ONE EXPAT FAMILY'S EXPERIENCE IN SAUDI ARABIA
Right around the time we were hearing more about Covid-19, but it wasn't yet in KSA, a massive swarm of locusts passed by Al Khobar from Dammam and out to the sea over to Bahrain. I found one dead on the pavement near the Corniche. If I find that photo I took I will post …
What are you feeding your children while at home in virtual school? Do you feel your kids are eating more these days? Do you order in some days when you are just done with cooking all the time? Being home a lot can be frustrating and a blessing at the same time. In our home …
When you enter malls or stores in mall settings, you will probably inhale a smoky perfume incense very popular in Saudi known as Oud. What is Oud you ask and why do people burn it? I found some information online that describes it best. It sells for a few hundred SAR to 5,000 SAR or …
Cornell University is conducting research with a project that began in 2017, by Donald Rakow and Gregory Eells. It is called Nature Rx@ Cornell. The premise is that people feel better when they are in nature. Eastern medicine has understood this relationship much better than Western medicine. Japanese and Chinese medical doctors and health practitioners …
Found this great article that may help some of us cope with being lonely because of precautions for Covid-19. The author is mainly speaking about the US, but this applies equally to any people who have restrictions in place by state or government regarding social distancing, especially when living alone. Let's help one another out. …
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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 …
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 …
There are many hospitals here to choose from. Usually you find the ones you can attend with your insurance plan, by calling to the hospital directly. Aramco employees have their own facilities. Website links are not here for all, as they are not secure. Al Mouwasat Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib https://hmg.com.sa/en/Medical-Facilites/Pages/default.aspx?itemid=19 Procare https://procare.com.sa/ Almana Gama …
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