Khalid Al-Matrafi was recently appointed as director of Asharq TV in Saudi Arabia.
Before his new position, he served as regional director of Al Arabiya news in the Kingdom from 2003 to 2015.
Al-Matrafi worked as deputy editor in chief and Jeddah office manager for Al-Watan newspaper from 1999 to 2003. He also worked as managing editor (domestic affairs) of Al-Madinah newspaper from 1995 to 1999.
Al-Matrafi was the office manager of Al-Madinah’s Riyadh office between 1994 and 1995, and before that served as full-time editor and office manager for the same newspaper’s Makkah office.
Al-Matrafi is well versed in establishing media entities, leadership performance, management, staffing, coordination, coaching, developing standards, financial planning and strategy, process improvement and decision-making.
He said that “professionalism is the foundation upon which any journalistic work relies and is based. It is the main pillar upon which one can perform the mission of journalism with accuracy, objectivity and integrity.”
He earned a bachelor’s degree in media from Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah. Al-Matrafi also completed media courses in Washington, US, in 1999. He completed a mass communication program in 2006, and a video and backpack journalism course at Al Arabiya in 2008.
Who’s Who: Khalid Al-Matrafi, director of Asharq TV in Saudi Arabia
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Who’s Who: Khalid Al-Matrafi, director of Asharq TV in Saudi Arabia
Rainfed agriculture booms 1,100% under Saudi rural development initiative
- It is one of eight agricultural segments receiving program support
RIYADH: The Sustainable Agricultural Rural Development Program, known as Saudi Reef, has announced exceptional growth in its rainfed crops sector, one of eight agricultural segments receiving program support, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
The sector has registered extraordinary expansion, surpassing 1,100 percent, with participant numbers climbing to over 13,300 beneficiaries nationwide.
Program spokesman Majed Al-Buraikan identified rainfed agriculture as a cornerstone of Saudi Reef’s achievements, highlighting its role in boosting production efficiency, bolstering food security and self-reliance, enabling sustainable farming in water-scarce regions, and raising income levels and quality of life for smallholder farmers — all consistent with Vision 2030 priorities.
Al-Buraikan outlined the program’s principal aims, including broadening the agricultural production foundation, securing food independence across multiple crop categories, enhancing smallholder farmer prosperity and employment prospects to foster social cohesion, and safeguarding environmental and natural resources throughout rural Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Reef extends support and technical assistance across eight distinct sectors: honey production, fruit cultivation, coffee production, rose farming, rainfed crops, livestock raising, artisanal fishing, and value-added agricultural products.
