ONE EXPAT FAMILY'S EXPERIENCE IN SAUDI ARABIA
Lovers of green space! Desert gardening is possible! Saudis love to grow plants and have inner gardens behind their villa walls. You will also see plantings along the street outside villa walls. Common plants such as palm trees are everywhere. Planting here is special. The soil is sandy, water must be conserved, summer is very …
This image is of sumac jam, however it looks a lot like Sago.
There are two links below to 2 separate articles on research out of KAUST. October 16, 2019 Published in King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) The below excerpt is from the article website. This project is the first time that the date palm genome has been studied so comprehensively. Dr. Ikram Blilou, Associate …
July 1, 2017 The following is an excerpt from below article written in Arab News. RIYADH: Dr. Binu Antony, assistant professor of date palm research at King Saud University (KSU), won the Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation worth 1 million Emirati dirhams ($272,257)."For this five-year research, King Abdul Aziz City for …
This is an easy recipe to follow (watch video). Prepare this sweet dessert from the Middle East! (not necessarily Saudi) Used at special times like today! Try it and taste how yummy it is....kinda like donut holes 🙂 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PvKWrHzXOw
Yay! Everyone's favorite subject. You'll be pleasantly surprised that here there are many choices both in type of food and restaurants. KSA is a modern country and enjoys restaurants of all types, especially cafes. You cannot help but notice the amount of coffee houses and cafes located doors down from one another. Starbucks is only …
Date Palms & Camels 