Fahad Al-Ahmadi
| Fahad Al-Ahmadi | |
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| Born | 7 April 1966 Medina, Saudi Arabia |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Saudi |
| 💼 Occupation | Columnist
Writer Author |
| 👔 Employer | Al-Riyadh
Al-Madina Al-Eqtisadiah |
| 👶 Children | 5 |
Fahad Al-Ahmadi (7 April 1966) is a writer, traveler, media activist, and contemporary Saudi author. He was born in Medina and is one of the most prominent authors who have enriched Arabic literature, as his articles equal 50 doctoral dissertations in volume.[1]
His articles appeared daily on the last pages of Al-Madina newspaper (1991–2000), Al-Riyadh newspaper [2](2000–2019) and Al-Eqtisadiah newspaper [3](2020). Al-Ahmadi is considered a record holder in terms of uninterrupted publishing of articles (since 1991) and also in the number of his publications (9520 articles up to March 2019). He is considered the highest-paid writer in the history of Saudi journalism, as his salary reached 56 thousand riyals before his resignation from Al-Riyadh newspaper at the beginning of 2020.[4]
Family
Fahad Al-Ahmadi is married to Dr. Najat Saeed Al-Ahmadi (child consultant) and has five children, Hosam, Faisal, Raseel, Mayas, and Yasser. His father is Amer Wassel Al-Ahmadi Alharbi, and his mother is Latifah Abdulaziz Abduallah Alsaqabi (from Qassim).
Life
Al-Ahmadi was born in the Eten neighborhood in Medina and spent most of his childhood at his uncle Abduallah Alsaqabi's house.
Education
He studied elementary at Sayed Alshuhadaa school, middle school at Ibn Khaldoon, and high school at Uhud. After finishing high school, he moved to study in the United States at Hamline University, Minnesota.[5] But his education stopped after two years, because governmental scholarships ended at that time, along with how he wasn’t focusing on university as much as getting a patent for an autopilot plane wings. He spoke nine languages due to his contact with the visitors of the Prophet Mosque (Al-Masjid An-nabawi).[6]
Early beginnings
In 1989, he returned from the U.S. and began looking for a job.[5] After a period of unemployment, he worked at a Qur’an printing press in Medina as a technical inspector, then as a managerial worker at Alsamhoodi high school, before moving to work as a director of public information in the Emirate of Madinah Province in 2004, and finally resigning from government employment in 2006.
One of the reasons for his resignation was that his freelance salary in Al-Riyadh newspaper became four times the amount of his official governmental salary. At that time, there was no official position with the title ‘writer’ in the private sector, which led him to join Al-Riyadh newspaper as a ‘journalist’, and for that he wrote the article titled “Oh Lord, I am a writer”.[7]
Writing full-time in Al-Riyadh newspaper without needing to be there physically was a positive step that allowed him more time to work on publishing his books and continuing his travels around the world, as he is known for his frequent journeys and his preference for visiting unknown places to write about them.[8][9] His attachment to travel began at age eight, when he visited Egypt with his uncle for medical treatment, and from that time he decided to see all the countries of the world before he "becomes old." In 1986, he travelled to America to study, but also took the opportunity to visit many of its important states. By the end of 2020, he had visited most countries of the world—and published much of his travel in a picture book entitled "Around the World in 80 Articles."
Career
He is known for his daily column "Around the World" in Al-Riyadh newspaper; his articles were distinguished by their cognitive diversity, scientific orientation, and exotic nature, which led Turki Al-Sudairi, the former editor-in-chief of Al-Riyadh, to call him "Anis Mansour of Saudi Arabia." However, he personally finds his articles closer to the articles of the American writer Isaac Asimov and the British writer Arthur C. Clarke.
Despite his long career in newspapers, Al-Ahmadi started writing relatively late, with his first known book published in 2011. Since that date, he has published 13 books in various fields (equal to 1.6 books per year). During his government job, Al-Ahmadi also worked as a part-time daily writer for Al-Madina and Riyadh newspapers. In more than one interview, he stated that he had never thought of becoming a writer or author. However, upon returning from the United States, unemployed, he had nothing to offer but "ideas" and "knowledge" that newspapers were the most suitable place to publish. Thus, he began writing and submitting articles to newspapers until Mr. Mohamed Hosni Mahjoub agreed to publish some in Al-Madina newspaper. On August 12, his articles were published regularly in Al-Madina newspaper under the daily column "Around the World," whose title was chosen by the page supervisor. The first article under it appeared on August 17, 1991, titled "Siberia's explosion".[10]
After ten years at Al-Madina Newspaper, he received an offer to transfer his column "Around the World" to Al-Riyadh Newspaper under the same title—the first article appeared on September 9, 2006, titled "A virus that devours/swallows a continent."
On August 27, 2016, the column completed 25 years of continuous daily publication since it first appeared in Al-Madina Newspaper.[11]
During this period, the writer became a shareholder in the Riyadh newspaper; however, the decline in the popularity of print media led him to consider ceasing daily writing and focusing solely on writing books. In early 2019, the newspaper changed to a piece-rate pay system for writers instead of a monthly salary, which the writer refused. When negotiations stalled, the column ceased publication in Al-Riyadh Newspaper—and the last article appeared on Tuesday, March 5, 2019.[12] Al-Ahmadi stopped writing for newspapers for a year and a half, during which he published two books. Then, he resumed writing for newspapers in Al-Eqtisadiah newspaper, with two articles per week on the last page, which continues.
Articles
Al-Ahmadi's articles exceeded 9500—up until his resignation from Al-Riyadh newspaper in 2019—while his daily column (on the last page) tackled many political, economic, scientific, and tourism aspects of a religious and social nature.[13][14]
Books
His government job and daily writing prevented Fahad Al-Ahmadi from entering the compilation field early. In 1997, he attempted to publish a book containing his best articles from Al-Madina Newspaper, but his self-distribution attempts failed. He did not repeat the experience for 14 years until Dar Twaiq for Publishing and Distribution offered him to reissue the same book in 2011. The book was successful. Since then, 13 books have been published by Al-Ahmadi in various fields, an average of 1.6 books per year.
Some of the books he published until the end of 2020:
- An Encyclopedia On The World (2011): The Best Articles From Al-Madina Newspaper
- The Other Possibility: Al-Ahmadi's Prohibited Articles From Al-Riyadh Newspaper
- Who Knows A Jinn To Possess Me (2011): Profound reflections (Banned by the Saudi Government)
- Around The World In 80 Articles (2020): A picture travel book on his trips between 1986 and 2018.
- The Confused People Of Allah (2017): Social satire critique
- The Pistachio Theory: A Self-Development Book (2019) (One of the best sellers in the Arab world)
- Why Don’t Sheep Go To The Doctor (2017): A medical book in collaboration with his wife Dr. Najat
- The Dead Poets Association (2019): A collection of short stories
- The Theory In Short (2018): Published By Dar Alhadhara
- Only Allah is capable of creating them (2019): Great And Anonymous People Who Served The Humanity Positively
- The Pistachio Theory 2 (2020): Continuation Of The First Book
- Secrets of Money (2021): The art of personal money management. (how to not be of low-income)
- Secrets of Investment (2012): The art of investing money and building wealth. (how to be rich)
See also
References
- ↑ The chance of writing 50 doctoral dissertations
- ↑ https://www.alriyadh.com/
- ↑ https://www.aleqt.com/
- ↑ A letter of the writer’s salary by Al-Yamamah establishment
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "An antibiotic for depression" - Abduallah AlMaglouth
- ↑ Edha'at With Turki Aldakheel
- ↑ “Oh Lord, I am a writer” - Fahad Al-Ahmadi, Al-Riyadh Newspaper
- ↑ The Marvel of Palawan - Al-Riyadh Newspaper
- ↑ Al Ahmadi reveals to Sabaq the details of his arrest and his son in Panama and the confiscation of his money and travel ban
- ↑ Fahd Al-Ahmadi's first article in Al-Madina newspaper entitled "Siberia explosion" On August 17, 1991
- ↑ "A Quarter Century Passed Since The Appearance of "Around the World" Column". Alriyadh Newspaper. Archived from the original on 2020-10-06. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "A Column Is Retiring.. See More". Alarabiya.net. Archived from the original on 2020-11-24. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ his archive in Alriyadh Newspaper
- ↑ his archive in Aleqtisadiah Newspaper
External links
- Fahad Alahmad's articles (archive) - Al-Riyadh Newspaper.
- Biography of Fahad Alahmadi on Around The World
- Fahad Alahmadi's Articles - Al-Eqtisadiah Newspaper
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