Dubai, Top 10 Facts - Saudi Arabia

Top 10 Facts - Saudi Arabia Did You Know? 1. Saudi Arabia is the birthplace of Islam and home to the religion's holiest shrines, Mecca and Medina. 2. Construction on Saudi Arabia's Kingdom Tower began in 2014. The new, tallets building in the world will stand 3,280 feet (1 km) high and will dwarf the Burj Khalifa hotel in Dubai by 600 feet (183 meters). 3. Saudi Arabia is the largest country in the world without a river. 4. Matorists in Saudi Arabia have invented a perilous but exciting new driving sport called Sidewalk Skiing, which involves balancing a car on its side while the car is in motion. 5. Homosexual activity in Saudi Arabia is a criminal offense that can attract the death penalty or, at the very least, a long stretch in prison with the custumary public flogging as an additionl punishment. 6. According to Forbes magazine, Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah is the 8th most powerful person in the world and the world's most powerful Muslim. 7. Non-muslim are not allowed to have Saudi citizenship, and non-muslim places of worship are not allowed in Saudi Arabia. 8. About eighty percent of the Saudi Arabian labor force is non-national. 9. In 2011, King Abdullah announced that women would be allowed to vote in 2015, making Saudi Arabia the last nation on Earth to allow wome to vote. 10. In 1985, Prince Sultan bin Salman became the first Saudi, first Arab, and first Muslim to travel in space when he rode aboard the U.S. space shuttle Discovery. ------------------- video https://youtu.be/C5n8AkrtAFM ------------------------- Recommended Facts 1. Facts about Iran https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USIsCzotKrE 2. Facts about Peru https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipOo34-Xn2k ------------------------. These and other interesting facts about Saudi Arabia you can know in this video. THANKS FOR WATCHING! My Email: bmsthebestalex@gmail.com My Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/topfactsyoutube Please Subscribe : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXv09txvJQyyDM27SeMwVVw?sub_confirmation=1 #saudi_arabia #saudi_arabia_facts