ONE EXPAT FAMILY'S EXPERIENCE IN SAUDI ARABIA
This looks fabulous! Unaizah Season for Dates happens in city of Unaizah, which is just north of Riyadh. The farmers come to show and sell the dates in an outdoor market. Here are some other agricultural products that the region is known for. "Agriculture" "Unaizah is an agricultural area and produces wheat and barley of various strains. The region …
New measures to help Saudi women have positions of influence at Two Holy Mosques. "...almost half of visitors to the Grand Mosque are women, and the presence of Saudi women leaders will ensure high-quality services." reported in ArabNews August 16, 2020.
"Now being held for the fourth consecutive year, the Noon Arts Award is open for submissions. Organized by the Collage Talent Center at the Sharjah Ladies Club, this award is presented to UAE-based female artists who are working in the fields of painting, photography and digital artworks. This year the theme of the competition is …
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If you are planning to work in the medical field in Saudi Arabia, it might be nice to know what are the main causes of death. This will give you an idea of what type of care is needed and the more common diseases you will see. In children there is a lot of asthma …
The official currency of KSA is the Saudi Riyal or SAR. You can get money from most banks. They tend to give large bills and not small change, as 500 SAR bills are the norm. There are 1, 5, 10, 50, 100 and 500 SAR paper notes. Change is .25, .50, 1 and 2 SAR …
Here is a great website I found that displays the different festivals over the year, in calendar form, for KSA. The date is written day/month/year. Now that Saudi wants to develop more of their tourism industry, a new Visa Upon Arrival program had begun last year 2019. It means instead of waiting months to get …
An area of new research is focusing on humans and mental and behavioral disorders and the positive effect of green spaces and forests. Humans can see (detect) more wavelengths of the color green than any other color in the visible light spectrum. We are made for green! We all know that being outside in nature …
Just bought new dates to try today. They are a yellow colored date called Barhi. You eat them fresh when they are in season. August is the time to get them. My husband bought them at Alosra supermarket, from a company called Nidal who grows organic produce. Here they are just coming out of the …
Just found this article posted online about Abu Dhabi's Guggenheim Museum. There is a show currently going on featuring 4 arab artists working in the UAE. Each artist has an in studio tour, where they talk about their work, education and ideas. The show ends in about a week on August 18th 2020. "The project …
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If someone asked me to think of Saudi Arabia's biodiversity, I would come up with images of desert sands, coastline, falcons, arabian horses, scorpions, camels and palm trees. It's a pretty cliche image. Boy do I have a lot to learn about this country rich in plants, species of birds, mammals and reptiles, living within …
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Date Palms & Camels 