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  Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Buraidah
Buraidah lies in the Qasim region in the heart of the Arabian peninsula.
Buraidah lies equidistant from the Red Sea to the west and the Persian Gulf to the east.
Buraidah, the regional capital of Qasim, is located on the edge of the Wadi Al-Rummah.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Buraidah   (162 words)

  
 ADMISSION AND PATTERN OF BURN INJURIES AT A NEW BURN UNIT AT UNAYZAH, QASSIM, SAUDI ARABIA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
It is only 25 km from Buraidah, the capital of the area, where there is the King Fahd Specialist Hospital with a 10-bed burn unit serving Buraidah and the whole area of Al-Qassim.1 At-Qassim is mainly an agricultural area and there are many non-Saudi workers among our patients.
We have reported before on the experience of a 10bed unit in King Fahd Specialist Hospital at Buraidah, Qassim province, which is the agricultural heart land of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with a population of approximately 0.5 million inhabitants.
In Buraidah electrical burns were also relatively high (9.2%), compared to a lower incidence in surrounding areas: Jeddah (1.3%); Gizan, (5.4%); Kuwait (4.3%), Jordan (3.8%) and Assiut, Egypt (1.2%).
www.medbc.com /annals/review/vol_9/num_2/text/vol9n2p73.htm   (3547 words)

  
 Buraidah, Saudi Arabia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
It is located on the edge of the Wadi Al-Rummah which is the longest wadi in the Kingdom, stretching some 370 miles (600 kms) from near Madinah to the Al-Thuwairat sands.
Buraidah has a typical desert climate, with hot summers, cold winters and low humidity, it has made an outstanding contribution to the Kingdom's wheat production.
Buraidah is a city in the middle of Saudi Arabia.
www.gerbino-family.com /mygerbinosearch/AboutSAC2.html   (254 words)

  
 Saudi Arabia: Sewage water network contracts in Buraidah - Zawya.com | Middle East Business News
The Minister of Water, Dr. Ghazi Bin Abdul Rahman Al Gosaibi has clarified that the Ministry of Water gives great importance to sewage water disposal in the Kingdom and priority is given to it in the Ministry’s schedule of works to be carried out.
is aimed at piping treated sewage water to Al Yateemah Amusement Park in Buraidah City for the purpose of irrigation.
The cost of the contract is SR 5.5 million and the period of implementation allowed is 2 years.
www.zawya.com /story.cfm?id=ZAWYA20030417135502   (293 words)

  
 Al Qaseem
Buraidah is one of the Al Qaseem region's most important cites.
It is the headquarters of the Governor, the Local Council, branches of governmental departments, a branch of King Saud University and a branch of Imam Mohammad bin Saud Islamic University in addition to a number of colleges and institutes.
Buraidah's three-storeyed water tower is one of the city's tourist and aesthetic landmarks.
the-saudi.net /saudi-arabia/qaseem   (434 words)

  
 AboutMe.Albejadi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
I was born in Buraidah, Saudi Arabia on October 16, 1966.
It was in Buraidah where I grew up and completed my education up through high school.
Aside from researching and writing numerous papers, I have had the chance to teach in an American school where I was able to gain an understanding of the system established in the United States.
oak.cats.ohiou.edu /~ma524088/personal.html   (331 words)

  
 Jihad Unspun - News Archive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
Three Saudi security officers were killed yesterday when their patrol car caught fire after being hit by gunfire while chasing suspected Al-Qaida member in the Saudi city of Buraidah.
Seven suspected Al-Qaida members were arrested in a dawn swoop by security forces in southern neighborhoods of Buraidah in the Qasim region.
Buraidah has witnessed a series of security operations over the past week aimed at tracking down suspected militants linked to the Al-Qaida network.
www.jihadunspun.com /newsarchive/article_internal.php?article=99600&list=/newsarchive/index.php&   (191 words)

  
 SITE Institute: News Archive - 7 Suspects Held in Buraidah Cyber Café Bust
RIYADH, 5 November 2004 - Seven people, including a wanted suspect, were arrested yesterday in a raid on a cyber café in Buraidah, Qasim region.
Two security men were slightly injured in the shootout that preceded the arrest.
An Interior Ministry statement later said that a suspect wanted for criminal charges who is a follower of a deviant group was arrested in a public area in Buraidah.
www.siteinstitute.org /bin/articles.cgi?ID=news40504&Category=news&Subcategory=0   (102 words)

  
 Middle East and Asia Guide
The Central Region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia includes the capital, Riyadh, and a number of other important towns, north and west of the capital, such as Buraidah, Unaizah and Ha'il.This is the heartland of the country, and in Arabic is known as Najd.
Also in the Najd is the town of Buraidah which is the only place in Saudi Arabia where even foreign women are required to be veiled.
Because of the enormity of the oasis and the number of picturesque villages scattered through it, a leisurely drive through the greenery is an entertaining way to spend an afternoon.
www.flycheapol.com /ma/saudi-ce.asp   (962 words)

  
 BURN INJURY ADMISSIONS TO A NEW BURNS UNIT IN BURAIDAH, QASSIM, SAUDI ARABIA - A STUDY OF 218 CASES   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
A 10-bed "state of the arC burns unit was commissioned at King Fahd Hospital, Buraidah Ad-Qassim, Saudi Arabia, and the first 218 cases admitted to the Unit over a 42-month period were analysed.
The King Fahd Specialist Hospital at Buraidah AlQassim is a 540~bed tertiary care hospital serving the Province of APQassim, the agricultural heartland of the Kingdom, with a population of 0.5 million inhabitants.
A 10~bed "state of the art" burns unit was opened in early 1989, consisting of one emergency resuscitation room with two beds, eight isolated air~controlled rooms, two clinitron beds, one circle bed and three automated Hubbard tanks.
www.medbc.com /annals/review/vol_8/num_1/text/vol8n1p4.htm   (2742 words)

  
 HARIAN UMUM SUARA MERDEKA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
The first two facilities were opened in the capital Riyadh in February 1999 and the Red Sea city of Jeddah in August last year.
Two more sites are under construction in the holy city of Medina, west of the kingdom, and Buraidah.
The site at Medina, 65 percent complete, is expected to be ready later this year while the facility in Buraidah, about halfway complete, is slated for inauguration next year.
www.suaramerdeka.com /harian/0302/24/eng4.htm   (419 words)

  
 Middle East Online
RIYADH - A Saudi security man was killed and three others were wounded in clashes with suspected militants in the northern town of Buraidah, a security source and media reports said early Friday.
One of the security personnel was in critical condition after he was injured in the clashes which began at 5:00 pm (1400 GMT) Thursday in Buraidah, 340 kilometers (210 miles) northwest of Riyadh, the Dubai-based Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya news channel said.
It said the gunbattles continued into the early hours of Friday and security forces laid siege to one neighborhood as a helicopter hovered over the site.
www.middle-east-online.com /english/saudi?id=11155   (439 words)

  
 A Monument in Poor Taste   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
BURAIDAH, 26 March 2005 — It seemed like a good idea to somebody.
Marking the way to the health center with a giant sculpture of a hypodermic syringe certainly is thematic, but some parents and medical professional think the artists missed the point.
Municipal efforts to beautify the town by erecting this giant sculpture on the way to the dispensary contravene the simplest medical principles of reducing anxiety among children at the time of immunizations and health-related injections.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1371182/posts   (592 words)

  
 albawaba.com: One policeman, four Saudi suspects killed in clash
One policeman, four wanted Saudis were killed in a shootout between the Saudi security forces and an armed group in Buraidah Region Thursday, an official of the Saudi Ministry of Interior announced.
The announcement said "At 2.30 pm on Thursday 20 May 2004, a security forces patrol, detecting five of the suspects who belong to the deviant group, noted that they were taking refuge in a rest house in Khudairah, a village of Buraidah Region.
Realizing that they have been encompassed by the security forces, the suspects started firing heavily from their machine guns towards the security task force which responded accordingly".
www.buzztracker.org /2004/05/23/cache/204207.html   (169 words)

  
 fuckfrance.com - Riding Satan's horse (1055130) - Read article:
As narrated by an elderly Saudi, it is the name local residents of Buraidah, Al-Qasim, used to call a bicycle some 47 years ago at a time when new inventions were unacceptable to the majority of people there and ignorance prevailed.
History tells us that many Saudis rejected the telegram, the radio, the car and other inventions that the late King Abdul Aziz, the founder of the Kingdom, was keen on using to be in tune with the times and to serve his people.
Ali Al-Mirdasi, a resident of Khab Algabr in Buraidah, is the first Saudi to receive permission to ride a bicycle in his area.
www.fuckfrance.com /read.html?postid=1055130   (955 words)

  
 Prohibition of Swearing in the name of anything besides Allah
Buraidah (May Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, "
Amanah is one of the Commandments of Allah and an obligation prescribed by Him, like Salat, Saum, Hajj etc. In this way, the Commandments of Allah assume the resemblance of His Glorious Names and Attributes, which is not correct.
If anyone swears that in such and such case he will be free from Islam and afterwards he turns out to be a liar, he will be as he has sworn; but if he is speaking the truth, he will not revert safely to Islam.
www.muhammad.net /ebooks/riyad/17/chap314.htm   (613 words)

  
 Karachi News
RIYADH: Three Saudi security officers were killed on Sunday when their patrol car caught fire after being hit by gunfire while chasing suspected extremists in an area considered a militant haven, a security source said.
Seven suspected extremists were also earlier arrested in a dawn sweep by security forces of southern neighbourhoods of Buraidah in the Al-Qassim region, he said, adding that their identities were being checked.
Interior ministry spokesman Mansur al-Turki told AFP that the seven presumed militants were arrested as security forces combed southern Buraidah, but before the police vehicle came under fire.
www.karachipage.com /news/Sep_04/090604.html   (1579 words)

  
 Ain-Al-Yaqeen - October 3, 2003 - Article 6
Prince Sultan Ibn Abdul Aziz, Second Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense and Aviation and Inspector General, patronized the ceremony for laying the foundation stone of Al Qassim national college in Buraidah and the opening ceremony of Prince Sultan Center for Cardiac Catheterization in Buraidah.
Addressing the gathering, Dr. Al Manea thanked Prince Sultan for his generous donation worth SR12 million to build the facility on 896 m2 and which, he said, would provide chance to some 150 patients to undergo cardiac surgeries in their region rather than seeking treatment outside the city.
Prince Sultan Ibn Abdul Aziz, the Second Deputy Premier, Minister of Defense and Aviation and Inspector General, patronized the opening ceremony of Buraidah branch of the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Endowments, Call and Guidance.
www.ain-al-yaqeen.com /issues/20031003/feat6en.htm   (2610 words)

  
 Evaluation study of the training programmes for health personnel in Al-Qassim, Saudi Arabia
ABSTRACT This study evaluates the health-related educational programmes conducted by the Continuous Medical Education and Community Services Centre, Buraidah, Saudi Arabia.
All the proformas containing data on evaluation and monitoring of several programmes were retrieved and analysed.
These objectives were discretely designed by the educational experts after close and regular discussions with the trainers, the administrative supervising authorities and other consultants in the field of health services.
www.emro.who.int /publications/emhj/0401/14.htm   (2947 words)

  
 Raids in Madinah, Buraidah
JEDDAH, 18 August 2004 — Security forces have arrested four suspected terrorists following raids on their hideouts in the cities of Madinah and Buraidah, press reports said yesterday.
Al-Watan newspaper said one suspect was arrested in the holy city of Madinah, while another three were detained in Buraidah, 340 kilometers north of Riyadh.
Some 500 police officers and members of the special forces surrounded the Khalediya neighborhood south of Madinah on Monday after receiving information that weapons including explosives were found in three cars in the area.
www.arabnews.com /?page=1§ion=0&article=50048&d=18&m=8&y=2004   (288 words)

  
 Islamic Voice - DHU'L QADAH / DHU'L HAJJ   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
The Prophet instructed Buraidah, the chieftain of the Banu Aslam (tribe of Aslam) to arrange for a piece of gold which he sent immediately.
He asked Buraidah to arrange for the sacrifice of a ram and Buraidah organised this too.
Ayesha, the beloved wife of the Prophet, sent 20 seers of millet flour for rotis.
www.islamicvoice.com /april.2004/child.htm   (1159 words)

  
 Crossroads Arabia » Terror and the Internet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
RIYADH, 5 November 2004 — Seven people, including a wanted suspect, were arrested yesterday in a raid on a cyber cafe in Buraidah, Qasim region.
The Saudis grabbed suspected terrorists at an Internet cafe in the ultra-conservative city of Buraidah, north of Riyadh.
It has been known that Internet cafes were vulnerable places from which terrorists could work.
xrdarabia.org /blog/archives/2004/11/04/terror-and-the-internet/trackback   (292 words)

  
 Desirability of visiting the Graves for men, and that they should say   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
Buraidah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said,
We are only supposed to follow the example of Messenger of Allah (PBUH) and say the greeting and prayer as mentioned above.
Buraidah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (PBUH) used to teach them (i.e., the Companions) whenever they came out to visit the graveyard to say:
www.muhammad.net /ebooks/riyad/00/chap066.htm   (654 words)

  
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There are many Ahadith which prove that to go to the graves is sunnah.
Hazrat Abu Hurairah (Radi Allahu Anhu) said that the Prophet (Allah's Grace and Peace be upon Him) visited that grave of his mother and then wept…".
Hazarat Buraidah (Radi Allahu Anhu) says that the Holy Prophet (Allah's Grace and Peace be upon Him) used to teach them when they went to graves that " Assalam-o-Alaikum Ya Ahlad diare minal mumineen muslimmen wa inna insha Allah bikum lalahikon nasalullah lana wa lakumul aafiata " Mishkat Shareef (qadeemi kutub khana page 154)
members.aol.com /QadriAttari1/Waseela.htm   (618 words)

  
 Saudi security man killed in clash -DAWN - Top Stories; 04 September, 2004
RIYADH, Sept 3: A Saudi security man was killed and three others were wounded in clashes with suspected militants in the northern town of Buraidah, an official source said on Friday.
One of the injured security men was in critical condition.
Sources said that security agencies in Buraidah had been tipped about the movement of a car from a house in Al Khaleej quarter of Buraidah, carrying two women and two armed men.
www.dawn.com /2004/09/04/top14.htm   (218 words)

  
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USGS (Buraidah, Landsat 1 MSS, 25 December 1972)
The red circles are fields with center-pivot irrigation systems, drawing water from Saudi Arabia's aquifers.
USGS (Buraidah, Landsat 5 MSS, 15 February 1986)
www.saudia-online.com /satallites/Buraidah.htm   (100 words)

  
 Middle-East and Asia Guide
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The Central Region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia includes the capital, Riyadh, and a number of other important towns, north and west of the capital, such as Buraidah, Unaizah and Ha'il.
This is the heartland of the country, and in Arabic is known as Najd.
www.flycheapol.com /saudi-central.html   (422 words)

  
 Farah's Sowaleef   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
But they did not do as well in Qasim, a region some 320 kilometers north of Riyadh.
They managed to win just two of the six seats up for grabs in the regional capital Buraidah and two out of five in nearby Unaizah, with businessmen and civil servants winning the remaining mandates"
Someone, please, tell me how people like this did not do well in the land of a thousand Sheikhs; Qaseem.
farahssowaleef.blogspot.com /2005/04/viva-la-qaseem.html   (395 words)

  
 The Saudi Arabian Information Resource - Suspected Deviant Held in Buraidah City   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
The Saudi Arabian Information Resource - Suspected Deviant Held in Buraidah City
An official at the Ministry of Interior said yesterday that the Security Forces were able to detect the movement of one of the suspects at a quarter in Buraidah City, Al-Qasim Region.
Therefore, the Security Forces used warning shots to force him to stop until they were able to surround the suspect and arrest him without any resistance after one of his family members intervened," the source said.
www.saudinf.net /main/y8167.htm   (93 words)

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