Saudi Arabia is the fifth largest country in Asia and second largest country in Arab country with the land approximately 2,150,000 sq. km which lies western part of Asia. Officially Saudi Arabia called as Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) in the world and used Arabic language as their official language. The kingdom of Saudi Arabia was founded by Ibn Saud in 1932 and later on people started to settle their. Saudi Arabia has a number of amazing and shocking facts that you may not know which are going to present you here.
About country
Saudi Arabia’s Arabic name is Al-Mamlakah al-Arabiyah as-Sa’udiyah which include over 95% of desert and semi desert. The country has the king system and Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud is current king of Saudi Arabia who has been ruling his country since 2015. It is a one of the richest country in the world since it has the oil factory which is supplied in the whole world. Saudi Arabia is a one and only country which does not have even a river.
Wedding ceremonies in Saudi Arabia
The amazing thing that happens only in Saudi Arabia is wedding ceremonies are held separately for both bride and groom but in final they get together at same point or place. And the another amazing thing is birth control is illegal in Saudi Arabia.
Religion and citizenship
Officially all Saudi people are Muslim and around 15% people are Shiite Muslim who are commonly lives the eastern part of Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia is considered as the birthplace of Islam and home to Mecca and Medina. It the only one country in the world where the citizenship is not given to non-Muslim people and not allowed to worship for non-Muslim people and even non-Muslim people are not allowed to buried in the border of Saudi Arabia.
Saudi women and their rights
Saudi Arabia has the tough rule and regulation in the world where women are not given freedom. In Saudi, women are not allow to travel abroad without their husband permission, they could not work outside and also they are strictly prohibited to drive except some places in the country which was law of 1990’s Saudi Government. Saudi women wears black clothes and use it even their face to hide their face.
School in Saudi Arabia
All school in Saudi Arabia are religious and they mention Koran as their compulsory course and the beginning of school started with studying Koran. They teach 9 period religious course in a week and 12 period other courses like math, science, physics, history and geography combined.