Badr, Saudi Arabia

Badr (full name: Badr Hunayn) (Arabic: بدر حنین‎) is a town in Al Madinah Province, in the western part of Saudi Arabia. It is located at around 23°46′48″N 38°47′26″E / 23.78000°N 38.79056°E / 23.78000; 38.79056 about 130 km (81 mi) from the Islamic holy city of Medina.

It was the location of the famous Battle of Badr between the Quraish of Mecca and the Muslims of Medina in 624.

Battle of Badr — 624

According to Muslim sources, Quraish leader Abu Jahl said:

Akhnas ibn Shariq al-Thaqifi and the Banu Zuhrah were with the Meccan as part of the escort that preceded the Battle of Badr, but since he believed the caravan to be safe, he did not join Quraish on their way to a festival in Badr. He together with Banu Zuhrah returned, so this two clans present in the battle

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Badr City

Badr City (Arabic: مدينة بدر‎ Madīnet Badr  pronounced [mæˈdiːnɪt ˈbædɾ], "City of Full Moon") is a suburb in north eastern Cairo Governorate, Egypt.

Planning

Badr City is planned as an industrial city designed to move Egypt away from subsistence agriculture. It includes 129 factories of various types of industries, in addition to this 350 factories are still under construction. Most of Badr factories aim to export their products to Arabian, African, world markets. This settlement tries to attract local, Arabian, Foreign investments by determining 1600 Fedden located in the east side of rubiky to establish a free zone. And recently Badr started to be considered as a suburb of Greater Cairo

Description

It has 3 universities: the Egyptian-Russian University, Future University (planned) and EELU (under construction)

It is the nearest industrial city to Cairo International Airport, Suez Port, it is also near to Delta, Suez Canal, Red Sea, Sinai.

Many projects have been established in Badr City in fields such as, water, streets, electrical networks, telephones, etc.