Photos That Will Show You A Side Of Saudi Arabia You Didn’t Know

Published on December 5, 2023
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Arab Astronaut

In 1985, Prince Sultan bin Salman went into space while aboard US space shuttle Discovery. He was the very first Muslim, Saudi Arabian, and Arab to go into space.

Arab Astronaut

Arab Astronaut

“Winston’s Hiccup”

There’s a joke about the size of Saudi Arabia that is attributed to Winston Churchill. It goes that while he was drawing the boundaries between Jordan and Saudi Arabia, he hiccuped and his hand slipped, “accidentally” giving a few extra thousand miles to Saudi Arabia.

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“Winston’s Hiccup”

“Winston’s Hiccup”