By MUHAMMAD HUMAIDAN & GALAL FAKKAR | ARAB NEWS
Published: Nov 8, 2010 22:44 Updated: Nov 9, 2010 00:28
JEDDAH: Former Information Minister Muhammad Abdu Yamani died here on Monday following a stroke. He was 72.
He will be buried at Maalla graveyard in Makkah on Tuesday after Dhuhr prayers in the Grand Mosque. Yamani died at the Saudi-German Hospital.
Born in Makkah in 1938, Yamani obtained a doctorate degree in geology from Cornell University in the US. He had worked as lecturer at various Saudi universities before becoming the president of King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah.
He served as minister of information from 1975 to 1982. He wrote 35 books covering cultural and religious topics. Some of his works have been published in English.
In 2008, he was elected chairman of the Saudi Research and Publishing Company's Board of Trustees.
Published: Nov 8, 2010 22:44 Updated: Nov 9, 2010 00:28
JEDDAH: Former Information Minister Muhammad Abdu Yamani died here on Monday following a stroke. He was 72.
He will be buried at Maalla graveyard in Makkah on Tuesday after Dhuhr prayers in the Grand Mosque. Yamani died at the Saudi-German Hospital.
Born in Makkah in 1938, Yamani obtained a doctorate degree in geology from Cornell University in the US. He had worked as lecturer at various Saudi universities before becoming the president of King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah.
He served as minister of information from 1975 to 1982. He wrote 35 books covering cultural and religious topics. Some of his works have been published in English.
In 2008, he was elected chairman of the Saudi Research and Publishing Company's Board of Trustees.
