Sultan bin Abdulrahman Al-Bazei has been appointed as CEO of the newly established Theater and Performing Arts Authority, which will be responsible for developing Saudi theater of all forms, types and artistic specialties.
Al-Bazei worked in journalism after graduating from King Saud University with a bachelor’s degree in journalism in 1979.
He worked as a reporter before he assumed the role of managing editor at Al-Riyadh newspaper.
He worked at the Ministry of Higher Education and was appointed to work at the Saudi Cultural Mission in France from 1985-1988. He then assumed the role of secretary of the ministry’s international cultural relations committee.
Al-Bazei also worked as an editor in chief of Al-Yaum newspaper in Dammam between 1993-1997. He oversaw the newspaper’s development plan and transformed it to adopt electronic publishing systems, making it the first Saudi newspaper to fully deploy these systems.
He returned to work at the Ministry of Higher Education and assumed the role of secretary of the committee on international university relations. After that, he joined the National Guard as a general director of relations and ceremonies and a member of the preparatory committee for the national heritage and culture festival.
Al-Bazei served as chairman of the Saudi Arabian Society for Culture and Arts (SASCA) between 2013 and 2017, and general supervisor of the Saudi Film Festival for three years.
He is a member of the National Commission for Regulating Ethical Content at the General Authority for Audiovisual Media.
Sultan bin Abdulrahman Al-Bazei, CEO of Theater and Performing Arts Authority
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Sultan bin Abdulrahman Al-Bazei, CEO of Theater and Performing Arts Authority
- Al-Bazei worked as an editor in chief of Al-Yaum newspaper in Dammam between 1993-1997
Saudi Hajj Ministry suspends Umrah firm, overseas agent over contract violations
- Company failed to provide accommodation for a number of Umrah pilgrims, despite these services being documented in the contractual programs, ministry says
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Hajj and Umrah on Sunday announced the suspension of an Umrah company and its overseas agent for failing to provide accommodation services for pilgrims in line with approved contractual programs.
In a statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency, the ministry said the company’s failure constitutes a clear violation of regulations governing services for Umrah pilgrims and visitors to the Two Holy Mosques.
It noted that a number of pilgrims arrived in the Kingdom without secured accommodation, despite these services being documented in the contractual programs.
This prompted immediate regulatory action against the company and its overseas agent under the established legal frameworks, the ministry said.
"The measures are intended to safeguard the rights of affected pilgrims, prevent a recurrence of such violations, and ensure the continued enhancement of service quality," it added.
Last June, the ministry suspended seven Umrah companies due to deficiencies in providing transport services to pilgrims.
In an earlier report quoting the Hajj Ministry and the General Authority for the Care of the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques, SPA said more than 1.7 million Muslims from all over the world arrived in the Kingdom to perform Umrah during Jumada Al Akhira alone.
Also referred to as Jumada Al Thani, Jumada Al Akhira is the sixth month of the Islamic calendar. For Hijri year 1447, this sixth month ended on December 20, 2025 in the Gregorian calendar.
More than 1.7 million Muslims from all over the world arrived in the Kingdom to perform Umrah during Jumada Al Akhira alone. (SPA)
