The “Arab National Geographic Magazine” issued by the “Abu Dhabi Media Company” dedicated its Arab readers to a special gift in the September 2020 issue celebrating the 90th Saudi National Day.
The gift included 32 distinctive photographic shots from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to appear as diverse stories that tell about the rich geographical and cultural diversity in its various regions from north to south, and this rich diversity in Saudi Arabia is one of the most important tourist attractions that contributed to the fame of this country, which constitutes the largest part from the Arabian Peninsula. This unique geographical diversity has enriched the cultural aspect of the country's population with all its different details from one region to another. Which shows unique heritage stories that are not similar in their chapters and stories.
Al-Saad Al-Minhali, Editor-in-Chief of the “Arab National Geographic Magazine,” says the photograph in our world is one of the effective means that contribute to highlighting the distinction and uniqueness that any country in the world enjoys, and there is nothing more beautiful than the desert that characterizes the Kingdom, and that it was difficult to collect without this method. The magazine has worked on research and innovation, and in its own way, in celebrating the Saudi National Day through the “32 Saudi Stories” project, which celebrates the creativity and energies of Saudi youth that monitor the geographical and cultural marvels of their country through their dazzling lenses. As for the chief editor of the magazine, Ishaq Al-Hammadi, he says: In order to accomplish this photographic work, the magazine cooperated with 32 Saudi photographers, all of whom contributed to providing the magazine with their photographic masterpieces and the most beautiful and amazing shots of famous landmarks in their country and the details of life there. Therefore, these photographers showed great enthusiasm in celebrating a national occasion dear to their hearts, which was translated through their creative way of introducing the world to the richness of their country. This is a badge of pride for every photographer who was able to contribute his photos and be an ambassador for his country through his photos. Here is a review of the names of the photographers who participated in the celebration of their national day: Fatima Al-Sabiha, Khawla Al-Mubarak, Latifa Al-Ajaji, Naglaa Al-Khalifa, Ahmed Al-Jarwan, Faisal bin Zaraa, Omar Al-Nahdi, Muhammad Al-Maliki, Sami Al-Omari, Mustafa Al-Sahlouli, Salem Oraibi, Saad Tahitah, Saleh Al-Thubaiti Khaled Zarouk, Raed Al-Maliki, Abdulaziz Al-Nuzha, Youssef Bagash, Meshari Al-Shahrani, Abdullah Al-Sheikh, Abdulaziz Al-Dakhil, Hassan Al-Mubarak, Abdulaziz Al-Ghamdi, Tariq Al-Mutlaq, Abdul-Rahman Al-Bariyah, Fahd Al-Hussein, Abdullah Al-Issa, Muhammad Al-Kharji, Awad Al-Shehri, Khaled Al-Khazim, Abdul-Rahman Al-Daghilabi, Walid Al-Talhi.
Okaz (Abu Dhabi)
