Saudi Arabia arrests 19,696 illegals in a week    Turki Al-Sheikh crowned "Most Influential Personality in the Last Decade" at MENA Effie Awards 2024    Move to ban on establishing zoos in residential neighborhoods    SFDA move to impose travel ban on workers of food outlets in the event of food poisoning    GACA: 1029 complaints recorded against airlines, with least complaints in Riyadh and Buraidah airports during October    CMA plans to allow former expatriates in Saudi and other Gulf states to invest in TASI    11 killed, 23 injured in Israeli airstrike on Beirut    Trump picks billionaire Scott Bessent for Treasury Secretary    WHO: Mpox remains an international public health emergency    2 Pakistanis arrested for promoting methamphetamine    Moody's upgrades Saudi Arabia's credit rating to Aa3 with stable outlook    Al Okhdood halts Al Shabab's winning streak with a 1-1 draw in Saudi Pro League    Mahrez leads Al Ahli to victory over Al Fayha in Saudi Pro League    Al Qadsiah hands Al Nassr their first defeat in the Saudi Pro League    Saudi musical marvels takes center stage in Tokyo's iconic opera hall    Saudi Arabia and Japan to collaborate on training Saudi students in Manga comics Saudi Minister of Culture discusses cultural collaboration during Tokyo visit    Al Khaleej qualifies for Asian Men's Club League Handball Championship final    Katy Perry v Katie Perry: Singer wins right to use name in Australia    Sitting too much linked to heart disease –– even if you work out    Denmark's Victoria Kjær Theilvig wins Miss Universe 2024    Order vs. Morality: Lessons from New York's 1977 Blackout    India puts blockbuster Pakistani film on hold    The Vikings and the Islamic world    Filipino pilgrim's incredible evolution from an enemy of Islam to its staunch advocate    Exotic Taif Roses Simulation Performed at Taif Rose Festival    Asian shares mixed Tuesday    Weather Forecast for Tuesday    Saudi Tourism Authority Participates in Arabian Travel Market Exhibition in Dubai    Minister of Industry Announces 50 Investment Opportunities Worth over SAR 96 Billion in Machinery, Equipment Sector    HRH Crown Prince Offers Condolences to Crown Prince of Kuwait on Death of Sheikh Fawaz Salman Abdullah Al-Ali Al-Malek Al-Sabah    HRH Crown Prince Congratulates Santiago Peña on Winning Presidential Election in Paraguay    SDAIA Launches 1st Phase of 'Elevate Program' to Train 1,000 Women on Data, AI    41 Saudi Citizens and 171 Others from Brotherly and Friendly Countries Arrive in Saudi Arabia from Sudan    Saudi Arabia Hosts 1st Meeting of Arab Authorities Controlling Medicines    General Directorate of Narcotics Control Foils Attempt to Smuggle over 5 Million Amphetamine Pills    NAVI Javelins Crowned as Champions of Women's Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) Competitions    Saudi Karate Team Wins Four Medals in World Youth League Championship    Third Edition of FIFA Forward Program Kicks off in Riyadh    Evacuated from Sudan, 187 Nationals from Several Countries Arrive in Jeddah    SPA Documents Thajjud Prayer at Prophet's Mosque in Madinah    SFDA Recommends to Test Blood Sugar at Home Two or Three Hours after Meals    SFDA Offers Various Recommendations for Safe Food Frying    SFDA Provides Five Tips for Using Home Blood Pressure Monitor    SFDA: Instant Soup Contains Large Amounts of Salt    Mawani: New shipping service to connect Jubail Commercial Port to 11 global ports    Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Delivers Speech to Pilgrims, Citizens, Residents and Muslims around the World    Sheikh Al-Issa in Arafah's Sermon: Allaah Blessed You by Making It Easy for You to Carry out This Obligation. Thus, Ensure Following the Guidance of Your Prophet    Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques addresses citizens and all Muslims on the occasion of the Holy month of Ramadan    







Thank you for reporting!
This image will be automatically disabled when it gets reported by several people.



Where & where?
Liqaa
Published in Alriyadh on 05 - 05 - 2014

What you view of multiple aspects of development in your country provides you with the pleasure of fascination as it is not one aspect only which is witnessing a lot of civilization manifestations but many of them which drive any citizen towards the wishes and desires for recognizing their self development itself.
Let's consider, for example, what we witnessed last Thursday when we were following one of the state's achievements represented by an extra ordinary sports field which making has not been easy at all and manufacturing has not been easy for any contractor. Thus, the result has been the ingenuity of competent specialization for executing a desire which has acquired the public admiration and appreciation.
The following event will not be strange; especially if we consider that it has occurred in Jeddah, the city that had been the location for diverse pathway towards various directions in the North and South two thousand years ago. Last Thursday, the child called Faisal Bin Abdul Rahman Al-Ghamidi has been the first star of the celebration through his practice of task which is very difficult for a twelve years old child. I do not consider that miraculous climbing upward has been, itself, the most important in spite of its danger but I consider that his upward climbing slowly alone to stand before King Abdulla, who has been surrounded by hundreds of attendees, to shake hands with him through rational audacity, to talk with him and to receive the gift of the Custodian of the Two holy Mosques is the real most important achievement.
I will drive my memory back to the first year in which I came to know sports, especially if we consider that I had worked in sports governing bodies later. I still remember that start with some colleagues of whom there had been Mr. Rashed Al-Fahd, Mr. Abdul Rahman Al-fayad, other colleagues and a very limited number of players. We had not been experienced in sports at that time and there had not been comfortable playgrounds too. In Capital Riyadh itself, there had been one playground only called Al-Sayegh Playground which ground used to be very uncomfortable to play on as it had been covered with sand while audience seats used to be simple and very few. In spite of the multiple aspects of simplicity; there has been faithful administrative staff of whom I used to know Ibn Saeed, Chairman if Helal, Al-Sayegh, Chairman of Ahli Al-Riyadh Sports Club & Abdulla Bin Ahmad, Chairman of Al-Shabab Sports Club, God's mercy be upon them. Those men together with some others in minor clubs represent the pioneers who practiced the establishment task. However, there had been an important fact then represented by the very big rush of the young men of that time towards practicing sports as if the sports clubs of that time had been equipped with facilities for practicing arts, study and sports. The reason behind that rush had been the lack of any other activities for the young men of that time. I had witnessed then the real simplicity in all sports fields together with that the chairmen of the clubs used to provide a lot of their efforts for developing their clubs. I can firmly say that they represent the pioneers who established the sports in this city which had never witnessed similar activities before them, unlike Jeddah which has had good sports activities before it.
After abandoning the sports and practicing journalism as a collaborator for a while followed by practicing it as a full time job; I still remember in that stage, the stage of King Faisal, God's mercy be upon him, in particular, that there had been a clear permission provided for the young men in Jeddah at the beginning and in Riyadh later for attending weekly film screenings which lasted for a limited period of time.


Clic here to read the story from its source.