Legacy of King Fahd
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For a very informative article about King Fahd please read
Legacy of a King. The article is long, perhaps you would like to copy and paste it to a word doc and read at your leisure. It is very interesting reminder of the history of Saudi Arabia during the reign of King Fahd. For those that do not read Arabic, the article can be read in Asharq Alawsat Nwspaper, the English version link is:
http://www.asharqalawsat.com/english/news.asp?id=1071§ion=3
A great leader, much loved by his people, King Fahd was the son of the founder of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, King Abdulaziz.
Born in 1922, King Fahd's life was one of positive achievement, both in the national and international arenas.
One of his first official engagements on behalf of Saudi Arabia was as a participant in the San Francisco conference that established the United Nations and of which Saudi Arabia was a founding member.
One of his first acts as king was the production of the Fahd Peace Plan. In the 1980's, he devoted his time to resolving Arab differences particularly between Algeria and Morocco. He was also the architect of the Taif Accord in 1989, which ended civil war in Lebanon. In the early 1990's, he led the Arab world in opposition to the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq.
Photos courtesy of Asharq Alawsat Newspaper