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
Saudi Arabia celebrates Flag Day with displays, special events
- Nation goes green in show of unity, belonging
- Current design of the flag, which represents unity and sovereignty, was adopted in 1937
RIYADH: A new art exhibition has opened at King Abdulaziz Public Library in Riyadh, as the country celebrates Flag Day, which fell on Wednesday.
The event, titled “In Love with Green,” is being held in collaboration with the Saudi Art Association and features 20 fine art paintings inspired by the Saudi flag, as well as other cultural and contemporary images and landmarks.
The current design of the flag, which represents unity and sovereignty, was adopted in 1937. It features the Shahada and a sword symbolizing justice and safety, representing the unification of the Kingdom during the reign of King Abdulaziz Al-Saud.
The exhibition, at the library’s services branch and reading halls on Khurais Road, was opened by the library’s Director General Bandar Al-Mubarak and the association’s board chair Hanaa Al-Shibly.
Visitors can attend from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Elsewhere in the country, public spaces and buildings have become a sea of green for Flag Day.
In Al-Baha, government buildings, squares and main roads were decorated with green lighting and national flags were hoisted in public squares.
It was a similar picture in Makkah, where people celebrated the annual show of pride and belonging against a green backdrop.
In Tabuk, authorities installed more than 7,000 flags along roads, squares and bridges, while the region’s landmarks and tunnels were illuminated with green and white lights.
More than 10,000 Saudi flags were also hoisted in Jazan, where Souk Al-Awalin in Jazan City is set to host a range of events and performances to mark the special occasion.
