{"id":104520,"date":"2026-10-24T10:08:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T10:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/?p=104520"},"modified":"2026-10-24T10:08:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T10:08:00","slug":"arab-news-passion-for-asia-saudi-arabia-ready-to-host-afc-asian-cup-says-mohammed-al-ghamdi-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/?p=104520","title":{"rendered":"Arab News | \u2018Passion for Asia\u2019: Saudi Arabia ready to host AFC Asian Cup, says Mohammed Al-Ghamdi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>DUBAI: Saudi Arabia is ready to host next year\u2019s AFC Asian Cup, the largest-ever edition of the tournament, Mohammed Al-Ghamdi, director of media at the local organizing committee, told a conference in Japan last week.<\/p>\n<p>The 19th edition of the tournament will take place from Jan 7-Feb. 5 across Riyadh, Jeddah and Alkhobar.<\/p>\n<p>Al-Ghamdi was speaking in Tokyo at the Asian Football Confederation Member Associations and Regional Associations Presidents\u2019 and General Secretaries\u2019 Conference 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in a session titled \u201cAhlan Asia, Saudi Arabia Awaits,\u201d Al-Ghamdi said: \u201cI would like to start by thanking the AFC, the AFC member council, the chief member council attending today. As an LOC, we\u2019ve hosted four tournaments, 86 matches, 51 teams and clubs. Only a few weeks ago, we hosted 62,000 people in the finals of the Khaleeji Cup (2026 Arabian Gulf Cup).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople wanted to come, and this is the passion that we are trying to provide to Asia,\u201d he added. \u201cTwenty-four teams, 51 matches, 80 stadiums and three host cities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen they come to Saudi Arabia, we\u2019ll experience different cultures, we\u2019ll experience different tourism and we\u2019ll have more opportunities to see Saudi Arabia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Al-Ghamdi said that preparations are continuing and that the Kingdom will be ready by the time of the big kick-off on Jan. 7.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c(We are at) 80 percent readiness for our competition venues \u2014 27 training sites, 31 hotels, and 15 operational work streams are working day and night to make sure that we provide \u2026 what is required to have an exceptional tournament.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also highlighted the launch of the Ahlan app for fans and media personnel attending the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAhlan will bring all the essentials at once to make sure that the planning of your journey will be the easiest part of it. And the interest is growing,\u201d Al-Ghamdi said. \u201cWe\u2019ve sold more than 150 tickets so far, and for those from our colleagues from the media, those experiences will give them more stories to tell about the tournament. And Ahlan will provide them a seamless journey to register and get their accreditation, and give them the best experience and the smoothest experience as well. Ahlan Asia, and thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>self.__next_f.push([1,\"10:I[67601,[\\\"\/_next\/static\/chunks\/3zmftm9fpr10z.js\\\"],\\\"WebVitalsReporter\\\"]\\n11:I[39683,[\\\"\/_next\/static\/chunks\/3zmftm9fpr10z.js\\\",\\\"\/_next\/static\/chunks\/145oieyucf7xw.js\\\",\\\"\/_next\/static\/chunks\/2d3jm_azdsoua.js\\\",\\\"\/_next\/static\/chunks\/0wdohbbl64rk3.js\\\",\\\"\/_next\/static\/chunks\/0ga9k6tk8l5i2.js\\\",\\\"\/_next\/static\/chunks\/04hvlg7gpzexw.js\\\"],\\\"SearchForm\\\"]\\n12:I[22016,[\\\"\/_next\/static\/chunks\/3zmftm9fpr10z.js\\\",\\\"\/_next\/static\/chunks\/145oieyucf7xw.js\\\",\\\"\/_next\/static\/chunks\/2d3jm_azdsoua.js\\\",\\\"\/_next\/static\/chunks\/0wdohbbl64rk3.js\\\",\\\"\/_next\/static\/chunks\/0ga9k6tk8l5i2.js\\\",\\\"\/_next\/static\/chunks\/15zl3gbc-xumt.js\\\",\\\"\/_next\/static\/chunks\/2x1ykt3v697lm.js\\\",\\\"\/_next\/static\/chunks\/01qf75_n803dw.js\\\",\\\"\/_next\/static\/chunks\/0f0ug5mch3pkr.js\\\"],\\\"\\\"]\\n13:I[79520,[\\\"\/_next\/static\/chunks\/3zmftm9fpr10z.js\\\"],\\\"\\\"]\\n14:I[32700,[\\\"\/_next\/static\/chunks\/3zmftm9fpr10z.js\\\"],\\\"ChartbeatTracker\\\"]\\n2:[\\\"$\\\",\\\"html\\\",null,{\\\"lang\\\":\\\"en\\\",\\\"dir\\\":\\\"ltr\\\",\\\"className\\\":\\\"playfair_9b22208d-module__j_-Mhq__className playfair_9b22208d-module__j_-Mhq__variable isento_5a0b9ef0-module__X26Y-q__variable h-full\\\",\\\"children\\\":[[\\\"$\\\",\\\"head\\\",null,{\\\"children\\\":[[\\\"$\\\",\\\"style\\\",null,{\\\"dangerouslySetInnerHTML\\\":{\\\"__html\\\":\\\":root { --color-primary: #d85229; --color-secondary: #344651; --color-accent: #d85229; --color-background: #FFFFFF; }\\\"}}],[\\\"$\\\",\\\"link\\\",null,{\\\"rel\\\":\\\"preconnect\\\",\\\"href\\\":\\\"https:\/\/assets.maestronewsroom.com\\\"}],[\\\"$\\\",\\\"link\\\",null,{\\\"rel\\\":\\\"preconnect\\\",\\\"href\\\":\\\"https:\/\/securepubads.g.doubleclick.net\\\",\\\"crossOrigin\\\":\\\"\\\"}],[\\\"$\\\",\\\"link\\\",null,{\\\"rel\\\":\\\"dns-prefetch\\\",\\\"href\\\":\\\"https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\\\"}],[\\\"$\\\",\\\"link\\\",null,{\\\"rel\\\":\\\"dns-prefetch\\\",\\\"href\\\":\\\"https:\/\/pub.doubleverify.com\\\"}],[\\\"$\\\",\\\"link\\\",null,{\\\"rel\\\":\\\"dns-prefetch\\\",\\\"href\\\":\\\"https:\/\/analytics.tiktok.com\\\"}],[\\\"$\\\",\\\"link\\\",null,{\\\"rel\\\":\\\"dns-prefetch\\\",\\\"href\\\":\\\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\\\"}],[\\\"$\\\",\\\"link\\\",null,{\\\"rel\\\":\\\"dns-prefetch\\\",\\\"href\\\":\\\"https:\/\/static.chartbeat.com\\\"}],[\\\"$\\\",\\\"script\\\",null,{\\\"id\\\":\\\"__SITE_INTEGRATIONS__\\\",\\\"type\\\":\\\"application\/json\\\",\\\"dangerouslySetInnerHTML\\\":{\\\"__html\\\":\\\"{\\\\\\\"adConfig\\\\\\\":{\\\\\\\"enabled\\\\\\\":true,\\\\\\\"centering\\\\\\\":true,\\\\\\\"collapseEmptyDivs\\\\\\\":\\\\\\\"before_fetch\\\\\\\"}}\\\"}}]]}],[\\\"$\\\",\\\"body\\\",null,{\\\"className\\\":\\\"flex min-h-full flex-col bg-background text-foreground\\\",\\\"children\\\":[[\\\"$\\\",\\\"$L10\\\",null,{}],[\\\"$\\\",\\\"$L4\\\",null,{\\\"parallelRouterKey\\\":\\\"children\\\",\\\"error\\\":\\\"$undefined\\\",\\\"errorStyles\\\":\\\"$undefined\\\",\\\"errorScripts\\\":\\\"$undefined\\\",\\\"template\\\":[\\\"$\\\",\\\"$L5\\\",null,{}],\\\"templateStyles\\\":\\\"$undefined\\\",\\\"templateScripts\\\":\\\"$undefined\\\",\\\"notFound\\\":[[\\\"$\\\",\\\"div\\\",null,{\\\"className\\\":\\\"mx-auto w-full max-w-[var(--content-max-width)] px-4 py-6\\\",\\\"children\\\":[[\\\"$\\\",\\\"div\\\",null,{\\\"className\\\":\\\"mb-6 text-center\\\",\\\"children\\\":[[\\\"$\\\",\\\"div\\\",null,{\\\"className\\\":\\\"relative\\\",\\\"children\\\":[[\\\"$\\\",\\\"span\\\",null,{\\\"className\\\":\\\"pointer-events-none absolute top-1\/2 right-0 left-0 h-px bg-[rgba(179,179,179,0.5)]\\\",\\\"aria-hidden\\\":true}],[\\\"$\\\",\\\"h1\\\",null,{\\\"className\\\":\\\"an-page-title relative z-[1] mb-0\\\",\\\"children\\\":[\\\"$\\\",\\\"span\\\",null,{\\\"className\\\":\\\"bg-[#ecf0e7] px-6\\\",\\\"children\\\":[\\\"$\\\",\\\"span\\\",null,{\\\"children\\\":[[\\\"$\\\",\\\"span\\\",null,{\\\"className\\\":\\\"an-block-title-initial\\\",\\\"children\\\":\\\"P\\\"}],\\\"age not found\\\"]}]}]}],null]}],null]}],[\\\"$\\\",\\\"p\\\",null,{\\\"className\\\":\\\"mb-8 text-[15px] text-[#303638]\\\",\\\"children\\\":\\\"The requested page could not be found.\\\"}],[\\\"$\\\",\\\"$L11\\\",null,{}],[\\\"$\\\",\\\"p\\\",null,{\\\"className\\\":\\\"text-[14px] text-meta\\\",\\\"children\\\":[\\\"Return to the\\\",\\\" \\\",[\\\"$\\\",\\\"$L12\\\",null,{\\\"href\\\":\\\"\/\\\",\\\"className\\\":\\\"text-accent hover:text-[#464646]\\\",\\\"children\\\":\\\"homepage\\\"}],\\\".\\\"]}]]}],[]],\\\"forbidden\\\":\\\"$undefined\\\",\\\"unauthorized\\\":\\\"$undefined\\\"}],[\\\"$\\\",\\\"$L13\\\",null,{\\\"id\\\":\\\"chartbeat-init\\\",\\\"strategy\\\":\\\"afterInteractive\\\",\\\"dangerouslySetInnerHTML\\\":{\\\"__html\\\":\\\"(function(){if(window.self!==window.top)return;var d=\\\\\\\"arabnews.com\\\\\\\";if(location.hostname.indexOf(d)===-1)return;var _sf_async_config=window._sf_async_config=window._sf_async_config||{};_sf_async_config.uid=\\\\\\\"67194\\\\\\\";_sf_async_config.domain=d;_sf_async_config.flickerControl=false;_sf_async_config.useCanonical=true;_sf_async_config.useCanonicalDomain=true;function loadChartbeat(){var e=document.createElement('script');var n=document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];e.type=\"text\/javascript\";e.async=true;e.src=\"https:\/\/static.chartbeat.com\/js\/chartbeat.js\";n.parentNode.insertBefore(e,n)}loadChartbeat()})();\\\"}}],[\\\"$\\\",\\\"$L14\\\",null,{}],[[\\\"$\\\",\\\"$L13\\\",null,{\\\"id\\\":\\\"gpt-init\\\",\\\"strategy\\\":\\\"afterInteractive\\\",\\\"dangerouslySetInnerHTML\\\":{\\\"__html\\\":\\\"window.googletag=window.googletag||{cmd:[]};\\\"}}],[\\\"$\\\",\\\"$L13\\\",null,{\\\"src\\\":\\\"https:\/\/securepubads.g.doubleclick.net\/tag\/js\/gpt.js\\\",\\\"strategy\\\":\\\"afterInteractive\\\"}],[\\\"$\\\",\\\"$L13\\\",null,{\\\"id\\\":\\\"gpt-ppid\\\",\\\"strategy\\\":\\\"afterInteractive\\\",\\\"dangerouslySetInnerHTML\\\":{\\\"__html\\\":\\\"\\\\nfunction _ppidGetCookie(n){var m=document.cookie.match(new RegExp('(?:^|; )'+n+'=([^;]*)'));return m?decodeURIComponent(m[1]):null}\\\\nfunction _ppidSetPPID(id){window.googletag=window.googletag||{cmd:[]};window.googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.pubads().setPublisherProvidedId(id)})}\\\\n(function(){\\\\n  \\\\n  var ums=_ppidGetCookie('ums_user');\\\\n  if(ums){try{var u=JSON.parse(ums);if(u.email){\\\\n    crypto.subtle.digest('SHA-256',new TextEncoder().encode(u.email)).then(function(buf){\\\\n      _ppidSetPPID(Array.from(new Uint8Array(buf)).map(function(b){return b.toString(16).padStart(2,'0')}).join(''));\\\\n    });return;\\\\n  }}catch(e){}}\\\\n  \\\\n  var vid=_ppidGetCookie(\\\\\\\"_an_vid\\\\\\\");\\\\n  if(!vid){vid=crypto.randomUUID().replace(\/-\/g,'');document.cookie=\\\\\\\"_an_vid\\\\\\\"+'='+vid+';path=\/;max-age=63072000;SameSite=Lax'}\\\\n  _ppidSetPPID(vid);\\\\n})();\\\\n\\\"}}],\\\"$L15\\\",[\\\"$L16\\\"]],\\\"$L17\\\",\\\"$L18\\\",\\\"$L19\\\",\\\"$L1a\\\"]}]]}]\\n\"])<\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/sport\/passion-for-asia-saudi-arabia-ready-to-host-afc-asian-cup-says-mohammed-al-ghamdi-3008015\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DUBAI: Saudi Arabia is ready to host next year\u2019s AFC Asian Cup, the largest-ever edition of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":104522,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.0 (Yoast SEO v28.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Arab News | \u2018Passion for Asia\u2019: Saudi Arabia ready to host AFC Asian Cup, says Mohammed Al-Ghamdi - Gulf Times | News by the minute<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Gulf Times: Latest news across the GCC from UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Yemen, Saudi Arabia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/sport\/passion-for-asia-saudi-arabia-ready-to-host-afc-asian-cup-says-mohammed-al-ghamdi-3008015\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Arab News | \u2018Passion for Asia\u2019: Saudi Arabia ready to host AFC Asian Cup, says Mohammed Al-Ghamdi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gulf News| UAE&#039;s Largest News aggregator site\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/sport\/passion-for-asia-saudi-arabia-ready-to-host-afc-asian-cup-says-mohammed-al-ghamdi-3008015\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gulf Times | News by the minute\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100084981843786\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-10-24T10:08:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792836448040-1ca83f4a0d817ce3.avif\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1980\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1106\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"gulftimes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Gulftimesuae\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Gulftimesuae\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"gulftimes\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Arab News | \u2018Passion for Asia\u2019: Saudi Arabia ready to host AFC Asian Cup, says Mohammed Al-Ghamdi - Gulf Times | News by the minute","description":"Gulf Times: Latest news across the GCC from UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Yemen, Saudi Arabia","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/sport\/passion-for-asia-saudi-arabia-ready-to-host-afc-asian-cup-says-mohammed-al-ghamdi-3008015","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Arab News | \u2018Passion for Asia\u2019: Saudi Arabia ready to host AFC Asian Cup, says Mohammed Al-Ghamdi","og_description":"Gulf News| UAE's Largest News aggregator site","og_url":"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/sport\/passion-for-asia-saudi-arabia-ready-to-host-afc-asian-cup-says-mohammed-al-ghamdi-3008015","og_site_name":"Gulf Times | News by the minute","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100084981843786","article_published_time":"2026-10-24T10:08:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1980,"height":1106,"url":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792836448040-1ca83f4a0d817ce3.avif","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"gulftimes","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Gulftimesuae","twitter_site":"@Gulftimesuae","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"gulftimes","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/sport\/passion-for-asia-saudi-arabia-ready-to-host-afc-asian-cup-says-mohammed-al-ghamdi-3008015#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/?p=104520"},"author":{"name":"gulftimes","@id":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/#\/schema\/person\/4c5b0f90aae48bb43165ee6e39ddc977"},"headline":"Arab News | \u2018Passion for Asia\u2019: Saudi Arabia ready to host AFC Asian Cup, says Mohammed Al-Ghamdi","datePublished":"2026-10-24T10:08:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/?p=104520"},"wordCount":372,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/sport\/passion-for-asia-saudi-arabia-ready-to-host-afc-asian-cup-says-mohammed-al-ghamdi-3008015#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792836448040-1ca83f4a0d817ce3.avif","articleSection":["Lifestyle"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/sport\/passion-for-asia-saudi-arabia-ready-to-host-afc-asian-cup-says-mohammed-al-ghamdi-3008015#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/?p=104520","url":"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/sport\/passion-for-asia-saudi-arabia-ready-to-host-afc-asian-cup-says-mohammed-al-ghamdi-3008015","name":"Arab News | \u2018Passion for Asia\u2019: Saudi Arabia ready to host AFC Asian Cup, says Mohammed Al-Ghamdi - Gulf Times | News by the minute","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/sport\/passion-for-asia-saudi-arabia-ready-to-host-afc-asian-cup-says-mohammed-al-ghamdi-3008015#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/sport\/passion-for-asia-saudi-arabia-ready-to-host-afc-asian-cup-says-mohammed-al-ghamdi-3008015#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792836448040-1ca83f4a0d817ce3.avif","datePublished":"2026-10-24T10:08:00+00:00","description":"Gulf Times: Latest news across the GCC from UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Yemen, Saudi Arabia","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/sport\/passion-for-asia-saudi-arabia-ready-to-host-afc-asian-cup-says-mohammed-al-ghamdi-3008015#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/sport\/passion-for-asia-saudi-arabia-ready-to-host-afc-asian-cup-says-mohammed-al-ghamdi-3008015"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/sport\/passion-for-asia-saudi-arabia-ready-to-host-afc-asian-cup-says-mohammed-al-ghamdi-3008015#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792836448040-1ca83f4a0d817ce3.avif","contentUrl":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792836448040-1ca83f4a0d817ce3.avif","width":1980,"height":1106},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/sport\/passion-for-asia-saudi-arabia-ready-to-host-afc-asian-cup-says-mohammed-al-ghamdi-3008015#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Arab News | \u2018Passion for Asia\u2019: Saudi Arabia ready to host AFC Asian Cup, says Mohammed Al-Ghamdi"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/#website","url":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/","name":"Gulf Times | News by the minute","description":"Largest News Aggregator in the Gulf","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/#organization"},"alternateName":"Gulf News Aggregator","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/#organization","name":"Gulf Times","url":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"","contentUrl":"","caption":"Gulf Times"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100084981843786","https:\/\/x.com\/Gulftimesuae"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/#\/schema\/person\/4c5b0f90aae48bb43165ee6e39ddc977","name":"gulftimes","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a8f9c2e07a9cd7e7e7c302c8c7ce8d5e0865a0bbcc732793d6e761588fd10b03?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a8f9c2e07a9cd7e7e7c302c8c7ce8d5e0865a0bbcc732793d6e761588fd10b03?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a8f9c2e07a9cd7e7e7c302c8c7ce8d5e0865a0bbcc732793d6e761588fd10b03?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"gulftimes"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/gulftimes.ae"],"url":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=104520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104520\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/104522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=104520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=104520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=104520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}