Al-Suwaidi (Riyadh)

As of 2005, more than 500,000 people lived in the area. As of that year, many middle-income Saudis lived in Al-Suwaidi. Many people migrating from the rural areas went to Al-Suwaidi during the "oil boom" in the 1970s and early 1980s. Shaker Abu Taleb and Asharq Al-Awsat of the Arab News said in 2005 that the community "was originally beyond the capital's congestion; that is, however, no longer the case." Bradley said that Al-Suwaidi has a reputation "for being a bastion of strict Wahhabism" within the people living in Saudi Arabia. Bradley added that the men "hardly need incitement" to contrast their own lives with wealthy Saudi princes and foreigners. ==Association with terrorism==

The district gained notoriety in 2003 when a 26-man list of "most wanted terrorists" published by the Saudi government contained 15 men who were said to have links with the neighbourhood. Shaker Abu Taleb and Asharq Al-Awsat of the Arab News said that many Saudis compared Al-Suwaidi to Fallujah, Iraq, a site of fighting during the Iraq War. ==In popular culture==

The district and its involvement in terrorist activities have featured in multiple works, e.g.: • The Kingdom (2007), starring Jamie Foxx • Traitor (2008), starring Don Cheadle ==References==