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Dr Mark C. Thompson

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Senior Research Fellow, Head of Socioeconomics Program King Faisal Center for Research & Islamic Studies, Riyadh 🇸🇦 🇸🇦 🇸🇦 🇸🇦 🇸🇦 @KFCRIS @kfcris_en

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Joined September 2012
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It is always a special moment when you receive the hardback copies of a book for the first time! In this case, my new edited book ‘Realizing Saudi Vision 2030: Governance, Institutions and Human Capital Development’. Many thanks to @EditorSophie and @BloomsburyBooks IB Tauris, and especially @KFCRIS @KFCRIS for all their support throughout this project. Special thanks to my wonderful chapter contributors without whom this book would not have happened: Khulood Basha, Abdullah Almuqrin, David Jones, Radhika Punshi, Gauri Gupta, Abdullah Alabdulkarim, PhD, Adam Daoud, May Al-Baz, Saleh Al Nashwan, Hanaa Almoaibed, PhD, Neil Quilliam and David Des Roches. ebook editions of this book are available to download free (Open Access) under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. and a hardcover version is also available to purchase. Open Access was funded by the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies: lnkd.in/d2UXuYY3
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Jeddah by Night.. Enchanting Lights and Stunning Seaside Views
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صورة تاريخية للمسجد الحرام من الداخل تعود إلى عام 1889م، تُظهر الكعبة المشرفة محاطة بصحن المطاف والأروقة، كما يظهر المنبر، ومبنى بئر زمزم داخل الصحن إلى جانب المقامات، وفي الخلفية تبدو المباني العمرانية لمدينة مكة المكرمة في تلك الفترة. #تاريخ_الحج_والحرمين_الشريفين
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AlRajhi farm 🌴🇸🇦
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الكعبة المشرفة alriyadh.com/2213043 @ahmedalgannam
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Photo by @HammadAlHuthali #SaudiArabia
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اي اللوحتين اجمل 😍🎨
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beautiful Arab⁦⁦
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Here is the Prophet's Mosque, Medina
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First place once again! #KFUPM leads a growing list of Arab universities for the fourth year in a row. Read more: go.kfupm.sa/QS-Arab
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Makkah Third Ring Road Opens, Cutting Travel Time by 90%... saudi-expatriates.com/2026/1…
Makkah Third Ring Road Opens, Cutting Travel Time by 90%

Makkah Third Ring Road Opens, Cutting Travel Time by 90%

Makkah opens the Third Ring Road extension, reducing distances to the Grand Mosque to 6.5 km and Mina's Jamarat facility to 4 km.

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If you gave me a dictionary and a thesaurus, I still wouldn't be able to describe the beauty of the sunsets in Madinah. #madinah
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#امطار_مكه امطار مكه
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تفاصيل مظلات المسجد النبوي الشريف ❤
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دانية الحربي@DaniyahAlharbiOct 25
هنا تطيب القلوب 🤍
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Uhud Mountain view in #Medina
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المملكة
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التجاويف الجبلية في تبوك.. تكوينات صخرية مذهلة ووجهة لعشاق الاستكشاف ⛰️🇸🇦
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ٰ@3hd0tOct 21
والمدينة خيرٌ لهم لو كانوا يعلمون
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قصة #مكان 🇸🇦 قرية #علقان التراثية في منطقة #تبوك لوحةٌ من عبق التاريخ وجمال الطبيعة، تتربع بين الجبال الخلابة في هضاب #حِسمى في مدينة #نيوم ، تتميّز القرية بمبانيها التراثية المشيّدة من الحجر والطين، التي تعكس أصالة العمارة #التقليدية وبراعة الإنسان في التكيّف مع البيئة الجبلية، لتروي حكاية إرث حضاري وثقافي عريق.
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Madinah Files@sukkaryeaterOct 21
How sunset looks like, inside the Prophets ﷺ Masjid. #Madinah
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🌅 وادي الديسة بمحافظة ضباء بمنطقة تبوك.. Wadi Al Disah in Duba Governorate, Tabuk Region
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