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Qatif or Al-Qatif (Arabic: القطيف Al-Qaṭīf) is a governorate and urban area located in Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia. It extends from Ras Tanura and Jubail in the north to Dammam in the south, and from the Persian Gulf in the east to King Fahd International Airport in the west. This region has its own municipality and includes the Qatif downtown and many other smaller cities and towns.
Qatif is one of the oldest settlements in the eastern side of the Arabian peninsula, its history going back to 3500 BC. Qatifi people used to work as merchants, farmers, and fishers. However, in recent years,[when?] after the discovery of oil and establishment of Jubail Industrial City, most of Qatifi's people are working in oil, industry, public services, education and health care sectors.
The historic oasis area shows its first archeological evidence of settlement beginning about 3500 BC. It was known by other names, such as Al-Khatt (Arabic: الخَطّ), immortalized in the poetry of `Antara ibn Shaddad, Tarafa ibn Al-`Abd, Bashar ibn Burd (in his famous Ba'yya), and others. The word "Khatty" became the preferred "kenning" for "spear" in traditional poetic writing until the dawn of the modern era, supposedly because the region was famous for spear making, just as "muhannad" ("of India") was the preferred kenning for "sword". The older name also survives as the eponym of several well-known local families ("Al-Khatti", spelled variously in English).[citation needed]
You don't know my name
No need to know
I am the dark sick blind hate
Bad to the bone
I will destroy all holy - insurrection day
And on my day of glory - resurrection day
I will be awaitin' you
Rippin' you apart
Inside out
Inside out
Inside out
Inside hell
I am disaster
Lethal and bold
I am the evil master
Your final call
I will destroy all holy - insurrection day
And on my day of glory - resurrection day
I will be awaitin' you
Welcome to my home, I'll be waiting
Inside hell
Inside hell
Inside hell
Inside hell
Inside hell
Inside hell
Inside hell
Inside hell