Ha'il

A blue-blooded lady born of a marriage between members of the Al-Rasheed and Shammar tribes - which makes her a relative of the current Saudi Arabian King Abdullah - she ruled the province of Ha'il from 1911 to 1914 as an administrator of her minor grandson's estate.

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi: Just a Century Ago, a Woman Ruled in the Gulf Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi 2011

Ha'il al-Maythali, for example, explained in Guantánamo that he went to Afghanistan in November 2000 to "fight in the jihad," and admitted ferrying supplies on the back lines near Kabul, but said that he was only on the front lines for a week because he had no military experience.

Andy Worthington: "Model Prisoner" at Guantanamo, Tortured in the "Dark Prison," Loses Habeas Corpus Petition 2009

Also of importance to wildlife is the Jebel Aja Mountain range and the northern Ha'il extension into the Nafud Desert in Saudi Arabia.

Red Sea Nubo-Sindian tropical desert and semi-desert 2008

America's Saudi friends: As-Safir newspaper is reporting based on the Saudi Ukaz newspaper that the Saudi local governmnet in the Ha'il region has banned a Beirut-published Arabic book because it contains texts from the Torah.

Thursday, September 23, 2004 As'ad 2004

Al-Watan reports that a family caught the bird in the city of Ha'il and turned it into authorities.

NPR Topics: News 2011

Al-Watan reports that a family caught the bird in the city of Ha'il and turned it into authorities.

NPR Topics: News 2011

Al-Watan reports that a family caught the bird in the city of Ha'il and turned it into authorities.

NPR Topics: News 2011

The ruling was handed down on Tuesday at a court in the northern town of Ha'il.

Reason Magazine 2010

In a small village near Ha'il, three sandstone steles were dug up within the last four decades.

NYT > Home Page 2010

The Ha'il sculptures form part of a larger group of steles strewn around the Arabian

NYT > Home Page 2010