Which Saudi payload specialist on STS-51-G became the first Arab in space?

Which Saudi payload specialist on STS-51-G became the first Arab in space? Sultan bin Salman Al Saud was the first Arab to reach space.

A Saudi prince and former Royal Saudi Air Force pilot, Sultan bin Salman flew as a payload specialist aboard Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-51-G. The mission launched on June 17, 1985, and carried communications satellites, including Arabsat-1B, for deployment from the shuttle’s cargo bay.

At 28, Al Saud became not only the first Arab in space but also the first Saudi, first Muslim and first member of a royal family to fly in space. He spent about seven days in orbit, completing 112 orbits of Earth. His role combined scientific participation with the mission’s international and commercial objectives.

The distractors represent other early non-American space travelers, but none fits the question. Abdul Ahad Mohmand was Afghan and flew later aboard a Soviet spacecraft; Musa Manarov was a Soviet cosmonaut; and Muhammed Faris was Syrian. Al Saud’s flight is therefore the standard historical answer to this question.