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Saudi Arabia has stability. The social contract and the political contract between the king and the rulers and the royal family and the ruled people in Saudi Arabia is very strong and the bondage is so solid.

Al-Waleed bin Talal

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Al-Waleed bin Talal
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: March 7
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