ONE EXPAT FAMILY'S EXPERIENCE IN SAUDI ARABIA
Date Palm is an important food crop in arid lands, especially the Middle East. Why not get a seat at the 7th International Date Palm Conference, held this year in Abu Dhabi, Emirates? The place, Emirates Palace Hotel, will be sure to impress for 3 days this March. The website link for all information concerning …
Looking online for some information about Middle East wild crop relatives, I ran across this article published in 20 Dec. 2017 in natureasia.com, (nature middle east section). It's entitled, Shaking up salt-friendly agriculture, written by Sedeer El-Showk. High salt-tolerant crops grown in the Middle East are a new focus for scientific study and genome sequencing …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6Kz_OcOgvE Just found a great youtube video on much of what my "Agroforestry in Arid Environments" review paper is about. It is done really well and describes desertification, greening projects in Africa, China, Mongolia, and Saudi Arabia, sand drift, agriculture, etc. North America is not represented here, but this video gives a nice view on …
Living in Saudi Arabia became a catalyst that began my interest, starting with dust storms, in learning about desert ecosystems and agriculture. The environment being so foreign to my past experiences living on planet earth, was something I wanted to understand better. Through reading many scientific articles relating to desert environments, heat extremes, desertification, sand …
This past semester as a graduate student was challenging, but I learned so much from the professor and class, besides the readings and lectures. I wanted to bring some of what I had learned while living in Saudi Arabia to the class, as well as learn about what other areas of the world are doing …
There is an agroforestry technology derived by mimicking nature, which has been used in African countries with success. It provides a productive landscape for humans, nature and animals. This technique is termed "Evergreen Agriculture", and keeps the soil covered, as well as produces shade, while growing food and animals in multi-tiered landscaped systems. Read a …
Date Palms for food security in arid regions are a nutritionally important staple food. You can eat them fresh, cooked or dried and they are naturally portable when you go long distances. These trees may be overlooked in other areas of the world, but as climate change occurs, should we consider cultivating date palms in …
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The second site "Old Town" is a continuation of the first day in AlUla. We had booked our tickets for 3:30 tour in the afternoon. That gave us a lunch break of about 3 hours, between visiting Hegra in the morning. We again drove to the meeting place and parked our car, to gather on …
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Want to do something different for Iftar (the evening breaking of the fast) during Ramadan here in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia? Outside dining by the sea perhaps? Al Khobar is really turning their natural coastline, which is situated across from the country of Bahrain, into destination spots. A raw area of natural beauty, with pebbly …
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Here is some welcome news for anyone who has been to Saudi Arabia and tried the fine quality dates that grow here. So many varieties make Saudi dates one delicious treat, especially now that they may be up for export. One of my regrets of leaving this country, is the fact that most of the …
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Date Palms & Camels 