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Image attribution: Jabal Al Qara Cave - Al Hassa, Saudi Arabia ജബൽ അൽ ഖാറ ഗുഹ, അൽ ഹസ, സൗദി അറേബ്യ 12 — കാക്കര, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AJabal_Al_Qara_Cave_-_Al_Hassa%2C_Saudi_Arabia_%E0%B4%9C%E0%B4%AC%E0%B5%BD_%E0%B4%85%E0%B5%BD_%E0%B4%96%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B1_%E0%B4%97%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%B9%2C_%E0%B4%85%E0%B5%BD_%E0%B4%B9%E0%B4%B8%2C_%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%97%E0%B4%A6%E0%B4%BF_%E0%B4%85%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%AC%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AF_12.JPG ; license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 . CMS derivative: converted to WebP at quality 85; proportionally resized within 2400 × 2400 without enlargement where needed. / نسخة CMS: تحويل إلى WebP بجودة 85 وتصغير تناسبي عند الحاجة ضمن 2400 × 2400 دون تكبير. · License: CC BY-SA 3.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0
World Heritage site

Al-Ahsa Oasis

The world's largest self-contained oasis according to Guinness World Records, inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2018 as a cultural landscape of human interaction with the environment.

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Image attribution: Quba Mosque Full Picture (2024) — Kaliper1, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AQuba_Mosque_Full_Picture_(2024).jpg ; license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 . CMS derivative: converted to WebP at quality 85; proportionally resized within 2400 × 2400 without enlargement where needed. / نسخة CMS: تحويل إلى WebP بجودة 85 وتصغير تناسبي عند الحاجة ضمن 2400 × 2400 دون تكبير. · License: CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
Religious site

Quba Mosque

The first mosque built in Islam, founded in the first year of the Hijra south-west of Madinah on the Hijra road, and the city's second-largest mosque after the Prophet's Mosque.

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Image attribution: Z thomas — Own work, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Modified: cropped and resized to 1920×672 (horizontal band cropped from the original) to fit the article cover. / «Z thomas» — عمل شخصي، رخصة CC BY 4.0، عبر ويكيميديا كومنز. عُدِّلت الصورة بقصّها وتغيير مقاسها إلى 1920×672 (قصّ الشريط الأفقي من الصورة الأصلية) لتناسب غلاف المقالة. · License: CC BY 4.0
نحو 10,000 سنة

Rock Art of Hail

The Rock Art of Hail is a World Heritage property in the Hail Region of Saudi Arabia, inscribed on the UNESCO list in 2015, comprising the largest rock art complexes in the Arabian Peninsula with engravings spanning about 10,000 years.

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Image attribution: Diego Delso — Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; cropped to 1920×672 for the article cover / دييجو ديلسو (Diego Delso) — عمل خاص برخصة CC BY-SA 4.0 عبر ويكيميديا كومنز، وقُصّت إلى 1920×672 لتناسب غلاف المقالة · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
العام الثاني للهجرة النبوية – العصر الحديث

Masjid Al-Qiblatayn

Masjid Al-Qiblatayn is a historic mosque in Madinah in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia that witnessed the change of the qiblah from Al-Aqsa Mosque to the Sacred Mosque in the second year of the Hijri calendar. The site now hosts the Al-Qiblatayn Civilizational Center Project, which raises its capacity and improves services for its worshippers and visitors.

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Image attribution: Saudi Press Agency (SPA) via Saudi Photos Hub — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; modified: cropped centre band and resized to 1920×672 to fit the article cover, no other changes / وكالة الأنباء السعودية (واس) عبر منصة الصور السعودية — رخصة CC BY-SA 4.0، عبر ويكيميديا كومنز؛ عُدِّلت بقصّها وتغيير مقاسها إلى 1920×672 (شريط أفقي من الوسط) لتناسب غلاف المقالة دون أي إضافات · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
2009–2026

Falconry

Falconry is an intangible cultural heritage of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity of UNESCO since 2010. It receives official attention through the Saudi Falcons Club and the King Abdulaziz Falconry Festival, the largest gathering of falcons in the world, along with the International Falcon Breeders Auction and the AlUla Falcons Cup.

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Image attribution: Photographer saudipics — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (File:Hira Cave.jpg). Modified: cropped to 1920×672 for the article cover. / المصوّر saudipics — رخصة CC BY-SA 4.0 عبر ويكيميديا كومنز (ملف Hira Cave.jpg). عُدِّلت: قُصّت إلى 1920×672 لتناسب غلاف المقالة. · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
2020–2026

Cave of Hira

The Cave of Hira is a rock cavity at the top of Jabal An-Noor in Makkah, northeast of the Grand Mosque, and the place where Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) used to retreat in worship before the Revelation, where the first verse of the Holy Quran was revealed: "Read in the name of your Lord who created."

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Image attribution: Di7ane — Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified: scaled and center-cropped to 1920×672 article cover; no other changes. / المصوّر: Di7ane — ويكيميديا كومنز، رخصة CC BY-SA 4.0. عُدّلت (تحجيم واقتصاص إلى أغطية المقالة 1920×672) دون تغيير آخر. · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
2008–2025

Al-Sadu Weaving

Al-Sadu is a handweaving craft based on weaving threads of camel hair, goat hair and sheep wool. It is known among the people of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, who used it to make hair houses, carpets, daily necessities and tribal clothing, and its weaving was registered on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage at UNESCO.

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Image attribution: Author: Abodi009 — via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0; modified by cropping to 1920×672 to fit the article cover, without retouching the image itself (original file: Jenadriyah 27 (12).JPG) / المؤلف: Abodi009 — عبر ويكيميديا كومنز، رخصة CC BY-SA 3.0؛ عُدّلت باقتصاصها إلى 1920×672 لتناسب غلاف المقالة دون أي تنقيح على الصورة نفسها (الاسم الأصلي للملف: Jenadriyah 27 (12).JPG) · License: CC BY-SA 3.0
1405هـ/1985م – 2020م

Al-Janadriyah Festival

Al-Janadriyah Festival is the National Festival for Heritage and Culture in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Its beginnings go back to 1405 AH, corresponding to 1985, and it is held at the Heritage Village in Al-Janadriyah to showcase heritage, culture and the arts with international participation. The Ministry of the National Guard organised it over the past decades, and the task of holding and organising it later passed to the Ministry of Culture.

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Image attribution: براء (Wikimedia Commons User:براء) — Own work, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0), via Wikimedia Commons, file "Kabseh.jpg". Modified: cropped to a 1920×672 horizontal band from the 4128×2322 original to fit the article cover; no upscaling and no other edits; the derivative is shared under the same licence (CC BY-SA 4.0). / براء (Wikimedia Commons User:براء) — عمل خاص (Own work)، رخصة المشاع الإبداعي نَسب المُصنَّف - المشاركة بالمثل 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)، عبر ويكيميديا كومنز، الملف «Kabseh.jpg». عُدِّلت: قُصّ شريط أفقي 1920×672 من الصورة الأصلية 4128×2322 لتلائم غلاف المقالة، بلا تكبير ولا تنقيح آخر؛ النسخة المشتقّة تُنسب تحت الرخصة نفسها (CC BY-SA 4.0). · License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Hospitality, food and drink

Kabsa

Kabsa is a traditional Saudi dish and one of the popular foods of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, known across the Gulf Cooperation Council states as machboos and in Al-Ahsa Governorate as majboos. It has been adopted by George Mason University in the United States on the menu of its international restaurant, and it appears at heritage festivals and events inside the Kingdom and beyond.

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