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Al Waleed bin Talal was born in Jeddah on 7 March 1955 [22] [23] to Prince Talal bin Abdulaziz and Mona El Solh. [24] [25] His father was Saudi Arabia's finance minister during the early 1960s, [26] before he went into exile due to his advocacy for political reform. [27] Al Waleed's paternal grandparents were King Abdulaziz and Munaiyir.
In 2003, Al Waleed increased his stake to 100 percent, after initially acquiring a 48 percent stake in 2002. He developed Rotana Music Channel as a 24-hour free-to-air service for Rotana artists. This was followed by Rotana 2, Rotana Clip, augmented with SMS , and Rotana 3 for classical Arab music, followed by a movie channel.
Al-Arab's regional competitors were Qatari-owned Al Jazeera and Saudi-government-owned Al Arabiya, along with BSkyB's Sky News Arabia. [7] In a January 2012 interview, Al-Waleed described Al Jazeera as the "masses channel" while implying that Al Arabiya is the "government channel" among the two main news channels in the Middle East.
The KHC consists of a select team of experienced investment specialists directed by its founder and chairman, Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal [2] and chief executive officer, Eng. Talal Ibrahim Al Maiman. The company describes itself as a diversified investment company, whose main interests are financial services , real estate , tourism and ...
MBC Group (Arabic: مجموعة إم بي سي, romanized: Majmūʿat ʾIm Bī Sī), formerly known as Middle East Broadcasting Center (مركز تلفزيون الشرق الأوسط, Markaz Tilifizyūn al-Sharq al-ʾAwsaṭ), is a Saudi media conglomerate based in the Middle East and North Africa region.
It is located in the Ar-Rutba District of the Al-Anbar Governorate in western Iraq, close to the northeasternmost point of Jordan in the Syrian Desert. It serves as the main border checkpoint on the highway between Damascus and Baghdad. The al-Waleed checkpoint is close to al-Tanf on the Syrian side of the border in the Homs Governorate. [2]
Khaled is the son of Al-Waleed bin Talal and Dalal bint Saud. [14] [15] He married Munira bint Ibrahim Al Assaf, daughter of Saudi former finance and foreign minister Ibrahim Al Assaf. [2] In the 1990s, Khaled was known for his opulence and extensive collection of 200 luxury cars. [4]
On 6 June 2014, Al-Ahmed signed for Al-Hilal despite undergoing a trial at Al-Nassr. [4] On 30 July 2017, he made his debut for Al-Hilal in the Arab Club Championship group stage match against ES Tunis. [5] On 30 June 2019, he was chosen in the Saudi scholarship program to develop football talents established by General Sports Authority. [6]