Al Shumaisi


Al-Shumaisi is a historic neighborhood and the seat of the homonymous sub-municipality, al-Shumaisi, in southern Riyadh, Saudi Arabia [women's national football team|Saudi Arabia], located west of ad-Dirah and east of al-Badiah. The neighborhood is named after Sheikh Muhammad bin Ali al-Shumaisi, who owned a farm that was attributed to his family name in the area sometime around 1930s. It is today inhabited mostly by an overseas Pakistanis in [Saudi Arabia|Pakistani] community. It is well known for hosting Riyadh's first hospital, the King [Saud Medical City].