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Saudization

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Sep 21, 2026

Murtaza HussainPANELIST
74:10
the population to learn how to operate these systems indigenously.
Murtaza HussainPANELIST
74:14
It's called Saudization, and there's versions of this in all the Gulf Arab states.
Murtaza HussainPANELIST
74:19
So they're doing everything they can to sort of ameliorate their weaknesses, which have been revealed by this war.
Murtaza HussainPANELIST
74:25
It's just not really clear if they can do so on a time frame, which will save them in the current situation.
Werd BadawiHOST
4:48
I think, you know, the trend here is that, you know, we're seeing a shift in their Vision 2030 vision.
Werd BadawiHOST
4:54
And it's that the vision now is Saudization.
Werd BadawiHOST
4:58
And we want to empower our local talent because, you know, when you're left with a war, you're the one that is going to have to deal with the repercussions.
Werd BadawiHOST
5:07
And I think that came to light extremely throughout the year.
Abdul Majid AwanHOST
14:57
But in UAE, the Emiratization, I think we talked about this.
Abdul Majid AwanHOST
15:02
Emiratization has a very different goal to what Saudization is.
Abdul Majid AwanHOST
15:06
Saudization is where 70 to 80% of the population, we Saudis, and we need jobs.
Abdul Majid AwanHOST
15:12
We don't want foreigners to come and take our places.
Abdul Majid AwanHOST
15:15
So for Saudi, the road from developing to developed was bring the expertise, teach the youngsters who are going to Stanford and Harvard and all this.
Abdul Majid AwanHOST
4:45
Have more land.
Abdul Majid AwanHOST
4:45
Yeah, so Saudization is a strategy to keep them in the workforce.
Abdul Majid AwanHOST
4:50
And you need like 60, 70 percent Saudis in your company and all that.
Abdul Majid AwanHOST
4:54
With amortization, it's a different approach altogether.

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