Ushaiqir

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Ushaiqir (also Ushaiger and Ushaiqir ; Arabic أشيقر, DMG Ušaiqir ) is a village about 5 km northwest of Shaqrāʾ in Saudi Arabia . It is located 200 km northwest of Riyadh in the al-Vashim plain, which belongs to the Najd highlands . The area of ​​the village is only four km². The village, surrounded by a wall and towers, has 400 houses, 25 mosques , 30 towers, 600 orchards and 80 wells, some of which are centuries old. Numerous buildings in the historic center have been preserved in traditional clay construction. The place was a stop for pilgrims from Kuwait , Iraq and Iran . There is a local history museum on site. The media reported in 2016, citing a statement by a government commission in the Saudi Gazette , that a funding program worth 10.4 billion Saudi riyals should be launched to maintain and promote cultural sites in Saudi Arabia . Historical buildings in Ushaiqir have been registered as monuments in connection with the program.

history

In the 16th and 17th centuries, Ushaiqir was an important religious center that produced numerous ʿUlamā ' . In the 17th century, 18 ʿUlamā 'were born there, and another 14 took up residence there. The al-Musharraf clan, whose best-known member was Muhammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb , came from Ushaiqir. When the place came under Saudi- Wahhabi control in 1766 , its importance waned. Opponents of the Wahhabi school of thought left the place by 1800. The importance of the neighboring town of Shaqrāʾ increased.

In July 2017, Ushaiqir gained worldwide fame after a video clip of a woman with the pseudonym Model Khulood surfaced on the Internet , who moved around the town and was filmed in a massive violation of the clothing regulations applicable to women . The video and the choice of location in the heartland of Wahhabism were perceived as a conscious protest against the dress code in force in Saudi Arabia and led to controversial discussions on the widespread social media there.

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Ushaiger restored to past glory. In: Arab News . April 26, 2013. Retrieved July 27, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Ushaiger Heritage Village. In: Blue Abaya. Retrieved July 27, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Yasmin Al Heialy: Saudi to invest $ 2.7bn for 140 new heritage sites. In: arabianindustry.com. ITP Media Group, August 7, 2016, accessed November 8, 2017 .
  5. ↑ David Commins: The Wahhabi Mission and Saudi Arabia, IBTauris 2009, ISBN 9780857731357 , digitized (excerpt) on Google Books
  6. ↑ Fahd Al-Semmari: A History of the Arabian Peninsula, IBTauris 2009, ISBN 9780857713230 Digitized (excerpt) on Google Books
  7. ↑ Matthew Weaver, Mona Mahmood: Saudi police question woman accused of wearing 'indecent' clothing. In: The Guardian. July 18, 2017, accessed May 18, 2018 .

Coordinates: 25 ° 20 '  N , 45 ° 11'  E