or the same petrochemical company when, in 2011, he retired at the age of 62. Of course, he was not as old as his father or grandfather when they retired as they never really retired
He graduated in 1971, when he was 22, in Chemistry.
at all.
Hamad and Nourah had two sons
He gave up the Bedouin life, married Nourah in 1974, the
and one daughter. All of their children went to school. The eldest son, Fahad, studied communications and went to Riyadh to get a Master’s degree, then settled in Riyadh where he has worked since 1999. He is now studying part- time for a doctorate.
daughter of a local shopkeeper and settled in Hufuf, not far from his aunt
and uncle. Hamad got a job with Aramco in
Only a handful of members of Hamad and Nourah’s families still follow the Bedouin lifestyle but the family has not forgotten about the traditional way of life.