{{Short description|Extinct neighborhood in southern Riyadh, Saudi Arabia}} {{About||the governorate in Oman|Ad Dhahirah Governorate}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Al-Duhairah | official_name = | pushpin_map = Saudi Arabia#Asia | demographics1_title1 = Official | demographics_type1 = Language | subdivision_name1 = | subdivision_type1 = | governing_body = | p1 = | native_name = الظهيرة | founder = | subdivision_type2 = City | subdivision_name2 = Riyadh | subdivision_name3 = Old Riyadh | subdivision_type3 = Region | subdivision_name = Saudi Arabia | subdivision_type = Country | caption = | image_skyline = Al-Dhahirah Street, 1960s.jpg | settlement_type = Neighbourhood | demographics1_info1 = Arabic | coordinates = | native_name_lang = ar | image_caption = Al-Duhairah Street, 1959 or 1960 }} '''Hillat Al-Duhairah''' ({{Langx|ar|حلة الظهيرة}}), alternatively transliterated as '''al-Zuhayri''', was a neighborhood<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-08-21 |title=تطوير "حي الظهيرة" |url=https://www.aleqt.com/2015/08/21/article_983784.html |access-date=2022-05-24 |website=صحيفة الاقتصادية |language=ar}}</ref> and a douar<ref>{{Cite book |last=سليمان |first=رويشد، عبدالرحمن بن |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9dVtAAAAMAAJ&q=%D8%AD%D9%84%D8%A9+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B8%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A9 |title=قصر الحكم في الرياض: أصالة الماضي و روعة الحاضر |date=1993 |publisher=s.n.]، |language=ar}}</ref> partially within the former city walls that is under rehabilitation in southern Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Located in close proximity to the Qasr al-Hukm District in the old city region, the ruins of the area today constitute a large chunk of ad-Dirah neighborhood. Bordered by al-Suwailem Street to the west and ad-Duhairah Street to the east, most of its residents abandoned the area during Riyadh's multiple phases of expansion and modernization, especially between 1950s and 1970s.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-03-25 |title=قصة حي الظهيرة التاريخي وأقدم النوادي الرياضية فيه {{!}} صحيفة المواطن الإلكترونية |url=https://www.almowaten.net/2021/03/%d9%82%d8%b5%d8%a9-%d8%ad%d9%8a-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b8%d9%87%d9%8a%d8%b1%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%aa%d8%a7%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%ae%d9%8a-%d9%88%d8%a3%d9%82%d8%af%d9%85-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%86%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%af%d9%8a/,%20https://www.almowaten.net/2021/03/%d9%82%d8%b5%d8%a9-%d8%ad%d9%8a-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b8%d9%87%d9%8a%d8%b1%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%aa%d8%a7%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%ae%d9%8a-%d9%88%d8%a3%d9%82%d8%af%d9%85-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%86%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%af%d9%8a/ |access-date=2022-05-24 |language=ar}}</ref> As of 2024, Duhairah still remains unrecognized by Riyadh Municipality.

The Saudi government since 2009 has sought to revive the neighborhood by launching the Al-Zahirah Development Project through the Royal Commission for Riyadh City,<ref>{{Cite web |last=الحذيفي (الرياض) |first=أحمد |date=2013-06-02 |title=منفوحة الرياض.. حين تتحول العراقة إلى عار |url=https://www.okaz.com.sa/article/576273 |access-date=2022-07-27 |website=Okaz |language=Arabic}}</ref> which intends to make the area a hub for tourist and commercial activities.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-05-27 |title=مشروع لتطوير الظهيرة إلى موقع تجاري وسياحي في قلب الرياض |url=https://www.aleqt.com/2014/05/27/article_852151.html |access-date=2022-05-24 |website=صحيفة الاقتصادية |language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=mariam |date=2020-02-11 |title=منطقة الظهيرة رئة الاستثمار الجديدة في الرياض |url=https://www.rcrc.gov.sa/ar/magazine_topic/005897 |access-date=2022-05-24 |website=الهيئة الملكية لمدينة الرياض |language=ar |archive-date=2023-01-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230119220059/https://www.rcrc.gov.sa/ar/magazine_topic/005897 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The neighborhood's name was derived from its geographic location, as it was situated on a rocky ridge.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-25 |title=احياء الرياض القديمة - موسوعة |url=https://www.mosoah.com/references/maps/%d8%a7%d8%ad%d9%8a%d8%a7%d8%a1-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%a7%d8%b6-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%82%d8%af%d9%8a%d9%85%d8%a9/ |access-date=2022-05-25 |language=ar}}</ref>

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