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Closed for Prayer

Dealing with Riyadh and Saudi Arabia

Written by Overlander on November 20, 2001

  • Living in -- or even visiting -- Riyadh requires patience, adaptability, and tolerance in roughly equal measure. If you don't possess them, don't even think about going even if for just a little while....
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The Bedu Suq

Downtown Riyadh before Urban Rehab

Written by Overlander on November 24, 2001

  • An Introductory Caveat Central Riyadh, what could be termed the "downtown business district", was pretty much totally reconstructed after the Gulf War, in large measure because of the destruction caused by Yemeni shopowners who torched their stores after...
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Saudi Falconers

The Falconers' Meeting

Written by Overlander on November 20, 2001

  • One of my favorite pastimes in Riyadh was to wander down to the square in front of the main Friday mosque early on a Friday morning to chat with the Saudis who gathered there every...
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