Al Amal (Riyadh)

Al-ʽAmal (Arabic: العمل, lit. 'labor'), formerly al-Ghurabi (Arabic: الغرابي) and Shiʽab (Arabic: شعاب, lit. 'watercourse'),[1][2] is a commercial and residential neighborhood situated along the al-Batʼha Street in downtown Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, located north of Thulaim and east of al-Futah in the sub-municipality of al-Malaz. As the neighborhood is bounded by al-Batʼha Street to the west, its western strip partially forms part of the al-Batʼha commercial area.

Al-ʽAmal
العمل
Neighbourhood
View of al-Batha street from al-Amal in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
View of al-Batha street from al-Amal in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Al-ʽAmal is located in Saudi Arabia
Al-ʽAmal
Al-ʽAmal
Coordinates: 24°38′44″N 46°43′27″E
CountrySaudi Arabia
CityRiyadh
Sub-municipalityAl-Malaz
Language
 • OfficialArabic

Background
Shops in the al-Batʼha section of al-Amal neighborhood, 2023

Al-ʽAmal emerged between the 1950s and 1960s during the reign of King Saud and is inhabited mostly by overseas workers from the Philippines and various other nationalities since the oil boom of the 1970s.[3][4] It hosts the Ghurabi Street[5] in the al-Batʼha section of the neighborhood, that is famous for its automobile spare parts stores.[6][7] Its name is attributed to the former headquarters of the Ministry of Labor that was previously located in the area.

References
  1. "Al-Jazirah". www.al-jazirah.com. Retrieved 2023-06-25.
  2. Sulaymān, Khālid ibn Aḥmad (1983). معجم مدينة الرياض (in Arabic). الجمعية العربية السعودية للثقافة والفنون، ادارة الثقافة،.
  3. المجلة الجغرافية العربية (in Arabic). الجمعية الجغرافية المصرية،. 2008.
  4. Nuʻaym, ʻAzīzah ʻAbd Allāh al-ʻAlī (1991). al-Tanzim al-ijtimaì al-hadari fi hay al-Faysaliya : dirasah ithnujrafiyah li-ahad ahya' madinat al-Riyad (in Arabic).
  5. "Al-Jazirah". www.al-jazirah.com. Retrieved 2023-06-25.
  6. "شارع الغرابي يحتاج إلى ضبط!!". www.alriyadh.com (in Arabic). 25 July 2008. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  7. المزيني, حمزة (2019-11-01). واستقرت بها النوى (in Arabic). دار مدارك للنشر. ISBN 978-614-429-832-9.
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