Riyadh, Jan. 21 -- A video showing two Saudi brothers meeting for the first time after 55 long years at a Saudi airport went viral on social media platforms.

The 28-second emotional video shows Dr Mudhi Al-Shehri, upon exiting the airport's passport control, his sibling Mohammad Al-Shehri embraced each other tightly, shedding tears of joy.

Dr Mudhi, a physics professor at Kalamazoo University in the United States (US), left his hometown Al-Namas in Saudi Arabia after his mother's death five decades ago, Arabic daily Alarabiya reported.

He attended secondary school in Riyadh and then he left for the United States to continue his higher studies.

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Despite Dr Mudhi's academic achievements, he was unable to return to h...