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Sandra Hancock Griffin
Sandra (Sandy) Hancock Griffin, a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, aunt, and friend, passed away on October 17, 2024, in Tallahassee, Florida. Born Sandra Jane Hancock on February 23, 1937, in Tampa, she was the daughter of the late Virginia Bashford Hancock and Franklin Stroud Hancock.
The Invaluable Photo Contributions Made by Judy Walker
Photo galleries are a treasured part of the Aramco ExPats website. Over the years, Judy Walker has kindly shared photos from past reunions, Aramco gatherings, and friendly meet-ups in and out of kingdom. She has contributed hundreds of photos, filling our galleries with countless memories.
A Conversation with Brid Beeler: Saudi Arabia’s Female Pioneer of Desert Adventure Tourism
I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Brid Beeler, a pioneer of inbound adventure desert tourism to Saudi Arabia. Back in the 1990s, when she founded her own travel company Worlds Apart Expeditions...
Walter Leonard Mason
Our hearts are heavy these days.. .dwelling on the passing of our friend and fellow worker Walter Leonard Mason at 2:25 a.m. on June 12, 1946.
Terrorist Attack in the Rome Airport - December 1973
A major tragedy to affect the Saudi Aramco communities was the Rome Airport terrorist attack on 17th December 1973.
'Backbone' of Support for Fayetteville National Cemetery Dies
Milo Cumpston, 86, who served on Iwo Jima, Japan, as a sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps and who spent much of the last several years ensuring there will be enough room for veterans to be buried in the Fayetteville National Cemetery, died Thursday morning at his home in Butterfield Trail Village.
Edward Peter Zinola
Mr. Edward Peter Zinola passed away at home in Chula Vista, California on July 20, 2013. In burial he joins his beloved wife Robin Johnstone Zinola, who pre-deceased him on Feb. 25, 2007. All his children and most grandchildren were with him in his final days.
Mary Hellen Moore Alexander
On August 10, 2015, Mary Hellen Moore Alexander lost her battle with lung cancer.
Hugh Edward Davis
Reverend Hugh Edward Davis, 84, of Springfield, Missouri, went to be with the Lord on Father’s Day, June 19, 2016. Hugh was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on March 16, 1932 to Dr. Hugh Orton Davis and Martha Edwards Davis.
Doris Marie Rumbutis Baker
Doris Marie Rumbutis Baker, R.D.H. was born July 22, 1937 to Stanley and Sophie (Kosowski) Rumbutis in Utica, New York and passed peacefully in her home in Las Cruces, New Mexico where she resided for over 36 years, the evening of August 17, 2023 surrounded by loved ones.
Camping with Camels: My Introduction to the Kingdom - Part IV
When we left Mada’in Saleh, our next destination was Jeddah. That is a long road to Jeddah and having since traveled all the roads of the Kingdom, it is still the one road I do not enjoy traveling. I avoid it with a passion...
Camping with Camels: My Introduction to the Kingdom - Part V
That evening we dined at a magnificent Moroccan restaurant next to Beit Al Nassif with a horse-drawn carriage perched outside the entrance. It was opulent to say the least. We felt like we were in a royal palace and the food...
2 Million Mangroves Added to Carbon Front Line
A record 2 million mangrove saplings planted earlier this summer by Aramco brings the number of mangroves restored along the Arabian coastline by the company since 1993 to 4.3 million.
My Eureka Moment – at the Saudi Post Office
When we go to a post office, it is usually to mail a letter, buy stamps or maybe pick up a package that has arrived. Few of us give it further thought. Particularly nowadays, when we can easily communicate with our families and friends...
Birds of a Feather
If you've ever peered out from your window or stepped out of your back door for the sole purpose of gaining a better view of a bird, you may have a touch of birder in you. On more than one occasion, Gregory Askew found himself doing just that.
The Great Hubby Bubbly Quest
Since my gasping, near-death introduction to smoking a hubbly bubbly in Jeddah on my first camping trip in Kingdom in 1989, I had been on a mission to purchase one of these pipes - not to smoke, but for what they represented...
A Princess Wedding, Saudi Style
My friend Sharon, who was involved with helping to establish the first Women’s Cancer Support Network in Riyadh (and editor of the network’s Cultural Cuisines Cookbook), was invited to the wedding of one of King Fahd’s daughters. She was told to bring a female friend and I was the lucky one.
Saudi Dress: The Beginnings of a Modest Collection
My first traditional Arab dress was a gift from a family in the Asir. It is a beautiful black velvet dress with blue and gold stitching on the bodice, sleeves and skirt.
Scents of Arabia – An Ode to Identity
Scent has been entrenched into every aspect of Arabian society since the Queen of Sheba’s visit to King Soleiman, the development of the spice trade, and the control exercised by the Nabateans at Mada’in Saleh (Al Hegra) over the camel caravans traveling north to the Levant. Socially and spiritually, scent still plays a prominent role in every aspect of today’s society.
Higher Crude Oil Prices, Stronger Refining and Chemicals Margins Spur Q3 Results
Aramco today announced its third quarter financial results, recording a 158% year-on-year increase in net income to $30.4 billion and declaring a dividend of $18.8 billion to be paid in the fourth quarter.