Ali bin Saad bin Nasser Al-Kharji, born in the village of Ashira - Sudair In the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the year 1352 AH. Al-Kharji completed his primary through secondary education in Iraq. He gained experience from various Iraqi artists, and learned and mastered the art of sculpture. He worked as a consultant for two years in the office of the Minister of Transport in Jeddah, His Royal Highness Prince Talal bin Abdulaziz. Al-Kharji obtained, through a mission to Egypt with UNESCO, Diploma in Basic Education - Audiovisual Media from the College of Fine Arts. An employee who worked in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the Roads Administration as a technical painter. He received a scholarship from the Meteorological Authority, and obtained a diploma in meteorology in Egypt, then he worked as a meteorologist in Saudi Arabia. He worked as an audiovisual media employee at the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs. He was sent to England by the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs to specialize in audio-visual aids. After his return from England, he took over the management of the Social Service Center in Riyadh. He was the first director of the Equestrian Club in Riyadh. He held the position of Director of the Media Department at the Ministry of Social Affairs. 1380 A.H. Beginning of drawing and publishing caricatures in Al-Riyadh newspaper. - In the year 1400 AH, he started his work in Al-Jazeera newspaper. In the year 1385 AH, he presented the “Ali Baba” program for children on Saudi television, in addition to other radio and television programmes. Ali bin Saad bin Nasser Al-Kharji passed away on Wednesday 1-5-1432 AH.
Ali's accomplishments The first book of the creator Ali Al-Kharji, the book of Abu Saleh and the World. Book of lines and words. Caricature. Nehama's book (486 pages) dealt with a sarcastic and sarcastic approach to many political, educational and public life issues, through multiple models of cartoons. Methods of drawing caricatures in his artistic life
The late artist, Ali Al-Kharji, dealt with the Saudi man in particular in his drawings, and the Saudi citizen found himself, his family and his community represented in this drawing, which made his art loved before. Many people have made the art of caricature drawing something positive for society. – A large period in the development of his drawings took him explicitly in black and white, after which he moved to the so-called color phase, using different colors, taking into account the color gradient in a simple and wonderful style, due to the emergence of criticism in his drawing in a transparent style and the sincerity of love for this country. – The development of the art of caricature drawing by the foreign artist made him take his place firmly in the Saudi press, as he was distinguished and had a deep insight that appeared in all his artistic drawings, and some likened these drawings as if they were a satirical caricature symphony . Finally, we may have known Ali Al-Kharji, the first cartoonist in Saudi Arabia, as Ali Al-Kharji was very popular, as his works were very popular with the Saudi people, because he was wonderfully highlighting the image of the Saudi citizen.