Al Wazarat
Al-Wazarat
حي الوزارات Hara حارة | |
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 An alleyway in al-Wazarat, 2024 | |
| Coordinates: 24°40′12″N 46°42′39″E / 24.67000°N 46.71083°E | |
| Country |  Saudi Arabia |
| City | Riyadh |
| Government | |
| • Body | Baladiyah Al Malaz |
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Haara al-Wazarat (Arabic: حارة الوزارات, lit. 'the ministries quarter'), or Hayy al-Wazarat (Arabic: حي الوزارات, lit. 'the ministries neighborhood'),[1] colloquially known as Hara (Arabic: حارة, lit. 'quarter'), is a low-income residential neighborhood in central Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, located west of al-Dhubbat and south of al-Sulaimaniyah in the sub-municipality of al-Malaz.[2] It was developed in the 1970s and hosts some of the country's government buildings, most notably the offices of the Ministry of Defense and the Royal Saudi Navy. It is the heart of the city's Indian Hyderabadi Muslim community and has also been overwhelmingly inhabited by overseas workers from Pakistan and Bangladesh since the 1980s.[3][4][5][6]
Al Wazarat was developed in the 1970s as a housing project for government employees working for the ministries located on the Old Airport Road (now King Abdulaziz Road).[7][8] As Saudis began abandoning the area in search of new localities by the 1980s, it was subsequently tenanted by skilled foreign workers from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh who began arriving in the country soon after 1973 energy crisis and subsequent oil boom.[9][10]
References
[edit]- ^ Elsheshtawy, Yasser (2021-09-27). Riyadh: Transforming a Desert City. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-000-46064-3.
- ^ المزيني, حمزة (2019-11-01). واستقرت بها النوى (in Arabic). دار مدارك للنشر. ISBN 978-614-429-832-9.
- ^ "حي الوزارات بالرياض.. الزي السعودي يختفي.. والغلبة لـ "المخالفين"". جريدة المدينة (in Arabic). 2011-01-21. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
- ^ القحطاني (الرياض), فارس (2013-01-18). "حي الوزارات خدمات غائبة.. وشوارع مظلمة". Okaz (in Arabic). Retrieved 2022-09-13.
- ^ المطيري (الرياض), حازم (2017-03-14). "الرياض: مخالفون في حضرة "الوزارات"". Okaz (in Arabic). Retrieved 2022-09-13.
- ^ Elsheshtawy, Yasser (2021-09-27). Riyadh: Transforming a Desert City. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-000-46064-3.
- ^ Ural, Oktay; Krapfenbauer, Robert (2013-10-22). Housing: The Impact of Economy and Technology. Elsevier. ISBN 978-1-4831-5266-0.
- ^ "Al-jazirah". www.al-jazirah.com. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
- ^ القحطاني (الرياض), فارس (2013-01-18). "حي الوزارات خدمات غائبة.. وشوارع مظلمة". Okaz (in Arabic). Retrieved 2023-05-26.
- ^ Ricciardi, David (2019-06-04). Rogue Strike. Penguin. ISBN 978-0-399-58577-7.
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