography
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Zameer Ikraam Sattaur is an Islamic scholar who was the former Imam of Masjid Al-Abdin in Queens, New York and a Muslim chaplain with The Metropolitan Transportation Authority in New York City.
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Basher Dimalaang Manalao
- Occupations
- missionary
- Biography
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Basher Dimalaang Manalao or known to be Mostaqbal, a Maranao people, Islamic preacher and was elected vice-governor then succeeded by law the governor of Lanao del Sur in the Philippines following the death of former governor Mamintal Adiong Sr. in 2004. He took his Islamic degree (Arabic: كوليت) at King Saud University.
