The Good Side
- The two most Holy places on Earth -
Makkatul Mukarrama and
Madinatul Munawwara
- The only country in the world with
100% Muslims
- The only country with
Islamic Shariah
- The only country with highest number of
Masaajid (Mosques) and people actually populating them. In all cities, almost every
40 steps, in every workplace, in every Bazaar/Mall/Shopping Strip/Airport/Bus Station/Railway Station on every Highway/Freeway
- The only country where a
majority of Muslims actually perform Salaat (Namaaz)
- The only country where the national dress is
Thobe (closest to the Sunnah) and is actually wore by the majority proudly
- The only country where a majority of women proudly wear
Hijab (body veil) with Niqaab (face veil)
- The only country with majority of
Philanthropist who do not seek name and fame
- The only country in the world who has
helped most number of countries (rich as well as poor) with Aids/Cash without any strings attached or to get favor back
- The only country where Bazaars, Shops, Shopping malls, Restaurants, or any
business is closed five (5) times in day for Salaat (Namaaz)
- The only country in the world in which more than
70,000 career-seeking Saudis are abroad seeking higher education in countries like US, UK, Australia, India …etc on the state expense.
- The only country in the world where an individual (a Saudi citizen only) can get
free education from Kindergarten to PhD and still get stipend (up to 1000 SAR/month i.e. approximately $330 US or approximately Rs. 12,000 INR) from government for getting educated.
- The only country where approximately
8 million expatriates are working for the development of the country
- The fastest growing country with
13th on the list of most favorable places to invest money.
- The only country where Women cannot drive but the bright side of it, they have drivers who can drive them everywhere
The Bad Side
- The only country where the
Royal family is supposed to have
extended 60,000 family members with each bread winner getting monthly stipends of up to
$15,000/month and they don’t have to work for it!
- The only country, in the world, with
most number of accidents and
most number of accident related deaths ):
- The only country with
crazy drivers,
youngsters and oldies alike, with most number reckless driving records and pride on doing the wrong thing
- The only country where
crazy drivers drive at the speed of
220 KPH,
will overtake from left side on the fast lane (being left hand drive i.e. from the left shoulder of the highway!!!!) and still think they are doing the right thing
- The only country, with maximum number of instances, where
a local Saudi will hit the car of the expat and still expat will have to pay the fine because police being biased towards expats
- The only country where
Slavery still exists in the name of employment and the authorities keep ignoring the facts
- The only country where
highest number of house maids (male and female) are hired and many abused without getting reported to authorities
Maybe I will add more interesting facts and some other information not so famous about
Saudi Arabia sometime later ...
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