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