AMAK ZAKAT AND INCOME TAX - Narrative (Details) - AMAK - SAR (ر.س) ر.س in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Income Tax Disclosure [Line Items]
Statutory rate for non-Saudi shareholders	20.00%
Tax loss carryforwards	ر.س 210,970	ر.س 214,418

Amount of operating loss carryforward, before tax effects, available to reduce future taxable income under enacted tax laws.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 740
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84230637&loc=d3e32559-109319

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