EXHIBIT 99.1

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Arabian American Development Company
(the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ending March 31, 2002 as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I,
Hatem El-Khalidi, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to
18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002, that:

          (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a)
or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C.78m or 78o(d)) except
that such Report was not timely filed; and

          (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Company.



/s/ HATEM EL-KHALIDI
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Hatem El-Khalidi
Chief Executive Officer

August 9, 2002