His life stopped at 15.
His father never did.
For 20 years, Saudi Arabia’s “Sleeping Prince” lay silent in a hospital bed, while a grieving father refused to let hope die. Every holiday, every prayer, every whispered “wake up” defied doctors and time itself. Then, one July morning, the vigil finally en… Continues…
For two decades, Prince Al-Waleed bin Khaled bin Talal Al Saud lay suspended in a coma, his body unmoving while the world around him changed. Yet inside the hospital room in Riyadh, time was measured differently: in whispered prayers, quiet tears, and the rustle of his father’s robes as he stood faithfully at his bedside. Prince Khaled refused to see his son as a lost cause; he saw him as a living trust from God, deserving of love, dignity, and presence.