Abdel Karim Al Juhaiman ( - 2011) عبدالكريم الجهيمان

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A Saudi writer and journalist, born in 1910 in the village of Ghaslah (Al-Washim Province) in Saudi Arabia. He began his studies as a writer at the age of six and moved to the Hijaz. He continued to study and learn with some sheikhs in the Great Mosque of Mecca and graduated from...Read more the Saudi Scientific Institute in Mecca. He started his working life in Al-Hajjana and he worked as a teacher in the schools of Makkah Al-Mukarramah, the Saudi Scientific Institute, and the Mission Preparation School, before moving to Al-Kharj Governorate and managing its school in 1943. In 1944, he came to Riyadh to teach the sons of Prince Abdullah Bin Abdul Rahman. He worked in the field of the judiciary in Makkah and Al-Kharj and took over the Department of Administrative Inspection in the Ministry of Education. He worked in publishing and participated in the editing of many newspapers. He ran the Al-Khat Company for printing, publishing and translation in Dammam. He was the first editor-in-chief of the first newspaper published in the Eastern Province, "Dhahran News", whose name was later changed to "Dhahran". He wrote "Encyclopedia of Folk Myths in the Arabian Peninsula", "Encyclopedia of Folk Proverbs", "A Journey with the Sun", "Memories of Paris", "Letters with History", "Smoke and Flame", and a collection of poetry entitled "Where is the Way", and another poetry collection etitled “Heartbeats.” He died in December 2011 at the age of 100.


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  • A Saudi writer and journalist, born in 1910 in the village of Ghaslah (Al-Washim Province) in Saudi Arabia. He began his studies as a writer at the age of six and moved to the...Read more Hijaz. He continued to study and learn with some sheikhs in the Great Mosque of Mecca and graduated from the Saudi Scientific Institute in Mecca. He started his working life in Al-Hajjana and he worked as a teacher in the schools of Makkah Al-Mukarramah, the Saudi Scientific Institute, and the Mission Preparation School, before moving to Al-Kharj Governorate and managing its school in 1943. In 1944, he came to Riyadh to teach the sons of Prince Abdullah Bin Abdul Rahman. He worked in the field of the judiciary in Makkah and Al-Kharj and took over the Department of Administrative Inspection in the Ministry of Education. He worked in publishing and participated in the editing of many newspapers. He ran the Al-Khat Company for printing, publishing and translation in Dammam. He was the first editor-in-chief of the first newspaper published in the Eastern Province, "Dhahran News", whose name was later changed to "Dhahran". He wrote "Encyclopedia of Folk Myths in the Arabian Peninsula", "Encyclopedia of Folk Proverbs", "A Journey with the Sun", "Memories of Paris", "Letters with History", "Smoke and Flame", and a collection of poetry entitled "Where is the Way", and another poetry collection etitled “Heartbeats.” He died in December 2011 at the age of 100.

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