Saudi Arabia between the past and the present...a remarkable urban development

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">ArabiaWeather.com- The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia forms the largest part of the Arabian Peninsula with an area of about 2,149,690 square km. It is a member of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, the League of Arab States, the United Nations, the Non-Aligned Movement, the Muslim World League, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, the Group of Twenty, the International Monetary Fund and the Organization World trade and the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The Kingdom enjoys a stable political and economic situation in general, and its economy is oil, as it possesses the second largest oil reserves and the sixth gas reserves.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Saudi Arabia is considered one of the politically and economically influential forces in the Arab world due to its Islamic position, its oil wealth, and its huge media machine represented by a number of satellite channels and printed newspapers.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> It is worth noting that Saudi Arabia is one of the Arab countries that witnessed a rapid and remarkable urban development, competing with international buildings, whether in terms of commercial, economic, religious and population aspects as well, as this development included all regions of the Kingdom.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Here we present to you a set of pictures of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia between the past and the present. </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/7ram%20mkki.jpg" style="height:545px; width:550px" /></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The Great Mosque of Mecca in 1941 </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/old%20kaabeh.jpg" style="height:463px; width:550px" /></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> One of the stages of the development of the Grand Mosque in Mecca </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/el%207ram%207deethn.jpg" style="height:290px; width:550px" /></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> New Mecca </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/arriyad%20mn%20a3la.jpg" style="height:358px; width:550px" /></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> An old picture of the city of Riyadh </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/riyad%207alyyn.jpg" style="height:374px; width:550px" /></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Recently, the city of Riyadh </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/share3%20r2eesi%20fe%20riyad.jpg" style="height:358px; width:550px" /></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> One of the old main streets of Riyadh </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/riyad%20shar3%20r2eesi.jpg" style="height:365px; width:550px" /></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> A main street in Riyadh recently </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/wajeht%20qasr%20al%207okom.jpg" style="height:358px; width:550px" /></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The facade of the old government palace </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/qasr.jpg" style="height:321px; width:550px" /></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> New royal palace </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/share3%20r2eesi%20fe%20riyad_0.jpg" style="height:358px; width:550px" /></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> One of the old main streets of Riyadh </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/sho.jpg" style="height:427px; width:550px" /></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">The new main streets of Riyadh.</p>