List of Famous people born in Al Bahah Region, Saudi Arabia

Safar Al-Hawali

First Name Safar

Born on April 18, 1950 (age 74)

Born in Saudi Arabia, Al Bahah Region

Safar bin Abdul-Rahman al-Hawali al-Ghamdi is a scholar who lives in Mecca. He came to prominence in 1991, as a leader of the Sahwah movement which opposed the presence of US troops on the Arabian peninsula. In 1993, al-Hawali and Salman al-Ouda were leaders in creating the Committee for the Defense of Legitimate Rights, a group that opposed the Saudi government, for which both were imprisoned from 1994 to 1999.

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Abu al-Walid

First Name Abu

Last Name Al-Walid

Born on January 1, 1973

Died on April 16, 2004 (aged 31)

Born in Saudi Arabia, Al Bahah Region

Abu al-Walid was a Saudi Arabian of the Ghamd tribe who fought as a "mujahid" volunteer in Central Asia, the Balkans, and the North Caucasus. He was killed in April 2004 in Chechnya by the Russian federal forces.

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