First gas station in Dhahran was owned by a Somali

[Cali1996]

This is the first gas station in my hometown of Dhahran. It was owned by a Somali businessman and opened its doors in 1957. The first restaurant in Dhahran was a owned by a Somali too and he is still in business but he had to relocate his restaurant to a residential part of Dhahran.

 

[Cali1996]

Al somali restaurant first restaurant in Dhahran.

 

[Somali_patriotic]

How old is the somali community in Saudi Arabia?
I once read about a somali wakiil of slave story in saudi

 

[Almis]

Mashalah do you even know that the first football game King Abdulaziz ever saw was the Ittihad al dahran vs Somali team.

 

[DJ255]

Mashalah do you even know that the first football game King Abdulaziz ever saw was the Ittihad al dahran vs Somali team.

And we lost didnt we

 

[mohammdov]

There were many Somalis there, especially the city of Dhahran. Perhaps half of the population was Somalis in that city
There were Somalis in King Abdulaziz's army even when he was unifying Saudi Arabia

 

[Somali_patriotic]

There were many Somalis there, especially the city of Dhahran. Perhaps half of the population was Somalis in that city
There were Somalis in King Abdulaziz's army even when he was unifying Saudi Arabia

Source?

 

[mohammdov]

Source?

I am one of the Somalis who was born and lived in Saudi Arabia, so I knew the old families there

 

[Cali1996]

Source?

That's actually true. We knew a person who fought in King Abdulaziz Army. In addition, to that many people worked for King Abdulaziz in civilian Jobs. His chief Mechanic was a Warsangeli for instance and he threw away the dealership rights of Toyota. This guy could've become one of the wealthiest people in Saudi Arabia. Somalis had it really really good here up until 1991.

 

[Cali1996]

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And we lost didnt we

No we won. My grandfather played in that match and he shook hands with King Abdulaziz.

 

[Cali1996]

How old is the somali community in Saudi Arabia?
I once read about a somali wakiil of slave story in saudi

Been here since the beginning of time. Many have completely integrated with the local Saudis. Don't be shocked if you learned that one of your ancestors lived here for any reason.

 

[Almis]

The gas station belonged to Faraax joome a Nuh ismail guy one of the earliest somalis to come to sharqeyah back in those days sadly that he sold it.

 

[Cali1996]

The gas station belonged to Faraax joome a Nuh ismail guy one of the earliest somalis to come to sharqeyah back in those days sadly that he sold it.

My uncle told me about him. He sold it and moved back to hargeisa as a Saudi citizen. Do you know their whereabouts now?

 

[Almis]

My uncle told me about him. He sold it and moved back to hargeisa as a Saudi citizen. Do you know their whereabouts now?

I was having lunch with him week ago. He's doing fine he owns a shopping center and other real estate around suuqa hoose hargeisa. He goes back to saudi every like 3 months of something.