AramcoWorld Reading Selections - June 20, 2024
About the size of a tablet computer, astrolabes were tools of astronomers, surveyors and navigators, to name a few. But using them took a lot more than typing, tapping and swiping.
About the size of a tablet computer, astrolabes were tools of astronomers, surveyors and navigators, to name a few. But using them took a lot more than typing, tapping and swiping.
Azerbaijan has sat at a crossroads of Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Western Asia for centuries as a Silk Road hub and a gateway that empires routinely fought to control. That intersection also has manifested itself in the nation’s food—a complex and enticing stew of Turkic, Persian, Eastern European and other regional influences. This food diary explores the unique cuisines of each of the country's regions.
Aramco, one of the world’s leading integrated energy and chemicals companies, and NextDecade Corporation (NextDecade) announced today that their respective subsidiaries have executed a non-binding Heads of Agreement (HoA) for a 20-year liquefied natural gas sale and purchase agreement (LNG SPA) for offtake from Train 4 at the Rio Grande LNG Facility at the Port of Brownsville, Texas, USA.
Hello Aramco Expats community! Almost a year ago we solicited your help to reach out to Aramcon golf players for a documentary in development about pioneering female players in Saudi Arabia. We are happy to announce that this project has now been released and is available to watch on YouTube.
For nearly 20 years, people have contributed meaningful photos to our Photo of the Week campaign featured in the Aramco ExPats Highlights & Notices newsletter. Be transported back in time as you enjoy this heartwarming look back through our Photo of the Week galleries featuring fond memories and familiar faces.
We recently found broken pieces of dishware that have the old Aramco brand. We have some questions: Does anyone know about this dishware? When it was used? Do we have an Aramcon who restores broken ceramics?
Engr. Abdul Majid Adam is in town visiting his family in Karachi. A get together of NED69ers along with NED-Set and Saaf Paani USA was organized at Services Mess Club in Karachi on May 21, 2014.
Underwater photographer and writer Eric Hanauer’s work for AramcoWorld exposed an entirely new audience to the rich marine life of the Red Sea. From his home in California, he reflects on his four-plus-decade career.
In 1941 Nestor "Sandy" J. Sander joined the American army and was assigned to intelligence services in Northern Africa and Europe because he could speak and read French (as well as German, Italian and Spanish). In Paris, he met Georgette Cordin, and they were married in 1946. Later the same year, Nestor was back in Saudi Arabia, followed by "Georgia" a few months later. They lived in Dhahran until late 1951.
For nearly 20 years, people have contributed meaningful photos to our Photo of the Week campaign featured in the Aramco ExPats Highlights & Notices newsletter. Be transported back in time as you enjoy this heartwarming look back through our Photo of the Week galleries featuring fond memories and familiar faces.
As part of Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 plan, the development of a year-round luxury tourist destination called Soudah Peaks is underway. Soudah is a mountainous area in the Asir region of Saudi Arabia.
Dr. Mohammed Ifteqaruddin is called upon to write an abstract for “The Indian Institute of Economics" National Seminar on MSMEs (Micro Small Medium Enterprises) in India with special reference to the State of Telangana: Performance and Challenges.
Throughout the years, Zoya has matured into one fine and competent young lady. She is now a student at Alpha College and will start her session in August 2024. In the future, she plans to study business and is currently working hard to achieve that goal.
The depiction of the Taj Mahal in the works of Indian and British artists in the 1800s helped bolster enthusiasm for the country’s rich culture, architecture and society. One such painting, “The Taj Mahal by moonlight,” stirred a bidding frenzy at a recent auction, and some experts argue that such paintings have helped change perceptions of India in the West.
Aramco has made further progress in its global retail expansion by completing the acquisition of a 40% equity stake in Gas & Oil Pakistan Ltd. (“GO”). GO is a diversified downstream fuels, lubricants, and retail store operator in Pakistan with a network of more than 1,200 retail fuel stations.
In 1938 Nestor "Sandy" J. Sander joined the California Arabian Standard Oil Company (CASOC), an affiliate of the Standard Oil of California (SOCAL, today's Chevron Corporation), which later (in 1944) became the Arabian American Oil Company, that is ARAMCO. Nestor was sent as a junior geologist for his first assignment to Saudi Arabia. That was before World War II started and much before the country became known as the major worldwide oil producer.
Painting on silk has become a passion ever since I visited Singapore and met Said Sarkasi, the “Baron of Batik”. Since then, I’ve modified the process a bit. What I do now is much easier for students and for me; I have never had a student leave a class unhappy!
For nearly 20 years, people have contributed meaningful photos to our Photo of the Week campaign featured in the Aramco ExPats Highlights & Notices newsletter. Be transported back in time as you enjoy this heartwarming look back through our Photo of the Week galleries featuring fond memories and familiar faces.
The Sync Digital Wellbeing Summit 2024 held May 22 and 23 at the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra) in Dhahran was a call-to-action about a critical topic at a time of momentous change.
In 1975 AramcoWorld deployed photographer Robert Azzi across the US to tell the story of Arab Americans through the lens of his camera. The story he told, looked like America.