SAUDI VISION 2030: RESIDENTS BID FAREWELL TO THEIR MOSQUE IN JEDDAH (VIDEO)

Sun 23 January 2022:

Over the past weeks, the Saudi authorities have accelerated the pace of demolition and removal of large neighborhoods in the city of Jeddah, in the west of the Kingdom, under the pretext of their randomness and the need to organize them.

Saudi pages published scenes of the demolition work that began in old neighborhoods in the city, some of which are 50 years old.

According to the tables published by the Jeddah Municipality, the demolition and removal works will affect at least 37 neighborhoods, with a total area of 31.2 million cubic metres.

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These neighborhoods include hundreds of thousands of citizens and residents, who are now in the process of searching for a new shelter.

The word “evacuation” written by municipal employees on homes in these neighborhoods has become a trend in the communication sites, and the people document it as an expression of their sadness about leaving their homes.

Saudi newspapers say that the completion of the project comes within the vision of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the year 2030.

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Among the most prominent ancient neighborhoods that were completely demolished are: “Dhahban, Thuwal, Al-Nozha, Mushrifah, Al-Jamaa, Al-Hindawiya, Al-Faw, Al-Mahamid, Al-Thaghr, Bani Malik, Al-Qarat, Al-Tha’alaba, Sharafiyah, Al-Ghazla Al-Yamaniyah, Al-Kandara, Al-Rawabi, Al-Rabwah.”

According to the Saudi authorities, the demolition of slums comes due to the fact that they were built irregularly, and do not have good infrastructure, in addition to the fact that many of their buildings are unlicensed.

The authorities are currently working to completely demolish neighborhoods, while in the past homes or buildings were demolished to organize new streets that pass through these neighborhoods, instead of completely removing them.

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Sad farewell

Rapidly, residents of these neighborhoods began documenting their last moments in the areas in which they grew up, and the hashtags “Remove Jeddah” and “Threatened Jeddah” are now at the top of the search lists on “Twitter” and “Tik Tok”.

Activists on social networks circulated a heart-wrenching video clip of the closing moment of the Bin Mahfouz Mosque in Kilo 2 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, after the authorities issued a decision to demolish the mosque and the entire neighborhood, as it is located in a random area.

In the clip, the imam of the mosque appears wailing and the worshipers embrace each other after their homes and ways were scattered after the demolition and eviction decisions issued a few days ago.

A heart-wrenching video clip of the closing moment of the Bin Mahfouz Mosque in Kilo 2 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. #BinMahfouzMosque #SaudiArabian #Jeddahmosque pic.twitter.com/UNFKaNLj8q

— INDEPENDENT PRESS (@IpIndependent) January 22, 2022

Residents bid farewell to their mosque Bin Mahfouz in a neighborhood of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.#BinMahfouzMosque #SaudiArabian #Jeddahmosque #Saudivision2030 pic.twitter.com/KuiGZjJrJz

— INDEPENDENT PRESS (@IpIndependent) January 23, 2022

The people of Al-Hindawiya, Ghaleel, Al-Sabil and others bid farewell to each other with tears, and wrote sad writings on the walls of their neighborhoods, and the imams of mosques participated in the sad farewell, as the demolition work includes all the buildings in these neighborhoods.

Residents say that these areas used to witness a great interdependence between the population, and that, in addition to immigrants of different nationalities, they included citizens of well-known tribes, many of whom worked in the military.

To the ire of the people, the eviction notices obligate them to leave within only a few days, and they do not find it sufficient to arrange a new residence for them.

Although the Jeddah neighborhoods removal project is the largest, the Saudi authorities have worked over the past years on similar projects.

The authorities said that the houses were built illegally, which prompted their removal.

The authorities also demolished homes in old neighborhoods in Makkah, inhabited by African communities, and others from Burma.

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