SAEEA - July 2012

SAEEA - July 2012

BY Engr. Iqbal Ahmed Khan / /

SAEEA Monthly Meeting Minutes for July 2012

Announcing the Release of "Petra: A Brief History"

Announcing the Release of "Petra: A Brief History"

BY Aramco ExPats / /

Petra: A Brief History by David W. Tschanz, is an easy-to-read, popular history of one of the world’s most fabled cities and the mysterious people who built it. This is the ideal book for anyone who wants to know the entire story behind the "rose red city half as old as time," and the little known Nabataeans, who carved Petra from the living rock of Jordan's Sharah Mountains.

SAEEA - June 2012

SAEEA - June 2012

BY Engr. Iqbal Ahmed Khan / /

SAEEA Monthly Meeting for June 2012

SAEEA - May 2012

SAEEA - May 2012

BY Engr. Iqbal Ahmed Khan / /

SAEEA Monthly Meeting for May 2012

SAEEA - April 2012

SAEEA - April 2012

BY Engr. Iqbal Ahmed Khan / /

The monthly meeting of Saudi Aramco Ex-Employees Association (SAEEA) Sindh based was held on April 02, 2012. Mr. Kamal A. Farooqi explained the activities during the month of March 2012.

Tim Barger Publishes "Dhahran Fables: Fiesta Room Tales"

Tim Barger Publishes "Dhahran Fables: Fiesta Room Tales"

BY Tim Barger / /

In the late 1940s and early 1950s Dhahran, Saudi Arabia was a bare bones oil town in the middle of nothing but desert, a very different place then the Dhahran of today. There were no trees or lawns, no radio or television, and few amenities beyond the recreation center.

Al-Ayyam Al-Jamilah - Spring 2012

Al-Ayyam Al-Jamilah - Spring 2012

BY Saudi Aramco News / /

Tim Barger and Sally Duncan stroll by one of the great Nabataean tombs at Madain Salih—a stop for former Aramcons and family members honored in February for returning archeological artifacts to the kingdom. Photograph by Arthur Clark.

Ricky’s Trike - A Trip to the Philippines Sparks Generosity in Udhailiyah

Ricky’s Trike - A Trip to the Philippines Sparks Generosity in Udhailiyah

BY Kirk K. Peterson / /

Mr. Kirk Peterson has been teaching at Udhailiyah School for the past 10 years. He had the opportunity to travel to the Philippines this past December during the winter break. He worked in the Philippines for two years in the mid-1970’s when he was 19 years old.

SAEEA - March 2012

SAEEA - March 2012

BY Engr. Iqbal Ahmed Khan / /

SAEEA Monthly Meeting for March 2012

Antiquities Homecoming Project sees Artifacts Returned, Donors Honored

Antiquities Homecoming Project sees Artifacts Returned, Donors Honored

BY Saudi Aramco News / /

Elinor Nichols could never have guessed nearly half a century ago that a visit with her late husband Roger to a remote sand buffeted fort in the eastern desert of Saudi Arabia would spark a journey that would see her return earlier this month as a guest of royalty. 

SAEEA - February 2012

SAEEA - February 2012

BY Engr. Iqbal Ahmed Khan / /

SAEEA Monthly Meeting for February 2012

SAEEA - January 2012

SAEEA - January 2012

BY Engr. Iqbal Ahmed Khan / /

SAEEA Monthly Meeting for January 2012

Voices: Frank Reilly, On Advising People Abroad

Voices: Frank Reilly, On Advising People Abroad

BY Reilly Financial Advisors / /

Frank Reilly is president of Reilly Financial Advisors, a La Mesa, Calif.-based investment-adviser firm. I work in a family business with my father, who started advising clients abroad thirty-seven years ago when his neighbors moved to the Middle East to work as schoolteachers.

Antiquities Homecoming Project Launched

Antiquities Homecoming Project Launched

BY Saudi Aramco News / /

Saudi Aramco’s King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture has joined hands with the Saudi Commission for Tourism & Antiquities (SCTA) to encourage the donation and return of Saudi Arabian archeological artifacts currently in private collections around the world. Saudi Aramco signed an agreement with the SCTA on Dec. 26 to cooperate in recovering valuable heritage artifacts.

SAEEA - December 2011

SAEEA - December 2011

BY Engr. Iqbal Ahmed Khan / /

SAEEA Monthly Meeting for December 2011