Syrians in Saudi Arabia
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As of September 2015[update], the number of
Refugees
As of September 2015[update], the
Total number
The
Saudi Arabia, like all the other
Syrians in Saudi Arabia include migrants from Syria to Saudi Arabia and their descendants. The number of Syrians in Saudi Arabia (referred to as "Arab brothers and sisters in distress") was estimated to be at around 2,500,000[5] people in August 2015 and consisted mainly of temporary foreign workers.[4][5] However, a UNHCR official stated that the number of Syrians in Saudi Arabia was around 700,000.[3]
Conflicting versions
Saudi foreign ministry officials claim that the nation has received nearly 2.5 million Syrians since 2011.[11][12] However, the BBC reports that Saudi Arabia has let in 500,000 Syrian refugees since 2011,[13] while Arab News reported that Saudi Arabia was already home to 500,000 Syrians.[14] Saudi Arabia claims to have granted 100,000 Syrians residency. An official from Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that Saudi Arabia "made it a point not to deal with them as 'refugees'."[7]
Notable Syrians in Saudi Arabia
- Adnan Khashoggi, billionaire businessman, and arms dealer, his mother was Syrian.
- Wafic Saïd, billionaire businessman and philanthropist.
- Mansour Ojjeh, billionaire entrepreneur.
- Akram Ojjeh, businessman and founder of Techniques d'Avant Garde.
- Al Waleed bin Talal Al Saud, billionaire investor, his maternal grandmother, Fayza Al Jabiri, was Syrian from Aleppo.
- Attock Group and Attock Cement.
- Karim Ojjeh, businessman and racing driver.
- Sadad Ibrahim Al Husseini, leading oil and gas industry expert.
- Ali Al-Tantawi, an Islamic scholar and a literary figure.
- Nadia Awni Sakati, a paediatrician who described three rare disorders in children
- Medhat Sheikh el-Ard, king Abdulaziz's doctor and a diplomat.
- Maarouf al-Dawalibi, a Syrian politician and twice the prime minister of Syria. He also served as an adviser to several Saudi kings.
- Muhammad Ali Al-Sabuni, a notable Muslim scholar
- Muhammad Dhiyauddin Al-Sabuni, also known as the poet of Taibah
- Abdelrazaq Al Hussain
- Ahmad Deeb
- Jehad Al-Hussain
- Mahmoud Maowas
- Mohamad Hamwi
- Mohammed Estanbeli
- Mohannad Ibrahim
- Muhammad Surur
- Omar Al Soma
- Raja Rafe
- Wael Ayan
- Yahya Hawwa
See also
- Saudi Arabia–Syria relations
- Syrian diaspora
- Refugees of the Syrian Civil War
- Foreign workers in Saudi Arabia
- Migrant workers in the Gulf Cooperation Council region
References
- ^ "41 في المئة من سكان السعودية أجانب كم يبلغ عدد السوريين؟". تلفزيون سوريا (in Arabic). Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- ^ "Saudi Arabia Received 2.5 Million Syrians since Beginning of Conflict". 11 September 2015.
- ^ a b "مسؤول أممي لـ«الشرق الأوسط» :اللاجئون في السعودية 5.5% من إجمالي السكان" [A UN official to Al-Sharq Al-Awsat: Refugees in Saudi Arabia are 5.5% of the total population.]. Al-Sharq al-Awsat (in Arabic).
- ^ a b c Fathalla, Amira (2 September 2015). "Migrant crisis: Why Syrians do not flee to Gulf states". BBC News.
- ^ a b c Donna Abu-Nasr (4 September 2015). "Syria's Refugees Feel More Welcome in Europe Than in the Gulf". Bloomberg.com.
- ^ "Saudi donates $140 billion in global humanitarian aid". alarabiya. alarabiya. 5 December 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
- ^ a b c "Saudi Arabia says criticism of Syria refugee response 'false and misleading'". The Guardian. 11 September 2015.
- ^ Kapiszewski, Andrzej (22 May 2006). "Arab versus Asian migrant workers in the GCC countries" (PDF). p. 10.
- ^ Tharoor, Ishaan (4 September 2015). "The Arab world's wealthiest nations are doing next to nothing for Syria's refugees". Washington Post.
- ^ "Demand to open doors to Syrians spreading online". BBC News. 2 September 2015.
- ^ "Saudi Arabia denies not giving Syrians sanctuary". Al Jazeera.
- ^ "2.5m Syrians hosted by KSA since uprising". Arab News. 12 September 2015.
- ^ Stephens, Michael (7 September 2015). "Migrant crisis: Why the Gulf states are not letting Syrians in". BBC News.
- ^ Jawhar, Sabria S. (10 September 2015). "KSA already home to 500,000 Syrians". Arab News.
- ^ Doanvo, Anhvinh (23 September 2015). "Western Media's Miscount of Saudi Arabia's Syrian Refugees". Huffington Post.