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Dananah is a traditional children's game in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It was originally made from damaged tires and the circular metal wires found inside them. The game involves rolling and chasing the tire, with players using a stick about one m long, which has empty can lids, such as those from tuna or cheese cans, attached to its end. Players push the tire with the stick, producing a sound and hum as they play with it. The game later evolved to use the metal frame of bicycle tires in...
Misk Launchpad Program is an interactive educational system offered by Mohammed Bin Salman Foundation 'Misk' under the Misk Entrepreneurship track, in collaboration with the business development platform 'Rise Up'. Its first edition was launched in 2021. The program supports visionaries and entrepreneurs in developing and accelerating their businesses until the business idea becomes a minimum viable product (MVP) ready for launch, in addition to establishing an initial custo...
According to the report by the General Authority for Statistics in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on the occasion of International Youth Day 2020, the youth in the Kingdom, defined as the age group (from fifteen to thirty-four years), represent 36.7 percent of the total Saudi population. This report includes various statistics on Saudi youth covering demographic, social, economic, educational, health, cultural, and recreational aspects. The majority of young males in the Kingdom fall within the (t...
Children's Literature in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia began with the publication of the first specialized magazine, al-Rawdah , by Taher Zamakhshari in 1959. A group of notable writers contributed to the magazine, including Abdulghani Qusti, Ibrahim Allaf, Mohammed Omar Tawfiq, Mohammed Abdullah Malibari, Abbas Faeq Ghazzawi, Hamed Matawea, Ahmed al-Siba'i, Abdulhamid Anbar, Aziz Diya, Saleh Mohammed Jalal, Mohammed Zaki Awad, and Hayat Abdulhamid Anbar. Regulation of children's l...
'The Saudis' strength (Hemmat) is like that of the Tuwaiq mountain ' is a phrase coined by Crown Prince, Prime Minister, and Chairman of the Council of Economic and Development Affairs, His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed Bin Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, during the Future Investment Initiative conference in Riyadh in 2018. He used it to describe the determination of the Saudi people, indicating that it is as lofty as Tuwaiq Mountain. He added, 'It will not be broken, unless ...
Crescent Moon Sighting in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is the process of examining and monitoring the start of the Hijri months in the Kingdom according to the lunar calendar. The Supreme Court oversees this process and ensures sighting reliability through a number of guarantees, including the medical criteria for assessing the visual acuity of moon sighters. In sighting the crescent moon, the Kingdom relies on both visual sighting and astronomical observatories in locations suitable for crescen...
The National Committee for the Care of Prisoners and their Families, and Ex-convicts (Tarahum) is an independent national committee. It provides services to prisoners, correctional facility inmates, released prisoners, and their families in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The committee focuses on their care, improving their lives, and offering financial and moral support. It aims to enhance the social, economic, and health conditions of the inmates' families and conducts studies to help rehab...
The Saudi Committee for Traditional Games is the entity responsible for regulating and supervising the affairs of traditional and folk games in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It aims to promote and spread the practice of these games, as well as develop this sector, including the enhancement of traditional game systems. Mission, vision, and objectives of the Saudi Committee for Traditional Games The committee aims to fulfill its mission by introducing, cataloging, and reviving traditional games an...
The Ramadan Cannon in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is an ancient voice announcement tool used to mark the beginning of the month of Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr in several provinces of the Kingdom. Shots are fired from a special cannon positioned on a mountain or high place. The use of the Ramadan cannon is a tradition observed in several Islamic countries and serves as a symbol associated with the month of Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr. History of Ramadan cannon in Saudi Arabia The Ramadan cannon was intr...
The Family Affairs Council is a governmental entity that caters to the family in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by strengthening its position, activating its role in society, and supervising the implementation of family-related laws by public and private entities. 1 Moreover, the Family Affairs Council is the official entity that represents women, families, children, and the elderly within international bodies and organizations. 2 It was established by a resolution of the Council of Ministers on J...
King Salman Social Center (KSSC) is one of the non-profit organizations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It was inaugurated in 1997 with the aim of providing social services and boosting the developmental role of the social sector in community development. Moreover, KSSC organizes a number of awareness, health, cultural, recreational, and volunteer events and programs to improve the standard of living of the local community. Cooperation of KSSC with other entities KSSC enables the community to c...
Misk al-Qiyam Initiative is an initiative launched by the Initiatives Center at the Mohammed Bin Salman Misk Foundation in 2018. It aims to promote awareness about values among community members, considering them as one of the essential elements of personality. This is achieved through possessing tools that qualify it to offer programs and initiatives that bolster positive content. Goals of Misk al-Qiyam Initiative Misk al-Qiyam Initiative works to achieve two main objectives: possessing suppor...
