Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (January 2008):
Eastern Province and Old Jeddah

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In January 2008, I did my first trip to Saudi Arabia. I was leading a cooperation program between the University of Stanford and the future King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). This cooperation involved meetings on both the east and the west coasts of Saudi Arabia. It gave me the opportunity to visit part of the Eastern Province, Old Jeddah, the oasis of Al Ula, and Medain Saleh.

 

This page shows photos of the Eastern Province, Old Jeddah, and KAUST (under construction). A distinct page (see here) is dedicated to the extraordinary site of Al Ula and Medain Saleh.

 

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Eastern Province:

 

Mosque in Qasr (Castle) Ibrahim in Al-Hofuf, a Shia center in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. The castle and the mosque were built during Ottoman rule in 963 AH (Anno Hijri, Muslim calendar), or 1556 (Gregorian calendar).

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Old Cadillac′s, near Dhahran.

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Old Jeddah:

 

(Some photos below were taken during another trip in 2010.)

 

Traditional houses.

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Market scenes.

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Colorful, fancy, but non-alcoholic cocktails in a restaurant, Jeddah.

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King Abdullah University of Science and Technology during construction (in Thuwal, on the Red Sea Coast north of Jeddah):

 

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