Old Newspapers Make Great Reading
A feature available on our website that many readers are not aware of is our link to an archive containing old issues of one of the great Saudi Aramco publications from yesteryear, the Arabian Sun and Flare.
A feature available on our website that many readers are not aware of is our link to an archive containing old issues of one of the great Saudi Aramco publications from yesteryear, the Arabian Sun and Flare.
Karachi, the largest city in Pakistan, presents an interesting and colorful combination of the old and new.
How many of you carry warm memories of kindergarten? And, how many of you know the origin of the word?
For Kent Lyn, the opportunity to help young engineers grow in their field has always been one of the most rewarding aspects of the job.
President Teddy Roosevelt was famous for imploring people to “Get action. Do things; be sane; don’t fritter away your time; create; act; take a place wherever you are and be somebody; get action.”
The online edition of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary gives several definitions for “Brat”: (1) a : CHILD; specifically : an ill-mannered annoying child, as in “a spoiled brat.” b : an ill-mannered immature person; and (2) : the child of a career military person, as in “army brats”; also : the child of a person whose career is in a specified and typically unusual field, as in “Hollywood brats.”
A group of Aramco annuitants dubbed themselves “The San Diego Aramco Group” some years ago and have faithfully gotten together once a month ever since in that idyllic, sun-kissed city by the sea.
Engr. Syed Waqar Fakhri, Badge No. 74666, retired from Saudi Aramco in 2008 after 29 years of service with Power Distribution Department (PDD).
Normally when somebody gives you three choices for something, they call them “good,” “better” and “best.”
On the 13th of this month a fire broke out in the dining hall building at the Udhailiyah camp.
This land is your land, this land is my land, From California, to the New York Island, From the Redwood Forest, to the Gulf Stream Waters, This land was made for you and me.
Zoya Imran is the daughter of Imran Ahmed Khan Ghouri and Erum Imran and the granddaughter of Engr. Iqbal Ahmed Khan, VP of Saudi Aramco Ex-Employees Association Karachi (SAEEA).
Dania Abdulmatin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mohammad Abdulmatin, completed her Bachelor's Degree in Fashion and Design this year from IQRA UNIVERSITY, Institute of Fashion Design, Karachi, Pakistan.
Let’s face it. We all love our pets. They’re like children to us, our best friends, the beings in our lives that love us unquestioningly and unfailingly.
Aramco reunions come in all forms and sizes. Whether it’s 500 annuitants gathering in Dhahran or a handful of friends gathering in some convenient and interesting spot of their own choosing, good fun is always had and new memories made.
A significant number of Aramcon annuitants share in the honor of having once taught school in Saudi Arabia. Like so many other ex-Aramcons, they maintain their friendships from way back when even to this day.
April Allen, Daughter of Claude and Verna Allen (Dhahran, 1985 – 2000) has recently been promoted to the position of Reserve Flight Captain by the EATON Corp.
Aramcon Expats are known to be hard-working, fun-loving sorts with discriminating palettes when it comes time to make a visit to the dinner table.
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman on Wednesday ordered a major Cabinet revamp, naming Mohammed bin Naif as crown prince and deputy premier.
Saudi Aramco annuitant Robert Lebling, who worked in the Public Relations Department in Dhahran until 2012, has written several nonfiction books about Middle Eastern traditions and culture.