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Every community or race has their origin. It has become a norm for people to move from one place to another in search of better jobs, education and among other things. In the recent past, migration has been caused by political instability. Consequently, this made people flee from their countries in search of peace and tranquility. In this essay, I am going to discuss my origin and history of my community.
First and foremost, I grew up in South West Saudi Arabia in a family of nine with four brothers and three sisters. My father was the sole breadwinner of the family as he used to work for the government. Due to the nature of the job and the place where he used to work, my father used to commute weekly from our city to Jeddah west coast of the country where he worked. This was quite a distance …show more content…

It has some of the biggest oil reserves in the world. The discovery of oil 1936 was a major boost to the economy of Saudi Arabia (Hempton, 1987). The commercial production of oil began during the Second World War. This commercial production of oil in Saudi Arabia enabled the government to provide free healthcare and education to the people without them paying the taxes to the government.
Saudi remained neutral during the Second World War, and it was welcomed to be a charter member of the United Nations. In 1945, the country joined Arab League and took part in the war against Israel from 1948 to 1949. Till today many scholars believe Saudi does not recognize the State of Israel. Ibn Saudi died in 1953, and his son took over from him in an 11-year reign. His reign was marked by the hostility towards the Gamal Abdel Nasser. Saud was replaced by the Prime Minister, Crown Prince Faisal in 1964 due to his ailing condition. The prime minister is widely recognized for giving the vocal support to Egypt with no military help to Egypt during the Arab-Israel war of 1967 (Hempton,

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